Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-20
VOLUME NUMBER 6.

as. the secretary OF the Treasury may pre-
scribe, and may Likewise be conveyed over
any foreign territory, the government of
which may have, or shall by treaty stipula-
tons grant, a free right of way over such
territory; and for the purpose of better guar
ding against frauds upon the revenue on
foreign goods transported between the ports
of the Atlantic and those of the Pacific
overland through any foreign territory, the
Secretary of, the Treasury be, and is here
by authorized to appoint special sworn
agents as inspectors of the customs, to re-
side in said foreign territory where such
goods may be landed or embarked, with
power to superintend the landing or ship
ping of all goods passing coastwise between
the ports of the United States on the Pacif-
ic and Atlantic, and. whose duty it shall be.
under such regulations and instructions as
the Secretary of the Treasury may pre-
scribe, to guard against the perpetration of
any frauds upon the revenue, Provided,
tors shall not In the aggregate exceed five
thousand dollers per annun.
I Sec. 6. And be It further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre-
scribe the form of the bond to be given for
the transportation Of goods, wares, and mer-
chandise, from port in one collection dis
trict to port in another collection district
In the United States, as provided in the
preceding section; also the time for such
delivery; and for a failure to transport and
deliver, within the time limited, any such
bonded goods, wares, and merchandise, to
the collector at the designated port, an ad-
ditional duty of one hundred per cent. shall
be levied and collected, which additional
duty shall be secured by such bond, or said
goods, wares, and merchandise may be
seized and forfeited for such failure, and
any steam or other vessel, OF vehicle, trans
porting such bonded goods, wares, and
merchandise, the master, owner, or conduc-
/ tor of which shall fail to deliver the same to
the collector at the designated port, shall
be liable to seizure and forfeiture.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That
| all leases of stores now held by the United
States for the purpose of storing warehous-
ed or unclaimed goods, shall, on the short
est period of termination named in said leas-
| es, be cancelled, and no leases shall be en-
tered into by the Uunited States for any
stores for the storage of warehoused or un-
claimed goods at any port where there may
exist any private bonded warehouses, after
the first day Of July, eighteen hundred and
| fifty-fve: Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prevent the
leasing or hiring of such buildings or ac-
commodations as may be required for the
use of the United States appraisers for the
due examination and appraisal of imported
merchandise at the ports where such officers
are provided by law, nor to prohibit the
leasing OF hiring by collectors of the Gus
toms, for short periods, with the approval of
the Secretary of the Treasury, of such stores
as may be required for custom-house pur-
poses at any of the smaller revenue ports
of the United States Provided, That no
collector OF other officer of the customs shall
enter into any contract or agreement for the
use of any building to be thereafter erec-
ted as public store or warehouse, andsno
lease of any building to be so used shall be
taken for longer period than three years,
nor shall rent be paid, in whole or In part,
in any case, in advance.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized, upon production of sat
isfactory proof to him of the actual injury or
destruction. in whole or in part, of any goods,
wares, or merchandise, by accidental fire,
OF other casualty, while the same remain
ed in the custody of the officers of the Gus
toms in any public or private warehouse
under bond, or In the appraisers stores un-
dergoing appraisal, In pursuance of law or
regulations of the Treasury Department, or
while in transportation under bond from the
port of entry to any other port in the United
States, to abate or refund, as the case may
be, out of any moneyssin the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the amount of i'm
Ipost duties paid or accrufng thereupon; and
likewise to cancel any warehouse bond OF
bonds, or enter satisfaction thereon In whole
or In part, as the case may be-.
4 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be and is
hereby, authorized from time to time to es-
tablish such rules and regulations, not in
consistent with the laws of the United States
/ for the due execution of this act, as he may
deem to be expedient and necessary; and
all acts and parts of acts conflicting with
this act are hereby repealed.
| APPROVED, March %, 1854.
CHAR. XXXIL-An Act to authorize The con.
struction of Six first-class Steam-frigates, ant
/ for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
! Of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Navy be, and he is here
by, authorized to cause to be constructed
/ for the United States navy, at as early a
day as practicable, consistently with due
regard for economy and efficiency, six first
class steam-frigates, to be provided with
screw -propellers, and properly armed and
equipped for service said vessels and ma
ehinery to be built by contract, or in the
government sy-yards, as the Secretary
of the Navy may link most advisable for