The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-26

purposes.
Be Il enacted By the Senate and House of
RepresentativeS Of the United States Of Amer
icG IN Congress assembled, That whenever it
shall, in the judgment of the President, by
reason of unlawful combinations of persons
in opposition to the laws of the United
States, become iInp-acticable 70 execute the
revenue laws and collect the duties on i'm
ports by the ordinary means, in the ordina-
ry way, at any port of entry in any collec-
ton district, he is authorized to cause such
duties to be collected at any port of delivery
in said district until such obstruction shall
cease; and in such case the surveyors at
said porte eff daliEaEp- -shaII be clothed with
all the powers and be subject to all the OBJ
legations of collectors at ports of entry
and the Secretary of the Treasury, with the
appreciation of the President, shall appoint
such number of weighers, gaugers, meas
urers, inspectors, appraisers, and clerks as
may be necessary, in his judgment, for the
faithful execution of the revenue laws at
said ports of delivery, and shall fix and es-
tablish the limits within which such ports
of delivery are constituted ports of entry as
Aforesaid and all the provisions of law reg
ulating the issue of marine papers, the coast
ing trade, the warehOusing of imports, and
collection of duties shall apply to the ports
Of entry so constituted in the same manner
as they do to ports of entry established by
the laws now in force.
SEC. 2. And BE- at further ealacted, That if,
from the cause mentioned in the foregoing
sectioH, in the Judgment of the President,
the revenue from duties on imports cannot
be effectually collected at any port of entry
in any collection district in the ordinary
way and by the ordinary means, or by the
course provided in the foregoing section,
then, and in that case, he may direct that
the custom house for the district be estab-
lished in any secure place within said dis
trict, either on land or on board any vessel
in said district or at sea near the coast; and
in such case the collector shall reside at
slch place, or on shipbosrd, as the case may
be, and there detain all vessels and eargoes
arriving within or approaching said district,
untilthe duties imposed by law on said vessels
and their eargoes are paid in cash ProOi-
ded That if the owner or eonsignee of the
cargo on board any vessel detained as afore-
said, or the master of said vessel, shall de-
sire to enter port of entry in any other
district in the United States where no such
distractions to the execution of the laws
exist, the master of such vessel may be per
mitted so to change the destination of the
vessel and cargo in his manifest, whereup-
on the collector shall deliver him a written
permit to proceed to the port so designated
A1ld ProUided further, That the Secretary of
the Treasury shall, with the appreciation of
the President, make proper regulations for
the enforcement on shipboard of such pro-
visions of the laws regulating the assess
ment and collection of duties as in his iudg-
ment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec. 8. Aasd be 1t further enacted, That it
hall ho ,Iay rf11I to toll
go detained as aforesaid from the custody of
the proper officers of the customs unless by
process of some court of the United States !;
and in case of any attempt otherwise to take
such vessel or cargo by any force, or COM
bination or assemblage of persons, too great
to be overcome by the officers of the Gus
toms, it shall and may be lawful for the
I President, or such person or persons as he
| shall have empowered for that purpose, TO
employ such part of the army or navy or
militia of the United States, or such force of
/ citizen volunteers as may be deemed neces-
/ sary for the purpose of preventing the re-
moval of such vessel or cargo, and protect
/ ing the officers of the customs in retaining
the custody thereof.
+ Sec. 4 A4d be ii further enacted, That if
/ in the Judgment of the President, from the
/ cause mentioned in the first section of this
i act, the duties upon imports IN any coIlec-
ton district cannot be efectually collected
by the ordinary means and in the ordinary
way, or in the mode and manner provided
IN the foregoing sections of this act, then
| and in that case the President is hereby en-
powered to close the port or ports of entry
in said district, and in such case give notice
thereof by proclamation and thereupon all
right of importation, warehousing, and 9TH
er privileges incident to ports of entry shall
cease and be discontinued at such port so
closed, until opened by the order of the
] President on the cessation of such obstruc-
tions; and if, while said ports $50 closed,
any ship or vessel from beyond the United
States or having on board any articles sub
j ject to duties, shall enter or attempt to en-
ter any such port, the same, together with