Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-29
rpupIIc.-No. 81
AN ACT further to provide for the collection oil
duties on imports and for other purposes,

Be ~ euAS " tts limited states of America i'll Con.
Press assembled That whenever u SHELL ~ tnI
JhnatInns OF persons in opposition to the laws "t
The limited States, become impractcaOle 10 execute
the revenue laws ana coe.i 'tte , a. INV
t of entry In any collection district lie Is author
Iad 10 cause such duties to be collected at any port
20 jsIJvery in said district until such obstruction
hall cease: and in such clse the surveyors nj SAT-
norts Of delivery shall be clothed with all the pow
ers ard be subject to all the obligations oil collectors
NJ ports Of entry; and the Secretary OF the Treasury
viii tho appreciation Of the President shall appoint
sncb number Of weighers, GnugeTS, measures, NJ
snectrs appraisers, and clerks "a may be necessary,
~ Ljs inIament for the faithful execution Of the
revenue laws said ports Of delivery, anu shall NIX
and establish the limits within which snch ports OF
delivery are constituted ports Of entry as norcSaid
and n tho provisions Of law regulating the issue oil
marine papers, the coasting trade the warchousing
~ nnorts aud collection OF duties shall apply to
the n5rts Of entry constituted in the same manner
"a they do to ports of entry established by the laws
now in force ,, NIL. 20 c.,,,
the cause mentioned i'll the foregoing section, IN the
indcmpnt Of the President, the revenue from duties
on imports cannot be cfectuaiy collected at any
ort Of entry in any collection district III the nIdl-
nary way and by the ordinary means, or ny the
Conrse nruvdcd in the foregoing section then, ana
Il, that case he may direct that the custoul-hOUsc
Tar the district lie established in any secure place
within said district either on land or on board any
vessel in said district at sea near tile coast; hhd
in such case the collector shall reside ut such place.
or ON shpbONrd as the care may be, and there tie
tain all vessels aud cargOeS arriving WITHIN or @T-
nrcacLing said district. until the duties imposed ny
i, on said vessels md their goes are paid III cash
Provided that il the cunsignee of the cargo
on hoard any vessel detained RS aforesaid o. the
master Of said vessel, shall desire Ia enter port of
entry in any other district in the United states where
no such distractions to the execution al the laws eN-
list tic master of sur vessel may be Pcrn'tt" T"i"
cIAuge the destination Of the vessel and cargo III h@
manifest whercupon the collector shall deliver nm
a written permit proceed 4" the port >"de-gnatcu:
And provided further, that the secretary OF III"
treasury shall, with the appreciation OF the FTeEi-
dent make proper regulations for the enforcement
ON shipboari of suc provisions Of the laws r"Euat-
in, tL,. assessment and collection of duties ns in his
Judgment NAV lie necessary aud practicable
sec g. And lie it further enacted That 1t shall h"
unlawful to take any vessel or cargo detained as
aforesaid from the custody Of the proper officers oil
the toms unless by process "i some court "I IN"
United States and in case Of any attempt othrr"IS"
to take such vessel OF cargo by any inrcr or c"'l-
nation orasscmhlage persons. too great To be over
come by the officers of the customs it shall AMI may
be lawful for the President. such person or pcius
as he shall have empowered for that purpose I" EN-
nOy such part Of the army navy or maltia OF the
United States, such force OF citizen volunteers as
may he deemed necessary for the purpose OF prevent
ing the removal Of such vessel and protect
ing the officers of the customs in retaining the csto-
dy thereof A.,
judgment ofthe President, from the cause mentioned
ia the fret section of this act, the duties upon imports
in any collection district cannot he eiCctuhly collect
ed by the ordinary and in the nrlinnTy way or
in the mode and manner provided in the foregoing
sections of this act then and in that case the e>l-
dDf Ia hereby rmrowerc to close the mort or ports
Of entry in said and in such give notice
thereof 10y prOclamaIion aud thereupOn all right OF
Importation, warenousnE. and other privileges incl
dent to ports OF entry shall cease AMI be discontin-
ued Mt such port closed. until opened by order OF
the President the cessation Of such distractions;
aud it, while sad ports are so closed any ship or veS
sci from beyond the United States or having on board
any articles subject to duties, shall enter attempt
to enter any such port. the same together with its
tackle apparel. furniture aud Cargo shall he forfeit
ell To the United States.
Sec O. And be it further enacted. That Whenever
the President, in pursuance ot the provisions OF the
Glade An net IN VFt.Vg
for calling forth the MALTA to execute the laws "t
the Union suppress Instructions, and repcl inSH-
EnnE and repeal the act in force for that pur
pose" approved February IS l!5 shall have called
forth the militia To suppress combinations ngainstthc
laws of the United States and to cause the laws to lie
duly executed. and the insurgents shall nave hailed 10
disperse by the time directed by the President, and
when said insurgents claim To act under the author
ity Of any State States and such claim Is not dis
claimed or rcpudated ~ the persons exercising the
functions of government in such state or States or
in the part or parts thereof in which said comlna.
tions exists such in>urTection suppressed ly said
State or States, then and in such case 1t may and
shall he lawful for the President 10y proclamation, TO
declare that the inhabitants of such state or any sec
ton part thereof where such instruction cNlsts,
are in state of insurrection against the United
States; and .hereupon all commercial intercourse by
md between the same and the citizens thereof and
the citizens of the of the United States shall
cease and he unlawful so long as such condition al
hostility shall continues and all goods and chntlcs.
wares and merchandise, coming from said stat. or
section into other parts of the United States and all
proceeding such State sectiOn by land or water
ing the same or conveying persons TO or from
such State or section, be forfeited to the United
States: Provided, however, That the President may.
in his discretion lceHse AMI permit commercial III
tercourse with any such part of said State sccton
the inhabitants of which declared in state ut
insurrCctOn in such articles and for such time. and
nv Ech persons as he in his discretion, may think
most conducive to the public Interests: and such in
tercourse so far by him licensed shall be conduct
ed and carried only in pursuance of rules and reg
uations prescribed by the Secretary Of the Treasury
And the Secretary Of the Treasury may appoint suci
officers places where officers of the customs are not
now authorized by law may be needed TO carry
into effect such licenses, rules and regulations; anu
officers of the customs and other officers shall receive
for services under this section aud under said rules
and regulations, such fees and compensation as are
now allowed for similar services under other pioVia
ions Of Law.
sec G. 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 oil
this act any ship or vessel belonging IN whole or III
part to any citizen or inhabitant Of said state or
part of State whose inhabitants declared in
state Of nsurrection found at sea- or in any port Of
the rest Of the United States shall be forfeited to the
United States.
Sec. Z. And he It further enacted That in the exc
cuiOn Of the provisions OF this act and Of the other
lave tho United States providing for the collection
Of duties on Imports and tonnage it may and shall
be lawful for-the President, in addition to the
nue. cutters In service to employ in aid thereof Euch
other suitable vessels may, in his INDIGNANT be re-
1uired.
lures and penalties incurred by virtue Of this act
may be mitigated reuiitted, in pursuance Of the
authority vested IN the Secretary Of the Treasury by
The act entitled An act providing for mitigating
RENTING the foreitures penalties and disabilities
aocruing in certain cases therein mentioned, "a
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
seven, or In cases where special circumstances may
seem to require It, according to regulations to lie
prescribed by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Sec. Q. And be II further enacted, That proceed
insS on seizures for rotures under this act may be
pursued In the courts Of the United States in any
district into which the property 10 seized may be
taken and proceedings instituted; and such courts
shall have aud entertain full Jurisdiction over the
same Is II the seizure was made in that district.
Approved, July 10, 1851.
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