The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-03
OFFICIAL.

authority given collectors, naval officers, and survey
be- and the same hereby, extended to inspectors
Of the customs and any officer or other person entitled to
or interested in part or share OF any hne penalty or
forfeiture incurred under this or any other law Of the
United States may be examined as witness in any Of
the proceedings for the recovery OF such fine penalty or
forfeiture by either of the parties thereto, and such ex
animation shall not deprive such witness of his or her
share or interest In such fine, penalty or forfeiture.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted That in case any
store warehouse other building shall be upon or near
the boundary line between the United States and any
foreign country and there Is reason to believe that duta
Bile goods are deposited have been placed therein
carried through or into the same without payment OF dI
lector naval officer, surveyor OF customs shall make
oath before any magistrate competent to administer the
same that he has reason 70 and does peeve shat
shall have the right to search such building and the pre-
misses belonging thereto; and fany such goods shall be
ing. shall be seized, forfeited and disposed of &C.
cording to law, and the said building shall DO
forthwith taken down or removed. And any per-
son or persons who shall have received deposited In
such building or carried through the same any goods
aforesaid shall have aided therein in violation of law
SHALL upon due conviction before any court of competent
jurisdiction be punished by fine not exceeding ten thou
sand dollars by Imprisonment not exceeding two yea
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec A. And be it further enacted That the first
ton of the act Of April second, eighteen hundred and
fortyfour entitled "An act directing the disposition Of
certain unclaimed goods wares, or sezedfor
being illegally imported into the United States, be so
amended that in place Of the word "one wherever the
may be found in said section the word ve' shall
be inserted. .H. ..-- .I......
Approved, February 2s, 1865.
An ACT making Appropriations for the Construction,
Preservation, and Repairs of certain Forfcatons and
other Works of Defence for the Year ending the thr-
tieth of June eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That the following sums be, and they arc hereby appro
priaed out Of any money In the treasury not otherwise
ind for tba
pairs Of certain Notifications and other works of defence
for the year ending the hirteth of june eighteen hun
bred and sixty-six:
For Fort Wayne, near Detroit, Michigan, seyehtyfiye
thousand dollars
For repairs of Fort Niagara near youngstown, New
York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Ontario Oswego New York, fifty thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake Champlain
New York, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort knox, at narrows of Penobscot River, Maine,
seventy-fve thousand dollars
For Fort Popham, Kennebec river Maine, seventy-dve
For Fort Prebe Portland Maine, seventyfve thousand
dollars.
For Fort seammel Portland, Maine, fifty thousand
dollars. IL --s .f-L5 -.
For Fort Georges on Hog Island Ledge Portland Maine
seventy -ivo thousand dollars.
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort McCary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty
thousand dollars
For Fort Independence, Boston, Massachusetts, five
thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren Boston Massachusetts,, ten thousand
dollars. - ..t ..I.
For sea-wa of Great Brswsters Island Boston harbor
Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars. -.
For repair of Sea-was Deer and LOves Islands,
Boston harbory Massachusetts,, fifty thousand dollars
For permanent forts at New Bedford harbor Massachu
For Fort Adams Newport Rhode Island, fifty thousand
dollars. Fr= ~. go.
For Fort Hale, New Haven, Connecticut fifty thousand
For Fort Schuyler East River New York, twenty-five
thousand dollars -,.' -, ,Nh .t
For fort at wilsts Point opposite Fort Schuyler New
. York, fifty thousand dollars
For repairs' at Fort Hamilton, New York, twenty-five
thousand dollars. 3I,
For fort site of Fort Tompns, Staten Island, New
Fer fort at Sandy Hook New Jersey, fifty thousand
dollars. 3i, % Z r.l' -.
For repairs of Fort Mifn, near Philadelphia, twenty
For repairs of Fort Washington, on Potomac River,
twenty-five thousand dollars. 9. "a - -
For Fort Monroe Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty-five
For Fort Clinch Florida, fifty thousand dOllars. .a,
For Fort Taylor Key West Florida two hundred thous
For Fort jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, hundred
For fort on Ship Isaud coast of Mississippi fifty thous
For fort at Fort Point San Francisco Bay, California,
onn hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Fort at Alcatraz Island San Francisco Bay, California,
one Huuureu anu u1ty tnOusanQ QOIiHIS
For additional deieuces at San Francisco, California,
fifty thousand dollars
For defences of Washington three hundred thousand
dollars. .rls tt.iss+
For field works and field operations million dollars
For bridge trains and equpage for armies in the field
three hundred thousand dollars. -.
For tool anu siege trains for armies in the held, i've
hundred thousand dollars its'
For surveys for military defences, for purchase of
paign maps, three hundred Thousand dollers.
For survey of Northern nd Northwestern lakes inelud
ing Lake Superior, one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars. ! ifiHY ..a44 s0 90 II l--. ~ .
For engraving and printing charts of lake surveys, IF
For purchase and repairs Of Instruments twenty thou
sand dollars .-r.'
For repairing equpping and charging Fort Porter at
Buffalo, fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, February rs, 1865. E
AN ACT relating to the Enrolment and License Of certain
Vessels.
BE Hendcted by the Senate and Holee Of Representatives
Of the United States Of Americd in Congress- assembled,
That whenever II shall become necessary for the
of any vessel of the United States navigating the
Western rivers and the waters the Northern, North
eastern and Northwestern frontiers OF the United
States otherwise than by sea- and being In district
other than that to which such vessels shall belong to
procure her enrolment and license or license or renewal
in which said vessel then shall be- as are now or shall
then be reuiredby law application for such enrolment
and license renewal thereof as the case may be- in the
district to which such vessel may belong excepting the
giving of bond and the enrolment and issuance Of licenses
and the officer before whom such proceedings shall DO
had shall certify the to the collector of the district
to which such vessel may shall belong who shall there
upon the said owner giving bond required
in all su cases. duly enroll the said vessel and issue Ii
in the form If the application had originally
been made in this Office and either deliver the said IL
to said owner owners or forward IL by mail to
the officer who certified to him the preliminary proceed
ngs aud who SHALL in such case deliver the said license
to the owner owners master of the vessel Pro
rided That this shall not be construed In any
respect to change existing laws, excepting in far it
enable such to procure enrolment lcenseOr
newal thereof without returning their vessels to their
home ports districts. , o."
Approved, February g. 1865. r. .
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled An Act to regulate the
Admeasurement of Tonnage of Ships and Vessels of the
and sxty-four.
Behsnacted By The Snate and House Of Representatives
of the United States of Congress assembied That
the entitled An to regulate the admsasurement
tonnage of ships and vessels eff the United States
proved May SIXTH eighteen hundred and sxtyfour shall
construed that part of ship vessel shall be
registered for tonnage that Is used for
cabins staterooms and constructed entirely above the
lrst deck, which il not deck to the hull.
Approved February %, 1861
AN Acr concerning the Collection District Of Salem and
Beverly in Massachusetts,.
Be ii enacted BY the Senate and House of Representatives
Of The United States Of america Congress assembled That
the office of naval officer for the district of Salem and Bey
erly the State Of Massachusetts, be- and the Ia
hereby abolished
SIC q Aud be il further enacted That the Office of sur
veyor for said district to reside at Beverly be- and the
same il hereby abolished.
SIC g. That the salary of surveyor of said district shall
hereafter be four hundred dollars per annum.
Approved, February 2s, 1855. ft -..
Az Act granting to the Michigan City Harbor Company
,ha ,ae ,F Government Piers Harhfr f,r IN.