The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-15
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second Session Of the
Thirty-seventh Congress-. -
PubIic-No. 1870.


AN ACT to further provide for the collection Of
the revenue upon the northern northeastern, and
northwestern frontier, and for other purposes.
Be e enacted By the Senate aud House Of Represen-
fatres Of the United States Of america IN Congress
sebIcd That from and after the first day of October
next the master manager Of every vessel which is
enrolled or licensed for carrying ON the coasting
trade on the nortern, northeastern, and northwest
frontiers Of the United States SHALL before the
departure Of his vess from any port, file q mani
fest Of his cargo with the collector and obtain a
clearance and if said vessel shall touch at any of
the ports Of the United States and there receive
board any goods, wares, merchandise, or dis
charge any portion other cargo, the master man
ager shall report to the collector such arrival and
produce his manifest and shall be the duty Of the
collector to Endorse thereon, certified by himself
description Of the goods wares merchandise so
taken on board or unladen, and return the same to
the master manager who shall deliver to the coll
ectOr of the port at which the unladng the cargo
is compet d, the manifest to be placed file in his
Office. And the owner or owners of every vessel
whose master manager shall neglect to comply
with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and
pay to the United States the of twenty dollars
for each and every offence, half for the ofthe
informer, and for which the ell shall be lia
bic, and may be seized and proceeded against sum-
marily by way oflibel in any district court of the
United States having jurisdiction of the offence
Sec. 2.sdHd be u further enacted, That collectors
and surveyors of the collection districts the said
frontiers authorized to keep on sale, at their
seyeral Offices, blank manifcsts and clearances
quired for .iie business of their districts, and to
blank which shall be prepared and executed by
them. -
Sec. 3. AHd be 70 further enacted, That goods i'm
ported under the reciprocity treaty with Great Brit.
ain may be entered at any port ON the norfhern
northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the
United States, upon satisfactory evidence being
given to the collector at the port where such goods
offered for entry that they ofthe growth or
productieh Of Canada, without the consular certi-
cate now required.
Sec. A. And be Il further enacted, That for every
entry ofgoods at any custom house the northern,
northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the
United States fee offorty cents shall be charged by
the collector and accounted for to the Government
Sec 5. And be further enacted, That the Secretary
fthe Treasury be and he is hereby authorized in
all cases where ports may be opened within the linn
its Of insurreetonary States, during the existing
rebellion, to appoint special agents to perform the
functions ofthe ordinary officers subordinate to the
Treasury Department at such ports: Prorided That
the compensation to be allowed such temporary off,
GERS shall not exceed that paid to permanent officers
ofthe same position during the year eighteen him.
dred and nifty nine, nor exceed the compensation
ordinarily allowed to such official agents.
Approved, July IA, 1862