St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-08-22
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CITY FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY AUGUST 22 1861

SO long as such condition of hostility shall con.
tnue and all goods and chattels, wares and
merchandise, coming from said State or sec
ton into the other parts of the United States,
and all proceeding to said State or section bv
land or water, shall, together with the vessel
or vehicle conveying the same or CONVEYING
persons 10 or from such State or section. b,
forfeited to the United States Proriied. ho,r-
erer, That the President may, in his discretion
license and permit commercial intercourse
with any such part of said State or section
the inhabitants of which are so declared in a
state OF insurcction, in such articles, and for
such time, and hy such persons. as hc, in his
discretion, may think most conducive to the
public interest: and such intercourse, SO far
as by him licensed, shall be conducted and car
RED on only in pursuance of rules and rcgula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas
ury. And the Secretary of the Treasury NAV
appoint such officers at places where officers of
the customs are not now authorized by law as
may be needed To carry into effect such licenses
rules and regulations and officers of the Gus
toms and other officers shall receive for services
under this section, and under said rules and
regulations, such fees and compensation as
are now allowed for similar service under 9th
or provisions of law
SEC 6. Ind be ii further enacted, That from
and after fifteen days after the issuing of the
SAID proclamation, rs provided in the last fore
gong section OF this act, any ship or vessel
belonging i'll whole or in part to any citizen or
lhhabitant OF said State or part of State
whose inhabitants are so declared in Il State of
lnsurrcctlon, found at sea- or in any port of
the rest of the United States shall be forfeited
to the United States
SEC. T. Ind be IL further enacted, That in the
execution OF the provisions OF this act, and of
the other laws of the United States, providing
for the collection of duties on imports and
tonnage, it may and shall bc lawful for the
President, in addition to the revenue cutters
i'll service, to employ in al thereof such other
suitable vessels us may, in his judgment be
required
SEC. s. And be il further enacted. That the for
textures and penalties incurred by virtue OF
TINS act may he mitgated or rcmtted in pur-
Suance of the authority vested in the Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury 10y the act entitled An
act providing for mitigating or remitting the
foriciturcs, penalties and disabilities accruing
IN certain cases therein mentioned" ," approved
March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
seven, or in cases where special circumstances
may seem to require it. accorling TO rcgula-
tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
SIC. 8. Aad be IL further c,aqctsd, That pro.
ceedings on seizures for furieiturcs under this
act may be pursued in the courts of the United
States in any district into which the property
SO seized may he taken and proceedings insti.
tutcd; and such courts shall have and enter
tain as full jurisdiction over the same as if the
seizure was made in that district
Approved July l3, 1861.