Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-10

service OF the United States, being an additional
amount required for tho fiscal year ending June
| thTtiet1i, eighteen hundred and sixty-One.
Approved, July Il, 1851.
[PUEIIc.-No. 81
AN ACT further to provide for the collection OF
duties on iimL.a y, and for other purTose4.
sentatVes of tho United States Of America In Con.
gress assembled, That whenever Il shall, in the
Judgment Of the President, by reason OF unlawful
combinations Of persons in opposition the laws OF
the United States, become fnpuRcticnble To execute
the TuVenue laws and collect the duties on imports
by the ordinary means In tho ordinary way at any
port Of entry In any collection district he Is author.
lied to such duties 10 collected any port
Of delivery In said district until such obstruction
shall cease; and In such the surveyors at SaId
ports Of delivery shall be clothed with all tho Ow-
and be subject u all the obligations Of collectors
ports of cntr and the Secretary of the Treasury
with the appreciation Of the President, shall appoint
snch number Of WeiEhera, EaugeTs, measures, in-
EpeetOTs appraisers, and clerks may be necessary,
In his Judgment, for the faithful execution Of tho
revenue laws said ports Of delivery and shall TX
aud establish the limits within which such ports of
delivery constituted ports Of entry aforesaid;
aud all the provisions OF law regulating the issue OF
marine papers, the coaHting trade tho wRrehousng
Of imports, and collection Of duties shall apply to
the ports Of entry constituted In the same manner
they do TO ports Of entry cstaLlise BY the laws
now In force.
sec 2 And be it further enacted, That it. from
the cause mentioned IN the foregoing section, in tho
Judgment of the President, the revenue from duties
on Imports cannot be clfeetually collected ut any
tort OF entry In any collection district In the orlE-
nary way and by the ordinary means, or by the
couTso provided In the EoTUgoIg seciioi then and
In that case, he may direct that the ctstoIuhouEc
for the district DO estAblihhe In any secure place
within said district either on land board any
vessel In said district or at Hea near the coasts and
In such case the collector ball reside at such place
or Ola lhiploaTds as the case may be, and there de
tain all vessels and cnFgOes arriving within or AI-
preaching said district, until the duties imposed by
law on said vessels and their earGOes paid In cash
Provided that II tho owner or e0nsgnee Of tile cargo
on board any vessel detained ~ Aforesaid, or the
f1t
such OstTuetiOnl to the execution Of the laws c-
~ the master Of such vessel may be permitted 30
manifest; wheEeupOn tho collector Rhal deliver him
written permit to proceed to the pOUtso designated:
And provided further, that tile Secretary Of the
Treasury srnl, with the appreciation of tho PTcsi-
dent. make proper regulations for the enforcement
ON shpboaEd Of sues provisions Of tho lava reEulat-
lug the assessment and collection OF duties aan his
Judgment may 10 necessary and practicable.
Sec 3. And DO It further enacted That It sall bO
Aforesaid from the custody OF the proper oficers Of
the toms, unes by process OF soma court OF the
unisd States; and Ia case Of any attempt otherwise
to take such vessel or cargo by any force, eOEnbi-
natla raemblAge OF persona, too great TO bsOveT-
come by tho officers OF the custOnS Il shall and may
10 lawful tor tile President, such person persons
a. be sh3ll have empowered for that purpose to o-
plOy such part OF tho army navy MALTA Of the
United staIes or such foree citizen volunteers
may DO deenel necessary for the purpose of prevent
ing the removal OF such vessel or cargo anil protect
Ing the oieCrs Of the customs In retaining the
dy thereof
Sec 1. And be It further enacted, That IT, In tho
Judgment OCthe President, from the euusu mentioned
Ina the first section Of tisRct the duties upon imports
in any collection district cannot Ike cectuhlly collect
ed by the ordinary ineAnshnd in the ordinary way
In the mode and manner provided In the foregoing
sections of this act then and In that tho frCS-
dent Is hereby empowered TO close the port ports
of entry in said district and In such give notice
thereof ~ proclamation and theTcuPOn MI right OF
Importation, WRrehnuEin, and other privileged Incl.
dout to ports OF entry shall cease and BIO disconti-
ucd at such port closed until opened by order OF
the President the cessation OF such distractions
sci from beyond the United States, having board
any articles subject to duties shall enter attempt
10 enter any such port, the same, tOgather with Its
tackle apparel furniture, and cargo, shall DO forfeit
Sec. 5. And be Il further enacted, That whenever
the President, In pursuance OF the provisions OF tho
second section Of tho act entitled An act to provide
for calling forth the nlittR to execute the laws Of
the Union, suppress insurrectIons, aud rcpeI nvn-
siOnS, and to repeal the net In force for that pur-
pose, approved February IS, 1895 sla have called
laws the United States and to the laws to be
duly executed and the insurgents shall have Called to
dispeESe by the time directc BY the President, and
when said Insurgents claim to act under the author
tty of any State States aud such claim Il not dis
claimed or repuAted by the ncrsOns exercising the
functions Of government In such State States or
Ia the part parts thereof In which said cOmhnn.
lions exists, such nSurreCtiOn suppressed by said
State or States, then aud In sueh case Il may and
shall be lawful for the President by proclamation,
declare that the ahAbItaAt5 OF such State sr any SEQ
liOn or part thereof where such InsurrectOn exists
are In state OF insurrectiou against the United
States; and thereupOn all commercial IntPrcuur I,y
and between the same and the citizens thereof and
tho citizens of the rest OF the United States shall
cease and be unlawful 80 long a. such condition Of
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattles
wares and merchandise, coming from said State or
section into other parts Of the United States aud all
proceeding to such state section, by land or water
shall, together with the vessel or vehicle convey.
such State or section, Be farieitsd to the unitci
States: Provided, however, That the President NAV
I'm his discretion, license and permit commercial In.
tercouTse with any such part OF said State section
the Inhabitants of which are ~ declared In state Of
lnsurrectlOn, In such articles and for such time aud
by Bnch persons, he In his discretion, may think
most conducive to tho public intereSt; and such iI
tercDurbe % FAR a. BY him licensed shall be conduct
ed and carried only In pursuance q ries ana reg
niAtions prescribed by the Secretary OF the
And the SECRETARY OF tho Treasury may appoint such
uceu at places where OceTH of the customs arc NOT
now authorized by law As may be needed to carry
into eject such licenses rules, and regulations and
Officers Of the customs and other officers shall receive
for services under this section, and under RaId rules
and regulations Euch fees and compensation arc
now allowed for similar services under other pEOvs-
ions Of Law. :
Sec. 8. And be II further enacted That fnopn And
ateE h1een days AFTER theissuIng Of Tho said oia-
nation, a. provided In the last OFegOlng sast6n 6f
this act, any ship or vessel belonging M ! "a
part In any citizen or Inhabltant ~ :. = ~
part OF \ State whose Inhabitants al - 4
state OF insuTTeetiou, found atsetS a ~ 3 l6T
tho rest Of the United States ahaii Is iF n tho
United States. W
Bee. :. And DO It farther suactst That In tho exc
snton OF the provisions Of th5 Act and Of the other
laws oftho United sate providing f6r the collection
Of duties on imports and tonnage, It may and shall
be lawful for the President, In addition TO the reVs-
nno cutters In service to employ In aid thereof such
other a. may in his judgmnnt DO ne
SOe, 8 And be It further enacted, That tho Rr-
ttureS and penalties incurred by virtue Of This act
nay b uitgAted or Famitted, in pursuance o. the
authority vested In the Seeretary Of the Treasury by
the act entitled AN act providing for mitigAtne O.
renittinE the toristtures penalties, and dSabTlOS
aeeEuinE in certain eassa therein mentIoned1 Az
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
SeSen OF In cases where special circumstances may
seem @ require e, accOsdlug to regulations TO bo
prescribed by tho Secretary OF the TreaSiry,
Sec. .. Aud be Il further enacted That proceed.
lnl On nor torfeItureS under this act may be
gnts1ed n the eonrt1 OF the United States Ia any
taES@ al5 EE9eostlngs instituted; and gaeh cSurts