Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-11
TPuBuc-No. al

AppIONsaT Suly ASJ As"As
[PUBuc,-No. J.
An ACT further to provide for the collection OF
duties on imports and for other purposes.
Be il enacted By the senate and HSuss Of Repre-
sentatIVes Of the United States Of America Ia Con
grysO assembled, That Whsnever II shall, in the
combinations of pEreOnu in Uppalton 70 the laws q
tho United States income iIprAetieabis TO execute
by the ordinary means, In the ordinary way, At any
port OF eatFy any collection district he e author
Of delivery In said district until such obstruction
shall cease; and IN such the surveyors at NaId
ports Of delivery sall be clothed with all the pow
and DO to all the obligations Of collectors
ports entry and the Secretary Of the Treasury
with the appreciation OF the PTeEident, shall appoint
such number Of WeiBherH, EauScrs, neasuTers, in
speCtor appraiser and clerks may be necessary,
In his Judgment for the faithful execution Of tho
revenue Laws at said ports Of delivery, aud shall x
and establish the limits within which such pOrtS OF
delivery constituted ports Of entry Aforesaid;
and all the provisions Of law regulating the issue Of
marine papers, the coasting trade the TaTehOusing
OF imports and collection OF duties shall apply to
the ports Of entry cOnsituted in the same manner
they do to ports Of entry established by the laws
Sec . And be it fertilizer enacted, That Il, from
the mentioned in the foregoing section, In the
Judgment u the President the revenue from Infies
un Imports cannot be efectuAlIy collected at any
FORT Of entry in any collection district In the OE-
nary way and by the ordinary means, or by the
In that case, he may direct that the custOm.houss
for the dintrict be established In any secure place
within d1lu uaIfCKs either lana or board
vessel In said district or at bea near the coasts aud
Ia such the collector alall reside at such place.
or on shiPhoAnl, as the case may he, and there de-
tain all vessels and enTgOes arriving within APP
preaching said district until the duties imposed by
law said vessels and their cargOes paid In CASH
Provided, that IL the cOnsgnee Of the cargo
on board amy vessel detained as Aforesaid, or the
master Of said vessel shAll desire to enter port Of
entry la any other district In the United States where
no such distractions to tho execution Of the laws
st the master OF such vessel may be permitted to
change the destination Of the vessel and cargo in his
haiti q.
written permit to proceed to the port designated:
Aud provided further, that tho Secretary Of the
Treasury shall, with the appreciation of the Presi-
dent. make proper regulations for the enforcement
shipbOaTd Of sucS provisions OF the laws reEulnt-
ing the assessment and collection 81 duties as In his
Judgment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec 3. And be Il further enacted, That u shall DO
unlawful 10 take any vessel or cargo detained as
Aforesaid from the custody of the proper officers of
the customs, unless BY process OT some court Of tile
United States; and In case Of any attempt otherwise
to take such vessel or cargo by any force or conb
nation Hsemblage Of pRFsOns too great be over
by the officers Of the customs It shall and may
be lawful for tho President, such peTon or persons
plOy such part Of the army navy MALTA Of the
United States such force OF citizen volunteers as
ting the removal Of such vessel cargo and protect.
dy thereof
Judgment Of the President, from tha cnnka mentioned
in the rst section Of this act duties upon imports
in RRy collection district cannot be cectAlly collect
ed by the ordinary and In tile ordinary way or
in the mode and manner provided in tho foregoing
sections Gf tIia and In that case the Rrys
dent Is hereby empowered to close the port or ports
Of entry In said district aud In such case give notice
thereof by PrOcamAtiOni and hereupon all right OF
Importation, WarehOusng, and other privileges incl
dent to ports OF entry shall and he iscOutins
ued Mt such port so closed until opened by onlsr OF
inc EIeAlneht on inc eesaLon 81 snch oDstructonsi
RndL while said ports arc 20 closed. any ship
sol from beyond the United States having on board
any articles subject to dntieS shall enter attempt
to enter any such port the Eamr, together with It's
tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo shall be forfeit
ed to the United States.
Sec. s. And 10 it further enacted, That whenever
the President In pursuance Of tho provisions Of tho
second section OF the act entitled An to IroVlds
for calling forth the matn to execute the laws of
the Union, ElppTcss Instructions and rppel fnva-
slOns aud to repeRl the act In force for that pur
pOsC approved February Is 1895 shall have called
forth the militia to suppress combinations annst the
lhWsOT the United States, and to the laws to
duly executed, and the insurgents shall have failed to
diSPsTe by the time directed by the President, aud
when said insurgents claim To act under the author
Ity Of any State States and such claim Il not dis
claimed repudAted by tho persons exercising the
functions OF government in such State or Statsa or
in the part parts thereof in which said cOnbinR
lions eHst5 snch inSurrectiOu suppressed by said
State or States then and In pucl cSEs n NAV and
shall be lawful for tho President by procamaiiOn to
declare that the Inhabitants OF such State Rr any
tion part thereof whore such lnsurrection exists
are In state OF Instruction against the United
Statesi and thcTcupOn all commercial intercourse BY
and between the same aud the citizens thereof and
Lhe etttEens OF tho rest Oi tho United StAtea shall
cease and be unlawful 80 long such condition OF
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattes
wares and merchandise, coming from said State OF
section into other parts Of the United States and all
prOeOeinE 70 such 6tAte ssctIOn by land or water
shall. together with the vessel or vehicle convey.
ing the same. or conveying persons to or from
States: Provided, how sVeF. That the President NAV
in Ills discretion license and permit commercial IA.
terOurss with any such part OF said State or section
the Inhabitants of which declared In state OF
iusuTrcctiOn In such articles and for such time and
by such persons, as he, ia his discretion, may think
most conducive 10 the public INTEREST," and such In
tcruOnrss 80 far BY him licensed ahall bs conduct.
cd and carried only In pursuance Of rules and reg
ulntiOns prescribed by the Secretary Of the Treasury
And the Secretary Of the Treasury may appoint ssh
officers At places where officers Of the customs arc NOT
now authorized BY Law as may he needed to carry
tnt enect such licenses, rules and regulations: and
ocerS Of the customs and other ocSTS ShSl Teeeiye
for services under this section and under said Tules
now allowed for similar services under other pioTiS-
Sc 9; And be 1t further enacted. That non, and
aeT hneSn days AfteE thsiHuIng Of the SaId pFuca-
nation, provided In the last flrroinr. oefSon Of
TINS aes any ship or vessel belonging In whole or In
part to any Citizen inhAhitant Of said State OF
part OF state whose inhabitants are - declared In
state OF tnEurrectOu, found Bl or In any poFf 81
the ret Of the United States Rha be forfeited to the
SEQ. q And be 1t further enacted That IN the exc.
Suton ol the PrUyOns Of this aet and OF the other
lave o. the United States providing f1r the collection
Of duttoa on imports and tonnage &c may and man
be lawful for the President, In addition TO The Fgy
me enttsEI IN ssrvee TO employ In aid thereof such
OuIred y
SEC. s And be IT further enacted, That the sor.
iruFeS and penalties incurred by virtue Of this act
nay BE- mitiEated or remitted, n pnrsnSnes 81 ne
authority vested in the Secretary the Treasury by
me 81 snttlea An oct providing for mitigating or
aeeEuinR In certain cases therein intentionally ~
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
sem 20 require 10, ancosiing 70 regulations "a ~
PFS.sEi6 ed By the Secretary ofths TEUaEury.
iuEs on Sel1nTsS 81 SifTrsS SS ,fTa "
BaEasSa . the e9qrel Of the United State IN any