Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-07


thIrtieth, eighteen hundred and Eixty-ous
Approved, July Is, 1851.
[PUHLIC.-So. 5.
AN ACT further to provide for the collection OF
duties on inportS and for other purposes.
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
GenfRtIves Of tho United States OF America In Con
Era8s assembled, That whenever il shall. iu the
Judgment Of the President, BY reason OF unlawful
combinations Of peFsnnS 10 Opp1IitfOn to tho laws OF
the DATED States, become inpFNctiCAbIa execute
ths revenue laws and collect Tho duties Imports
by the ordinary means, in the ordinary way al any
port Of entry In any collection district lie Is author
lied tn cHse such dutiUs to be collected at any port
Of delveTSln said district until such obstruction
shull ceA-ct aI-tl S1Cli the surveyors said
ports Of delivery shall be clothed with al the POW
and bc subject to all tbe ObigRtUEs Of collectors
At ports Of entry; and the Secretary Of the Treasury
with the appreciation OF tile President, shall appoint
such number Of WegheTs, RAugeTs, measures, in.
spect0rs, appTnbers and clerks may be necessary
in his ud gmeut for the faithful execution Of the
laws at said ports oT delivery and shall fix
and establish the limits within which suel ports OF
delivery are constituted ports Of entry Aforesaid;
and all tho PTOTisgRs of Law regulating the issue OF
marine papers, the cuastnE trade, the WRrehOusing
Of Imports and collection OF duties shall nppIy 4,
the ortS Of eaiE 80 IN the same manner
A. they do to port Of entry established by the laws
Sec. :. and be it further enacted, That IL from
the cause mentioned ia the foregoing section In the
Judgment Of ths President the revenue from duties
on imports cannot be etiectuAlly collected at any
r0Ft Of c3tFy IN any Coec tIOu strict in ts OtIi
nary NAY and by the ordinary means, by the
provided Ia the foregoing section, then, and
in that case, lie may direct that the custon-house
Tor the district be established In any secure place
within said district, either on lnud or on board any
vessel In snid district Ut at Rea near the COAST aud
In surh the collector shall reside such place
or on hhtpbuaFd, as the may he, aud there lie.
tain all Vesets aud eATg0sa arriving within or nT-
preaching said district, until tho duties imposed by
Jaw ON said yuseia and their cafgUes are paid IN cash:
Provided that IL the owner or consIsnee Of The cargo
on hoard any vessel detained Us Aforesaid, the
. er OF said vessel shall dtsIrs te enter a mort Of
such distractions TO the execution Of the laws
ist the master Of such vessel may DO permitted to
change the destination of the vessel and cargo In his
manifest; WleTcuP0n the collector shall deliver him
written permit to proceed TO the port designated:
And provided further, that the Secretary Of the
Treasury shall, with the appreciation Of tho PrC4i-
dent, make proper regulations for tho enforcement
shpbOlrd Of sucS provisions Of the laws regnlRt-
ing the assessment anil collection Of duties In his
Judgment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec ,. And be Il fHthcr enacted, That II shall DO
unlawful to take any vessel or cargo detained
Aforesaid Grun the custody Of the proper officers OF
the customs, unless by process Of court Of the
United States; and in case Of auy attempt otherwise
to take such weasel or cargo by any force, cOnbI
nation asemblHge of persons too great to he over
come by tho officers of the customs II shall and may
be lawful for the President such person persons
lie shall have empowered for that purpose, to enl
Ploy such part OF the army or navy or MALTA OF the
United States, such force Of citizen volunteers rs
may be dr'med necessary for the purpose OF prevent
Ing the removal Of such vessel cargo, and protect
dy thereof
rec Il ana DO u lnrther enacted, That In the
Judgment Ufthe President, from the cauar mentioned
in the t section Of this act tho duties unuu imports
in any collection district cannot be SretHaliy collect
ed by the ordinary means aud In the ordinary way
in the mode and manner provided In tho foregoing
sections OF this act lIeh and Tn that the freS
dent Il hereby empowered close the poTt or Dotts
OF entry ia said district, AMI in such case give Ioticu
thereof by proclamation ami tereupnn all right OF
importation. UntCnuns!us and other privileges Incl.
dent In ports OF entry shall cease and be discontin.
ued At such port clnsE, until opened by order OF
the PRECEDENT on the Cessation at such OI-iructuns
Anl IT, while said pOrtERTe closed, any ship or YES
eel from beyond tho United states or having on board
any ATtices subject to duties shall enter OF attempt
to enter any such port the satne, together with its
tackle apparel furniture, and cargo, AhRll be forfeit.
ed To the United States.
Sec. 3. Aud ln 1t further enacted. That Whenever
the President, in pursuance Of the provisions Of tito
second section ofthe act entitled AN act to provide
for calling forth the MALTA to execute the laws of
tlit Union suppress instructions, aud renel nva-
AiOns, and TO repeal the act now in force for that puF
pose" approved February -. 1895 ElalI lave called
forth the militia to suppress combinations against the
laws Of the United Statss and to cause the Laws to DO
duly executed and the insurgents shall have failed to
dspeTse by the time directed by tie President and
when said insurgents claim to act under the Rutur-
y OF any state or states and such claim Is dis
claimed Eepudiated ~ the persons exercising the
functions OF government in such State States or
In the part or parts thereof in which said cOnbIna.
tons exists, such tnAuTTeciOn suppressed by said
state States, then md in such case II may and
9hA be lawful for the President. by proclamation to
declare that the Inhabitants Of 0uc State. any
tiOn or part thereof where such instruction exists
arV In state Of lnSurrectiun against the United
States; and therenpon all commercial intercourse by
and between the and tho citizens thereof and
the citiIenS Of tho rest Of the United States shall
Cease and be unlawful 20 Tonga such condition of
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattieS
wares and merchandise. coming from Gnid STATE or
section Into other parts of the United States and ali
proceeding to such State OF section By land or water
shall, together with the vessel vehicle convex
Ing the anne, or Conveying persons TO or from
such state or section, be forfeited to the United
StetcS: Provided, however, That the President may
In his discretion, license and permit commercial In.
terCourse with any such part OF aad State or section
the Inhabitants Of which declared IN state OF
nSurreciOn. In such artIeles and for such time anil
by such Persona, "a he, In hIs discretion NAV think
most conducive TO the public interest; and nneh in.
erourae 80 far as BY him licensed Shal be conduct.
81 and eArrc on only In pursuance Of rules aud reg.
rlattnns prescribed by the Secretary Of the TreasT
And tho Secretary OF the Treasury may appoint yueh
oeets At places where officers Of the customs not
now authorized BY law as may be needed TO carry
Into effect such licenses, rules and regulations; and
officers Of the customs aud other Oeers shall receive
Tor services under this section. and under said rules
and regulations, such fees and compensation as arc
nov allowed for similar services under other pEoTs-
Ions OF Law.
Sec. 6 And be Il further enacted. That frurn and
after hllecn days ROr thoisuinE OF the Haid pToela.
nation a. provided In tho last foregoing section Of
this act, any ship vessel belonging in whole In
part TO any citizen inhA6itant Of Elid State or
part OF state Whose Inhabitants declared In
state OF nsnrrcetion B0und At sea- In any port Of
the rest Of the United States uhau be forfeited to the
Sec. = And be II further enacted That in the exc.
culcn Of the provisions Of this act and OF the other
laws ofthe United Statel providing nF the collection
Of dntIes on Imports and tonnage It may and shall
Be lawful for the President, in addition to the reTG
nue. eutterU in service to employ In aid thereof such
other uitahlsNesoals ~ may, In Indignant, DO re-
CURED.
SEC. & And be It further enactId. That the for.
turNS and penalties Incurred by virtue Of this act
may b mitigafed OF TCmittod, In pursuance Of the
authority vested In the Secretary Of the Treasury BY
the act entitled An act providing for mitigating or
CenltttAE the tcTeitures, penGlteS ard liabilities
NeeTuinG in certain cares therein meutionod' an
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
6oyon or In eass1 where Grecinl cfRe11fn r,,,
seem TO require Il according to regulations 10 b
PrS1cIte0d by the Secretary Of tho Treasury.
Sc. 9. And be It further enacted, That nrOeeea-
Pafs9ed Ia the courts OF the Unltsd StSke5 IA nHy
1i9tEict into which the property % SolSed may -
tAk11 and PESsonE instituted; and such couTtS