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

! its tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo
shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. S. lind be 1 further enacted, That
whenever the President, in pursuance of the
provisions of the second section of the act
! entitled 'sAn act to provide for calling forth
the militia to execute the laws of the Union
suppress insurreetions, and repel invasions,
and to repeal the act now in force for thatpur
pose," approved February 28, 1875, shall
have called forth the militia to suppress com
binations against the laws of the United
States, and to cause the laws to be duly execH-
ted and the insurgents shall have failed to
disperse by the time directed by. the Pres
ident, and when said insurgents claim to
act under the authority of any State or
States, and such claim is not disclaimed or
repudiated by the persons exercising the
functions of government in such State or
States, or in the part or parts thereof in
which said combination exists, nor such in
surrection suppressed by said State or States,
then and in such case IL may and shall be
lawful for the President, by proclamation,
to declare that the inhabitants of such
State, or any section or part thereof, where
such insurFeetion exists, are in a state of in
surrection against the United States and
thereupon all commercial intercourse by and
between the same and the citizens thereof
and the citizens of the rest of the United
States shall cease and be unlawful so long
as such condition of hostility shall continue;
and of all goods and chattels, wares and
merchandise, coming from said State or sec
tion into the ether parts of the U nited
States, and all proceeding to such State or
section, by land or water. shall, together
with the vessel or vehicle conveying the
same, or conveying persons to or from such
State or section, be forfeited to the United
States Provided, hoa0e0eT, That the Pres
ident may, in his discretion, license and
permit commercial intercourse with any
such part of said State or section, the in
habitants of which are so declared in a
state of insurrection, in such articles, and
for such time, and by such persons, as he,
in his discretion, may think most conducive
to the public interest; and such intercourse,
so far as by him licensed, shall be conduct
ed and carried on only in pursuance ofrules
and regulations prescribed by the Secretary
of the Treasury. And the Secretary of the
Treasury may appoint such officers at pla-
ces 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 customs and
other officers shall receive for services under
this section, and under said rules and regu-
lations, such fees and compensation as are
now allowed for similar service under other
provisions of law.
Sec 6. lind be 10 further enacted, That
from and after fifteen days after the issuing
of the said proclamation, as provided in the
last foregoing section of this act, any ship
or vessel belonging in whole or in part to
any citizen or inhabitant of said State or
part of a State who's iahabitants are SO de-
- ,Fs kslr, uf
sea, or in any port of the res> >he United
States, shall be forfeited to lifted
States.
Sec. Z. And be it 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 i'm
ports and tonnage, it may and shall be law
ful for the President, in addition to the rev.
enue cutters in service, to employ in aid
thereof such other suitable vessels as may,
in his judgement, be required.
Sec. 8. ATd be At further enacted, That
the forfeitures and penalties incurred by vir-
tue of this act may be mitigated or remitted,
in pursuance of the authority vested in the
Secretary of the Treasury by the act enti-
tied " An act providing for mitigating or
remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and dis
abilities accruing in certain cases therein
mentioned, 5" approved March third, seven
teen hundred and ninety y-seven, or in cases
where special circumstances may seem to
require it, according to regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
Sec. 9. Ind be IL further enacted, That
proceedings on seizures for forfeitures under
this act may be pursued in the courts of the
United States in any district into which the
property so seized may be taken and pro-
ceedings instituted and such courts shall
have and entertain as full jurisdiction over
the same as if the seizure was made in that
district. LApproved, July l3, 1861.
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