Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-18
LPunLIc.-No. 81

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gress assembled, That whenever it shall, in the
Judgment of the President, by reason of unlawful
combinations OF persons in opposition to the laws OF
the United States, become imprlctcable to execute
the revenue laws and collect the duties imports
by the ordinary means, in the ordinary way, at any
port entry in any collection district lie is author
lied cause such duties be collected at any port
Of delivery in said district until such obstruction
shall cease; and in such tho surveyors at said
ports Of delivery shall be clothed with all the pow
ers and be subject to all the obligations of collectors
ports Of entry and the Secretary of the Treasury,
with the appreciation Of the President shall appoint
such number of wcighcrs, Gnugcrs, ElcasuTcrs, in
speCtOTs, appraisers, and clerks may be necessary,
! IN his Judgment, for the faithful execution of the
laNB at said ports of delivery and shall fix
ami establish the limits within which such ports OF
delivery constituted ports of entry aforesaid;
and all the provisions of law regulating tho issue OF
marine papers. the ctastinE trade, the warehousn
of imports, and collection of duties shall apply to
the ports of entry so constituted i'll the same manner
they do TO ports Of entry established by the laws
| now in force.
sccl And be it further enacted, That If, from
the cause mentioned III the foregoing section, in the
Judgment of the President, the revenue from duties
imports cannot he cffeCtuaily collected at my
PORT Of entry in any collection district in the ori
nary way and by tho ordinary means, OF by the
course provided in the foregoing scctiOn them and
in that cnsc. lie may direct that tho CustonlhOuso
for the district be established in any secure place
within said district, either on land board any
vessel i'll said district at near the coasts and
in such the collector shall reside at such place,
slIipbOard, the case may he, and there de-
tain all vessels and CargOus arriving within Ep
preaching said district, until the duties imposed by
vessels their paid
Provided that if the owner consince Of the cargo
on board any vessel detained as aforesaid, or the
master OF said vessel shall desire 10 enter port of
entry any other district in the United States where
no such distractions to the execution of the laws ex-
ist the muster Of such vessel may be permitted to
change tho destination of the vessel and cargo in his
manifest; whcreupOn 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 the Prcsi
dent, make proper regulations for tho enforcement
on shipboard of sue provisions of the laws regulnt
ing the assessment and collection of duties in his
judgment may be necessary and practicable.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
unlawful to take any vessel or cargo detained as
aforesaid from the custody of the proper officers of
the customs. unless by process of OF the
United States; and in case of any attempt otherwise
to take such vessel or cargo by any force, comh
uation orasscmbngCO PERSONS too great to be over
by the officers Of the customs, it shall and may
o lawful for the President or such person or persons
as he shall have empowered for TINT purpose to
ploy 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 he it further enacted, That it, in the
Judgment of the President from the mentioned
in the first section Of the duties upon imports
in any collection district cannot be Cecnaly collect
ed by the ordinary and in the ordinary way or
In the mode and manner provided in the foregoing:
sections of this actthen and in that case tho Prcs
dent is hereby empowered to close the port ports
OF entry in said district, and in such give notice
thereof by proclamation; and thereupon all right OF
dent 10 ports of entry shall and be disCnntin.
Ued Mt such port closed, until opened by order OF
the ircaGeht on the cessation OF such distractions
and If, while said ports are so Closed any ship
sci from beyond the United States having on board
any articles subject to dntes shall enter attempt
to enter any such port the same, together with its
tackle, apparel furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeit
| ed to tho United Statcs.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever
the President, in pursuance of the provisions of the
second section of tho entitled An act to provide
FOR calling forth the malitiu to tho laws Of
1TGTYF inv
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 ind to the laws
duly executed and the insurgents shall have failed
disperse by the time directed by the President and
when said insurgents claim to act under the author
y any State or States, and such claim is not dis
claimed repudiatcd Iy the persons exercising the
functions of government in such State States OIL
in the part parts thereof in which said c0mbina
tons exists, such instruction suppressed said
State or States then and In such case II may nDf
shall be lawful for the President by proclnmation
declare that the inhabitants Of such State any
ton part thereof where such instruction exists
are in II state OG insuTreCtion against the United
States; and thcrcupOn all commercial intercourse liz
and between the same and the citizens thereof and
the citizens Of the rest Of the United States sha
cease and be unlawful so long such condition o
hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattles
wares and merchandise, coming from said State OF
section into other pnrts of the United States and nj
proceeding to such State section, by land or water
shall, together with the vessel or vehicle convey
Ing tho same, conveying persons to or lroT
such State section, he forfeited to tho Unitci
States: Provided, however, That the President may
in his discretion, license and permit commercial in
tercoursc with any such part of said State or section
tho inhabitants of which declared In state o
instruction, in such articles and for such time apt
by such persons, he, in his discretion, may think
most conducive to the public interest; and such in
eCCOurse, far rs bS him licensed shall be conduct
ed and Carried only in pursuance of rules and reg
ulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury
And the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint suc
officers vt places where officers of the customs arc no
now authorized by law may be needed to carry
!
officers of the customs and other officers shall receive
for services under this section and under said rnle
and regulations, such fees and compensation AZ ar,
ions of law.
Sec. 9. And he it further enacted That from an,
alter teen days after the issuing Of the said proCla
nation, As provided in the last foregoing section o
this act any ship vessel belonging in whole or IN
part to any citizen or inhabtant Of said State OF
part of State whose inhabitants are so declared in
state oil insLrrecton, found at sea, in any port
the rest of the United States, shall be forfeited to tn,
United States. -
Sec. L And be 1t further enacted, That in the exc
cutinu Of the provisions of this act and oF The tj
laws of the United States providing for the coIlecto,
OF duties on imports and tonnage, it NAV and shall
be lawful for the President in addition 10 the S
nue. cutters in SERVICE to employ in aid thereof sucl
Qured.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That the for
lures and penalties incurred by virtue of this &C
nay be mitfSatcd RENTED, in pursuance of tn,
authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury b,
the act entitled An act providing for mitigating o.
remitttng the orfeiturcs penalties and disabilitie
accrnng in certain cases therein mentioned" an
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
sevon or in cases whore special circumstances ma,
seem to require it, according to regulations to b
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 0. And be 1t further enacted, That proceed
ngs seizures for fnretures under this act may bt
pursued in the conrts Of the United States in an,
district into which the property 30 seized NAV bI
taken and proceedings instituted; and such court
shall have and entertain full jurisdiction over th'
same AS If the seizure Waa made in that district
Approved, July Is, 1851.
[PUDuo-No.4
AN ACT to provide for the appointment of ASsiE
tant Pnymasters in the Navy
Be i. enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-