Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-13
Bill Fixing Salaries of Surveyors of
Ports.

WASHINGTON, July 12.,
The'following is the bill authorizing the Sec.
retary OF the Treasury to remit fines and pen
alties incurred in certain cases, regulating the
compensation OF certain Surveyors OF the Gus
toms and for other purposes.
Bet enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiues IN CongTrss assembled, That from and
after the passage Of this act, the Surveyors OF
Customs at ports on the Mississippi River and
It's tributaries shall respectively be entitled and
receive for emoluments and compensation, not
to exceed the following rates, to wit: Surveyor
at Pittsburg, Pa, $4,000 per annum; Surveyor
at Wheeling, $500; at st. Louis, Me-, S3 600:
at Hannibal, Mo-, $500; at Cincinnati, S3 600:
at Louisville, So 900; at Evansville, Ind, $500;
at Madison, Ind, $500; at New Albany, Ind ,
$6O0; at Alton, ILL.,, $500; at Galena, nj, 5000:
at Quincy, ILL.,, $500; at Cairo, ST., 500; at Peo.
ria, $4OO; at Burlington, Iowa, $40O; at Keo.
kuk, Iowa, $500; at Dubuque, Iowa, $4OO.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury be and is hereby
authorized to pay out Of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the
person or persons entitled to receive the same,
che amount Of such fines and penalties as have
been incurred and paid by the owners, or mas
!ers OF vessels, since the first day of December,
iooV, IN consequence of their failure to produce
70 Collectors OF the Customs The clearances or
other papers prescribed and required by the
laws OF the United States regulating the issue
trade; Prouided, That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall be satisfied in each case that
there was no willful neglect or intention of
fraud on the part of the person or persons in
curing the fines or penalties aforesaid, and
that they were unable to obtain the requisite
papers by reason Of there being no Office of
customs at the port Of departure, authorized to
issue marine papers or grant clearances under
the laws OF the United States.
SEQ 8. And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary OF the Treasury be, and Is hereby
authorized to pay out of any money in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, to the person,
or persons entitled to receive the same, the
sum oil $5UU, that being the amount of the fine
improperly eIacted by the Collector of Customs
at the port OF Norfolk, Va, in the month of No
vember, 1860, ofthe master of the India, a Rus
sian vessel.
SEC. q. And be il further enacted, That the
Secretary be and ia hereby authorized 10 re-
init In whole or In part, on such conditions and un
der such regulations not Inconsistent with law
as he may prescribe, the additional duty secured
by the bond given for the transportation of mer
chandise from port In the collection district
described by the 9th section of the act entitled
an act to extend the warehousing system by
establishing private bonded warehouses and for
other purposes, approved May 28, 1854, provided
that 1t shall be proven to the satisfaction of the
Secretary OF the Treasury that the failure to
transport and deliver the merchandise aforesaid
according to the conditions of the bond, occurred
without willful negligence or fraudulent intent
on the part of the obligors.