Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-16

thereof as may be nosssaIy 10 enable The Govern,
pent pay the militia aud volunteers called into
| amount required for the fiscal year ending June
| thirtieth. eighteen hundred and sixty-one- ElE
Approved, July Is, ls6l
IPUar1C.-No. g.
| AN ACT further to provide for the collection OF
| duties imports and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
seutatives Of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That whenever it shall, in the
Judgment of the President, by reason OF unlawful
Combinations of persons in opposition TO the laws OF
the United States become impracticable to execute
the revenue laws and collect the duties on imports
by the ordinary means, in the ordinary way, any
port of entry in any collection district he is author
lied cause such duties be collected at any port
Of delivery in said district until such obstruction
shall cease; and in such the surveyors at sIid
ports OF delivery shall be clothed with all the pow
and be subject all the obligations of collectors
ports Of entry and the Secretary of the Treasury
with the appreciation of the President, shall appoint
such number OF WeIghcrs, gaugers, me2Surers, in
spectors appraisers and clerks as may be necessary
| in his Judgment for the faithful execution of the
revenue laws at said ports of delivery and shall fix
and establish the limits within which such ports OF
delivery constituted ports of aforesaid
and all the provisions Of law regulating the issue OF
marine papers, the coasting trade, the warehousng
Of imports, aud collection of duties shall apply to
the ports of entry constituted in the same manner
they do to ports Of entry established by the laws
now in force.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That it.; from
the cause mentioned iii the foregoing section, in the
Judgment OF the President, the revenue from duties
on imports cannot be effectually collected at any
Port of entry in any collection district, in the or
nary way and by the ordinary means, by the
course provided in the foregoing section, then, and
In that case, he may direct that the custom.house
tor the district be established in any secure place
within said district, either on land or on board any
vessel in said district the coast; and
in such case the collector shall reside at such place
| or shipboard, the may be, and there de-
tain all vessels and cargoes arriving within APP
preaching said district until the duties imposed by
Law said vessels and their CaTgoes paid in cas
Provided that if the consignee of the cargo
| on board any vessel detained aforesaid, or the
master Of said vessel shall desire to enter port of
entry in any other district in the United States where
such distractions to the execution of the laws
LIT the master of such vessel may be permitted
change the destination Of the vessel and cargo in his
manifest; whereupOn the collector shall deliver him
written permit to proceed to the port designated:
| And provided further, that the Secretary of the
| Treasury SHALL with ths appreciation of the Prcsi-
dent, make proper regulations for tho enforcement
on shpboard of sucS provisions of the laws reguIat
ing the assessment and collection duties as in his
judgment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec B. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
unlawful to take any vessel cargo detained as
aforesaid from the custody of the proper officers of
the customs, unless by process of court Of the
United States and in case of any attempt otherwise
to take such vessel cargo by any force, or cobi
nation or assembnge Of persons too great to be
come by the officers of the customs it shall and may
he lawful for the President or such person persons
as he shall have empowered for that purpose to en-
poy such part Of the army navy MALTA of the
United States such force Of citizen volunteers as
be deemed necessary for the purpose of prevent
ing the removal of such vessel cargo. and protect
ing the officers OF the customs in retaining tho Custo-
dy thereof
Sec. 4. And be It further enacted That it, in the
Judgment the President from the cause mentioned
in the first section of this act duties upon iports
in any collection district be ccctuay collect
ed by the ordinary means and in the ordnarv mr.
in the mode and manner provided in the foregoing
sections of this act then and i'll that the prcsi-
dent Is hereby empowered to close the port ports
OF entry in said district and in such give notice
thereof by proclamation; and thercupOn all right OF
importation, warchousng and other privileges Incl
dent to ports OF entry shall and be dsCOntin.
ned at such port closed until opened by order OF
the President the cessation of such obstructious:
anu II, Wno SAID porte are go closed any ship
sci from beyond the United States, having board
any articles subject to duties shall enter or
to enter any such port the same, together with its
tackle, apparel turnure and cargo, shall forfeit
ed to the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That whenever
the President, in pursuance OF the provisions Of tho
second section of the act entitled An act to provide
for calling forth the MALTA to execute the laws OF
the Union, suppress Instructions and rpncI inyo
sOns and to repeal tho act in force for that pur-
, pOso approved February %, 1885, shall have called
forth the militia to suppress combinations against the
laws OF the United States, and laws to be
duly executed and the insurgents shall have failed to
diperse by the time directed by the President ana
when said insurgents claim to act under the author
tty ofany State States aud such claim is not dis
claimed repudated BY the persons exercising the
functions OF government in such State States or
in the part or parts thereof in which said comLina
toi5 exists such instruction suppressed DY said
state or states then and In such case it may and
shall be inf for the President by proclamation to
declare that tho Inhabitants Of such State any
ton or part thereof where such instruction exists
are In state OF instruction against tho United
states; and thcrcupon all commercial intercourse y
|, and between the same and tho citizens thereof and
the citizens of the rest of the United States snll
cease and be unlawful so long such condition OF
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattcS
wares and merchandise, coming from said state Nv
section into other parts of the United States and nil
proceeding to such State section, by land or water
I: SHALL together with the vessel vehicle convey
& Ing the same, or conveying persons to or from
l. such State section, be forfeited to the United
States: Provided, however, That the President NAV
i In his discretion license and permit commercial in.
terCourse with any such part of said State or
the Inhabitants of which declared in state al
nsurrecton, in such articles and such time and
) by such PERSONS as he, tn his discretion may think
most conducive to the public interest; and such in
ercourse SO far by him licensed shall be conduct.
cd and carried on only in pursuance of rules and reg
ulatiQns prescribed by the Secretary of tho
And the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint such
officers at places whore officers of the customs are not
now authorized by law may be needed to carry
into effect such licenses rules and regulations and
oCers oil the customs and other officers shall receive
Tor services under this Section and under said rules
and regulations such fees and compensation as arc
ions of law. F
Sec; 6 And be it further enacted, That from and
nIteen days after the issuing OF the sad proca-
nation as provided in the last foregoing section Of
this act, any ship vessel belonging in whole or in
part to any citizen inhabitant Of said State or
part OF state whose inhabitants are so declared IN
state of instruction, found at sea- or in Rnv mort
the rest Of the United States shall be forfeited to
Sec. And be 1t further enacted, That in the ara.
Gution OF the provisions of this act of tho other
laws OF the United States providing for the collection
of duties imports and TONNAGE 1t NAV and SSSm
De lawful for the President in addition to the
nue. cutters In service to employ in aid thereof such
Iuired. ~ ~
Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted, That the for.
iturcs and penalties incurred by virtue Of this Act
may be mittgated or RENTED, In pursuance Of the
authority vested In the Secretary Of the Treasury by
the act entitled AN act providing for mitigating o.
RENTING the fortettures penaltieS and disabilities
accruing in certain cases therein mentionedD an
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety.
seven or In cases where special circumstances may
seem 70 require II, according to regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary Of the Treasury,
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That proceed
ngs on seizures for foretures under this act NAV be
district into which the property so seized NAV be
taken and Proceedngs inatitntaa: NH -sr.cL -.-S