Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-13
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AN ACT further to provide for the collection OF
duties or imports and fOr other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
seatItives 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 the laws OF
the United States, become impracticable to
the revenue laws and collect the duties on imports
by the ordinary means, the ordinary way at aay
port OF entry in collection district he
zed 10 cause such duties TO be Collected at any uSrt
Of delivery i'll said district until such obstruction
shall cease and in such the surveyors at said
ports OF delivery shall be clothed with all the pow
and be suect all the obligations OF collectors
II ports Of entry; and the Secretary of the Treasury
with the appreciation OF the President shall appoint
such plumber OF wel2heFs, CANCERS, meIsurers, IN
sI+cctoTs appraisers, anu clerks as may be necessary,
il his Judgment, !ur the faithful execution of the
revenue laWs al said ports of delivery, and shall fix
and establish the limits within which such ports of
delivery constituted ports of entry aforesaid:
and all tbs prOTiUns OF law regulating the issue OF
marine PAPERS the coastiuy trade the warehousinr
Of imports. and collection of duties shall apply to
the ports Of entry constituted in the manner
as they do to ports ef entry established by the laws
now in force.
Sec > And be 1t further enacted, That it. from
the cause mentioned ia the foregoing section in the
Judgment Of thePFesident, the revenue from duties
on imports cannot be e.icctuaIIy collected at any
port Of entry in collection district, in the ordi
nary way and by the ordinary means, by the
course provided in the foregoing section, then, and
in that case, lie 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 at the coast; and
IA such this collector shall reside such place.
sh!rbOard, a. the may be, and there de-
tain all vessels and CaTgOcs arriving within APP
preaching said district, until the duties imposed by
law said vessels and their cargo paid ia cash:
Provided. that if the Consgnee Of the cargo
On board any vessel detained AS aforesaid, or the
of said vessel shall desizc enter port of
entry any other district in the United States where
no such oDstructions to the execution OF the laws
st tc master Of such vessel may he permitted to
change the destination OF the vessel and cargo in his
manifest: whcrcupon the collector shall deliver him
"A % a al Tod
And provided further, that the Secretary of the
Treasury shall, with the appreciation Of the Presi-
dent make proper regulations for the enforcement
shPboard of sue, provisions of the laws rcgulat
ing the assessment and collection of duties as in his
judgment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec 3. Aud Ice it further enacted. That it shall be
uutawtu! 10 take any vessel or cargo detained
aforesaid fran the custody of the proper officers of
the Gu TOMS unless by process Of some court of the
United States; and ia Of any attempt otherwise
to take such vessel or cargo by any force, comb-
uatiun, aemblHgc "t persons. too great TO he
by the officers of the customs it shall and may
he lawful for the President such person pcrsons
a. 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
may be deemed necessary for the purpose prevent
ing the removal Of such vessel cargo, and protect
! dy thereof
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it, in III.
Judgment ofthc President from the mentioned
in the first section of this act the duties upon imports
in aHy collection district cannot lie eecually collect
ed 10y the ordinary measan in the ordinary way,
in the mode and manner provided in the foregoing
sections of this act then and in that the Prcsi-
dent Is hereby empowered close the port or mort
of entry in said district and in such case give notice
thereof by proclamation: and thereupOn all right Of
importation warenoGsing, and other privileges incl
dent to ports OF entry shall cease and be dscOntin.
ned AZ sch port closed. until opened by order
the President ON the cessation Of such distractions
and II, whila said ports Closed any ship YES
sci from beyond the United States having on board
any articles subject to duties shall enter attempt
to enter any such port the same, together with its
tackle apparel! furniture, and cargo shall be forfeit
cd to the United States.
Sec. 3. Andb be it further enacted, That whenever
the President, in pursuance of the provisions of the
second section of the entitled An to provide
for calling forth the nulitia execute the laws OF
tho Union. suppress instructions and repeI inva.
sons and to repeal the act in force for that pur.
pose" approved February 2S 1885, shall have called
forth the militia to suppress combinations against the
laws of the United States and to the laws to he
duly executed and the Insurgents shall have failed to
dispense by the time directed by the President, and
when said insurgents claim to act under the author
ty ofany State States, and such claim is not dis
claimed rcpudiated Ay the persons exercising the
functions of government in such State or States or
IN the part or parts thereof in which said colnbina
iOns exists, snch instruction suppressed by said
State or States, then and in such it may and
shall be lawful for the President by proclamation 10
declare that the inhabitants such State or any
ton part thereof where such instruction exists
arc i'll state OF instruction against the United
States; and thereupon all commercial intercourse by
and between the same and tho citizens thereof and
the citizens of the rest Of the United States shall
cease and be unlawful so long as such condition Of
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chat
wares and merchandise coming from said State OF
section int" other parts of the United States and all
proceeding to such state section, by land or water
shall, together with the vessel or vehicle convey
ing the same, or conveying persons to or from
: such State or section be forfeited to the United
States: Provided, however, That the President NAV
in his discretion, license and permit commercial in
tcrcOurse with such part Of said State or section
tie inhabitants of which declared in state OF
nsurrection in such articles, and for such time and
by such persons, as he, in his discretion, may think
most conducive to the public interest; and SuCh in
ercourse, 50 far us by him licensed shall be conduct
cd and carried on only in pursuance of rules and reg
nntos prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury
And the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint such
officers at places where officers the customs are no,
now authorized by law as may be needed to carry
into effect snch licenses rules. and regulations and
officers of the customs and other officers shall receive
for services under this Section and under said rules
and regulations, such fees and conversation as re
now allowed Tor similar services under other prOvis
ions of law.
Sec: g. And be it further enacted That from and
alter fifteen days after the issuing of the said proca
nation as provided in the last foregoing section Of
TINS act any ship or vessel belonging in whole or III
part to any citizen or inhabiant of said State OF
part OF State whose inhabitants are so declared in
state of instructions found sea- or in any mort 81
the rest OF the United States shall be forfeited to the
United States. - "
Sec Z. And be it further enacted That in the eye
cution OF the provisions Of this act and of tho fbc1
laws Of the United States providing for tho collection
be lawful for the President, in addition to the
nue. cutters in service to employ in aid thereof such
4uired. W AZ
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That the for.
lures anu pehilues incurred by virtue Of this act
may be mitigated or RENTED, in pursuance of the
authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury bv
the act entitled An act providing for mitigating Of
RENTING the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities
accruing in certain cases therein mentionedn an
Ilproyed March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
seYen or in cases where special circumstances NAV
seem to require according to regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary ofthe Treasury
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That proceed
ngs on seizures for Orcitures under this act NAV he
pursued in the courts of the United States in anv
district into which the property so seized NAV be
taken and Prooeedings instituted; and such courts
shall have and entertain full jurisdiction over the
came as II the seizure was made in that district
Approved, July Is, 1861.
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AN ACT to provide for the appointment of Assis-