Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-10-13

of the United States duly authorize,
to act in the premises, to seal or clos,
the same, under and according to th,
regulations hereinafter authorized
! previous to their importation into th,
United States. which officer shall sea
or close the same accordingly ; where
upon the same may proceed to thei
port OF destination without further in
spection Prorided, That nothing con
tanned in this section shall be constru
cd to exempt such vessel, car, or We
hicle, or it's contents, from such ex
animation as may I've necessary anc
proper, TO prevent frauds upon the
revenue and violations of this act
And prorided. further, That every suct
vessel, car, or other vehicle shall pro
coed, without unnecessary delay, t.
the port or place of its destination, as
named in the manifest of it's cargo
freight, or contents, aud be there in
spected, as provided in section one.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted
That the Secretary Of the. Treasury
be, aud he is hereby, authorized and
required to make snch regulations
and from time to time so to change
the same as to him shall seem neces
sary and proper, for sealing such YES
sells, cars, and other vehicles, when
practicable, and for sealing, marking,
and identifying such goods, wares,
merchandise, baggage, effects, trunks,
travelling bags or sacks, valises, and
other envelopes and articles and al
SO in regard TO, invoices. manifests,
and other pertinent papers, and their
authorization. ' ''.'' ..@' % ." .
Sec. 4. And be u further enacted,
That if the owners, master, or person
in charge of any vessel, car, or other
vehicle, sealed as aforesaid, shall not
proceed to the port or place Of desti.
nation thereof named in the manifest
of it's cargo, freight or contents, and
deliver snch vessel, car, or vehicle to
the proper officer Of the customs, or
shall dispose Of the same by sale or
otherwise, or shall unload the same or
any part thereof at any other than
such port or place, or shall sell or dis
pose of the contents of such vessel,
car, or other vehicle, or any part
thereof, before such delivery, he shall
be deemed guilty Of felony, and on
conviction thereof, before any court of
competent jurisdiction, pay a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars. or
shall be Imprisoned for u team not CA.
ceeding five years, or both, at the dis
cretion OF the court and such vessel,
car, or other vehicle, with its contents,
shall be forfeited to the United States,
and may be seized wherever found
within tile United States, and dispos-
ed of and sold as in other cases Of for
feiture: Praadcd, That nothing in
this section shall be construed to pre-.
vent sales of cargo, in whole or in
part, prior to arrival, to be delivered
as per manifest and after due in.
spection. ia.s .r..' 1s. a.r...
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted,
That If any unauthorized person or
persons shall wilfuliy break, cut, pick,
open, or remove. any wire, seal, lead,
lock, or other fastening or mark at
tached to any vessel, car or other ve-
hicle, crate, box, bag, bale, basket,
barrel, bundle, cask, trunk, package,
or parcel or anything whatsoever, un-
der aud by virtue Of this act and reg
uIations authorized by it or in any
other act of Congress, or shall aflix or
attach, or in any way wiliully aid, as
sist, or encourage the afiixing or at
taching, by wire or otherwise, to any
vessel, car, or other vehicle, or to any
crate, box, bale, barrel, bag, basket,
bundle, cask. package, parcel, article.
or thing of any kind, any seal, lead,
metal. or any thing purporting to be
a seal authorized by law. such person
or persons shall be deemed guilty OF
felony, and upon conviction before
any court of competent jurisdiction
shall be imprisoned for term not ex.
ceedins five years. or shall pay . fine
of not exceeding one thousand dollars,
or both, at the discretion of the court
And each vessel, car, or other vehi.
Gle, crate, box, bag, basket, barrel,
bundle, cask, trunk, package, parcel
or other thing, with the cargo. or con.
tents thereof, from which the wire
seal. lead, lock, or other fastening OF
mark shall have been broken. cut
picked, opened. or removed by any
such unauthorized person or persons
or to which such seal or other thing
purporting to be a seal, has beer
wrongfully attached as aforesaid, shal
be forfeited TO the United States.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted
That from and after the passage o.
this act the penalty Cor violating any
of the provisions Of the first section o
the act entitled "An act to further
provide for the collection of the reve
nue. upon the northern, northeastern
and northwestern frontier, and fol
other purposes" approved July four
teen, one thousand eight hundred an(
sixty-two. shall be 6ue Of one hun
dred dollars, and the same shall b
disposed Of and applied as herein pro
vided for the distribution Of fines ant
penalties recovered by virtue of thii
act and so much of the said first sec
tion as conflicts herewith is hereby re
pealed. t5-a 4g "a 4..it.
Sec. I. And Be 70 further enacted
That the Secretary Of the Treasury be
and he ID hereby, authorized to ap
point, whenever he shall think il nee
essary, additional inspectors Of tn
revenue for the districts named be
low, as follows, to Wit : Passamaquod
i dy, Maine. four Portland and Fal
mouth. Maine, eight /; Boston am
! Charlestown Massachusetts, fourteen
II Penn bina, Minnesota. two; Chicago
Illinois, eight Michilimackinanc, Nj
chigan. two; Sandosky, Ohio, one
Cuyahoga. Ohio. three Erie. Penn
sylvania. one Buffalo Creek, Ne,
] York. six Niagra. niagara, two
Genesee, two Oswego. FIVE +; Oswe
I gatchie, two /; Champlain, four Vel
! mont, two. e..l s8as ehsn 80
Sec. 8. And be IL further eaaetec