Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-23
RuErIc.-No. 81
Az ACT surthsr to provide for the collection o
nv i1,tysu an imports and for other purposes.

stirea cs The United stStes Of America in Con
1900 assembled, That whenever 1t shell, In the
Judgment Of the President, by reason oi uhIa~Iui
SbinatIons Of persons in opposition TO the laws OF
tbe United States become imPracttcabIe TO execute
ths revenue laws and collect the duties on imports
6y the ordinary means, in the ordinary way, nj any
I'M of entrT in any collection district he is author
Ted to cause such duties TO be collected at any port
OF delivery in said district until such obssFueLon
Shal cease; and in such the surveyors at said
norfs OF delivery shall be clothed with all the pow
IN and be subject all the obligations OF collectors
at ports Of entry and the Secretary OF me
such number Of weighers GRugers, measurers, in
apectors appraisers and clerks may be necessary
in his Judgment, for the faithful execution oil the
revenue laws at said ports of delivery and shall fix
and establish the limits within which such ports OF
delivery constituted ports Of entry rs uioreid;
and ali the provisions of law regulating the issue oil
marine papers, the cOastng trade, the wnrehousnE
Of imports and collection of duties shall apply to
the ports Of entry so constituted IN the same manner
IS they do to ports Of entry established by the laws
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted. That il, from
the cause mentioned in the foregoing section, in the
judgement Of the President the revenue from duties
on imports cannot be effectually collected Mt any
port Of entry in any collection district, in the Ordi-
nary way and 10y the ordinary means or by the
course provided in the foregoing section, then, nn
IN that case, he may direct that the custom-house
for the district be established IN any secure place
within said district either ON land or on board any
vessel in said district at the ccast and
In such the collector shall reside ut such place.
or on shpboard, the case may be. and there de-
tain ali vessels and cargoes arriving within ap-
preaching said district, until the duties imposed by
law on said vessels and their cargoes are paid in cash:
Provided that if the owner or conhgnee OF the cargo
on board any vessel detained as aforesaid, OF the
master Of said vessel shall desire te enter port OF
entry In any other district in the United States where
NO such obstrucons to the execution Of the laws tx
iEt the master of such vessel may be permitted so To
change the destination of the vessel and cargo in his
manifest; whereupon the collector shall deliver him
writen permi To proceed to the port designated:
And provided further, that the Secretary of the
Treasury shall, with the appreciation OF the Prcsi-
NifFE
on shipboard of such provisions Of tho laws regnat
ing the assessment and collection of duties ms in his
Judgment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec 3 And be it further enacted. That it shall be
unlawful to take any vessel or cargo detained as
aforesaid from the custody Of the proper officers OF
the toms, unless by process Of some court oil the
United States; and in Of any attempt otherwise
to take such vessel cargo by any force cOnbi-
nation or assemblage OF persons too great To- be over
come by the officers of the customs, it shall and may
be lawful for the President such person or persons
as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to cnI-
ploy such part of the army navy MALTA of the
United States such force Of citizen volunteers rs
NAV deemed necessary for the purpose OF prevent
ing the removal Of such vessel or cargo and protect
ing the officers Of the customs In retaining the custO-
dy thereof
Judgment ofthe President, from the mentioned
In the fret section Of this act the duties upon imports
in aay collection district cannot be eecualy collect
Ell by the ordinary and in the ordinary way or
In the mode and manner provided in the foregoing
setinas OF this then and in that the PTesi-
dent hereby empowered to close the port or ports
entry said district and in such case give notice
thereof 10y proclamation and thereupUn all right OF
importation, waTenOusinS and other privileges Incl
dent 10 ports ut entry shall and be dscOmtin
ued at such port closed, until opened by order OF
the President the cessation of such obstructons
and IT, while sRd ports closed, any ship or YES
SI fm beyond the United States or having on board
aus articles subject duties, shall enter attempt
enter any such port. the same together with tis
tackle apparel furniture, aud cargo shall be forfeit
Sec. ). And be il further enacted. That whenever
the President in purs OF the provisions of the
second section OF the act entitled An act TO provide
for calling forth the MALTA TO execute the laws OF
thu Union, suppress nsuTrections. and repel inva-
sons and repeal the in force for that pur
pose approved February -, 1905. shall have called
forth the militia TO suppress combinations against the
laws of the United States and TO cause the laws To be
duly executed, aul the insurgents shall have failed
dSperse by the time directed by the President, and
when said Insurgents claim TO act under the author
fly of any State states and such claim s not dis
claimed repudiAted " the persons exercising the
functions Of government in such State States.
in the part parts thereof in which said COmhna'
tons exists such nurrection suppressed by said
State or States, then and in such case it may and
shall lie lawful for the President, 10y proclamation,
declare that the inhabitants Of such State any
ton part thereof where such Instruction exists
are in u state Of iusurrection against the United
States; and thereupOn all commercial intercourse by
aud between the same and the citizens thereof and
the OF the Of the United States shall
cease and be unlawful So long Ns such condition OF
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chhttie.
wares aud merchandise, coming from said State or
section into other parts Of the United States, aud all
proceeding to such State sectiOn by land water
shall, together with the vessel vehicle convey
ing the same, or conveying persons to from
such State or section, be forfeited to the United
States Provided, however, That the President uAy,
in his discretion license and permit commercial in
tercourse with any such part of said state or section
the inhabitants of which declared in state OF
insrrection in such articles and for such time and
by such persons, he, in his discretion, may think
conducive to the public interest; and such in
tercUurse far by him licensed. shall be conduct
ed and carried only in pursuance Of rules and reg
uIatons prescribed 10y the Secretary Of the Treasry.
And the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint such
officers places where officers of the customs not
now authorized by law 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 regulations, such fees and compensation as
allowed for similar services under other pIcvis
ions Of law.
Sec 6. And be it further enacted. That from and
after fifteen days after the Issuing Of the said proca-
nation provided in the last foregoing section Of
this act, any ship vessel belonging in whole In
part to any citizen inhabitant OF said State or
mart Of State whose inhabitants are 50 declared in
state Of insurrecton found at sea- in any port of
the rest Of the United States shall be forfeited to the
United States.
Sec :. And DO it further enacted, That in tho exc
cutiou Of the provisions of this act aud of the other
laws Of the United States providing for the collection
Of duties on imports and tonnage, Il may and shall
be lawful for the President, in addition to the
cutters in service to employ In aid thereof such
other suitable vessels Is may in his judgmau be re-
Sec. 8. And be It further enacted, That the for
Itures and penalties incurred by virtue Of this act
may be rnitlgated or RENTED, In pursuance Of the
authority vested in the Secretary Of tho Treasury by
the act entitled An act providing for mitigating
Temttiug the fOreisures penalties, aud disabilities
accruinz in csrt7fn cases therein mentioned" ap-
proved March third seventeen hundred and ninety
seven or IN cases where special circumstances may
prs-.ribsd by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
Sec. Q. And be Il further enacted, That proceed
ngS on ssEures for orfStureS under this act may BIO
pursued in the courts Of the United States IN any
district into which tho property Seized may be
taken and pFoee0dIngH inHtifut0di and such courts
shall have sud entertain full Jurisdiction over the
Ams ~ n the seizure was made IN that district.
Approved, July IS, 1881
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