The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-01
OFFICIAL.
I nroyiso Of said ninety first section Is hereby

forfeiture incurred under this or any other law of tn
United States may be examined as witness in any
the proceedings for the recovery Of such fine penalty
forfeiture by either of the parties thereto, and such
animation shall not deprive such witness of his or he
share or interest in such fine penalty or forfeiture.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted That in case an
store warehouse other building shall be upon
the boundary line between the United States and an.
foreign country and there reason to believe that duta
BILE goods deposited or have been placed therein
carried through or into the same without payment of u
ties and in violation of law aad the collector deputy col
ecor naval officer, surveyor of customs shall max
oath before any magistrate competent to administer thu
same that he has TO believe and does believe tina
such offence has been therein committed, such office
shall have the right to search such building and the pre-
misses belonging theret0 and If any such goods shall b
found therein, the same, together with such build
ing, shall he SEIZED forfeited and disposed of &C
cording to law. and the said building shall b.
4 forthwith taken down or removed And any per
persons who shall have received deposited II
such building, carried through the same any goods,
aforesaid shall have aided therein in violation Of law
SHALL upon due conviction before any court of compeen
jurisdiction be punished by fine not exceeding ten thou
sand dollars or by not exceeding two yea
| or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC A. And be it further enacted That the first sec
ton of the act of April second, eighteen hundred
fortyour, entitled An act directing the disposition
certain unclaimed goods wares merchandise seized fo
being illegally imported into the United States" be 81
amended that in place OF the word "one wherever thu
may be found in said secton the word FIVE shal
| be inserted
Approved February %, 1865. .....
| AN ACT making Appropriations for the Construction
Preservation and Repairs of certain Portications and
other Works of Defence for the Year ending the thr
tieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-sx.
BE enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives.
Of the United States Of Ameyfca in Congress assembled
That the following sums be- and they hereby appro-
prated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the construction preservation, and
pairs of certain Notifications and other works of defence
for the year ending the thteth of june eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six:
For Fort Wayne, Detroit Michigan, seventy-fve
thousand dollars.
For repairs of Fort Niagara, near Youngstown, New
York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Ontario, 0swego New York. fifty thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake Champlan,
New York fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort knox, at narrows of Penobscot River Maine
seventy-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Popbam, Kennebec river Maine, seventy Ave
thousand dollars
For Fort preble, Portland Maine sevenyhve thousand
dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland, Maine, fifty Thousand
dollars.
For Fort Georges on Hog Island LEDGE Portland Maine
seventyfivs thousand dollars. .-'U'H.
For Fort Constitution Portsmouth, New Hampshire
twenty-five thousand dollars.
ForFort McCary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty
thousand dollars.
For Fort Winthrop Boston, Massachusetts, Thousand
dollars.
For Fort Independence, Boston, Massachusetts, five
For Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts, ten thousand
dollars. ..
sea-Wa BreWstefs Isla0u, Boston narOOf,
Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars.
For repair OF Sea-was on Deer and on Loves Islands,
Boston harbor Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars.
For permanent forts at New Bedford harbor Massaehu
sets, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Adams Newport Rhode Island, fifty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Hale New Haven, Connecticut fifty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Schuyler East River, E'HYork, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For fort at willes Point opposite Fort Schuyler New
For repairs at Fort Hamilton, New York. twenty-five
For 6rt satc Of Fort Tonpkins, Staten Island, New
York, fifty Isand dollars
Fer fort at ssE Hook New Jersey, fifty thousand
For repairs of Fort Msn, near Philadelphia twenty
For repairs of Fort Washington on Potomac River
twenty-five thousand dollars ''
For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty-five
For Fort clinch, Florida, fifty thousand dollars
For Fort Taylor Key West Florida two hundred thous'
For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, hundred
thousand dollars.
For fort Ship Island coast Of Mississippi fifty tOus-
and dollars
For fort at Fort Point San Franclco Bay California;
onn hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Fort al Aearaz Island San francisco Bay California,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For additional detences at San Francisco, California,
fifty thousand dollars. .r 4
For deiences of Washington three hundred thousand
dollars.
For field works and field operations, one million dollars.
For bridge trains and eqpage for armies in the field,
three hundred thousand dollars.
For tool and siege trains for armies in the field five
hundred thousand dollars. ...
For surveys for military deehces for purchase of cam
paign maps, three hundred thousand doers.
For survey Northern nd Northwestern lakes incu-
ing Lake SUPERIOR one hundred aud twenty-five thousand
dollars. = III. : l.. if,.,' ii N 1'.l.4 ..
For engraving and printing charts of lake surveys, f
For purchase and repairs of Instruments twenty thou
sand dollars .'I4 D.. :. ... - '... .fI-.
For repairing, equpping and enlargng Fort Porter at
Buffalo, fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, February % 1865. pa A'
AN Act relating TO the Enrolment and License Of certain
Vessels.
Be enacted by The Senate and Ho,ee OF REPRESENTATIVES
Of The United States Of America in Cogresss assembled
That whenever it shall become necessary for the
of any vessel of the United States navigating the
Western rivers and the waters on 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 license renewal
thereof the same proceedings may be had in the district
in which said vessel then shall be- now, shall
then berequiredby law onappcaton for such enrolment
and license, renewal thereof the may be- in the
district to which such vessel may belong excepting the
giving of bond and the enrolment and issuance of license;
and the officer before whom such proceedings shall DO
had shall certify the same to the collector of the district
to which such vessel may shall belong who shall there
upon on the sadowner owners giving bond required
in all such cases. duly enroll the said vessel and issue IL
in the form if the application had originally
been made in this office; and either deliver the said Ii
TO said owner forward 1t by mail to
the officer who certified to him the preliminary proceed
ngs and who SHALL in such case deliver the said license
to the owner owners master of the vessel: Pro
pided That this act shall not be construed in any
respect TO change existing laws excepting in far it
enable such owners to procure or license or
newa thereof without returning their vessels their
home ports or districts. II. -.4.
Approved, February %, 1865.
An ACT amend an Act entitled An Act to regulate the
Admeasuremen of Tonnage of Ships and Vessels of the
United States approved May sixth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four
of the United States Of Ame,icd in Congress assembled That
the entitled An act to regulate the announcement
tonnage of ships and vessels eff the United Sate ap
proved May SIXTH eighteen hundred and sxtyour shall
be construed that no part of ship vessel shall be
CT registered for tonnage that Is used for
cabins stateooms and constructed entirely above the
first deck which is not deck to the hull.
Approved, Pebruary.2s, 1865.
An Act concerning the Collection District of Salem and
Beverly, in Massachusetts,.
Be enacted by The Snate and House of Representatives
Of The United States of america Congress assembled That
the Office of naval officer for the district of Salem and Bev
ery the State of Massachusetts, be, and the same ia
hereby, abolished.
Sac Aud be further enacted That the Office Of sur
veyor for said district to reside at Beverly be, and the
same is hereby, abolished.
SEC g. That the salary Of surveyor of said district shall
hereafter be four hundred dollars per annum.
Approved, February %, 1860 -,.-.
Az ACT granting to the Michigan City Harbor Company
the use of Government Piers in said Harbor for the
purpose of protecting said llarbor.
re II on noted by the Senate and House Of Representd
tires Of he United States Of America in Congress
bed That there Is hereby granted TO the Michigan CITY