The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-09-27

! forfeiture, and no license or enrolment us
aud license, or renewal of either shall here
utter be issued to any such vessel until the
collector whom application is made for the
same shall be satisfied, from the oath of the
owner or MASTER that al such equipments
and repairs, made within the year immedi-
ately preceding such application, have been
duly accounted for nnder the provisions OF
this section and the duties accruing thereon
after the passage of this act duly paid +; and
if such owner or master shall refuse to take
such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel shall
tie seized and forfeited.
SEC "a Arld be it further enacted, That Il
any certificate of registry, enrolment or IL
cense or other record or document granted
in lieu thereof to any vessel shall be know
ingly or fraudulently obtained or used foI
any vessel not entitled to the benefit thereof,
such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and
furniture. shall be Liable to forfeiture
SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That on
and after the first day of July next the sew
eral provisions of the act entitled 8 An act
to regulate the collection of duties on lnl-
ports and tonnage" approved March two,
sevopteen hundred and ninety relating
to manifests, shall apply as well to vessels
owned in whole or in part by foreigners as
to vessels of the United States and that
the Secretary of State send copies OF tins
section to all consular officers of the United
States in foreign countries
SEC. 26. A7ad be it further enacted, mat no
goods, wares, or merchandise, taken from
any port or place in the United States on
the northern, Northeastern. or northwestern
frontiers thereof, to port or place III an
other collection district of the United States
on said frontiers, in any ship or vessel shall
be,unladen or delivered from such ship or
vessel within the United States but in open
day, that is to say, between the rising and
setting of the sun, except by special license
from the collector or other principal officer
of the port for the purpose, nor at any time
without permit from such collector or
other principal officer for such unladlng or
delivery. And the owner or owners OF ev
ery vessel whose master or manager shall
neglect to comply with the provisions OF this
section, shall forfeit aud pay to the United
States a sum not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than five hundred dollars;
Procided, That the Secretary of the Treasu
nv be- and he is hereby, authorized, from
time to time, to make such regulations as
to him shall seem necessary and expedlent
for uuIadng at and clearance from any port
or place on said frontiers of ships or vessels
at night
SEC. 81. And be it tttrtheg enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here
BY authorized to make such rules and reg
uations, from time to time, as to him shall
seem necessary, relative to the duties of in
spectors authorized by law, to be placed on
board of vessels destined for one or more
ports in the United States.
SEC %. And be 1t further enacted, That all
vessels which, under the provisions of the
fifteenth section of the act entitled San act
temporarily the duties on i'm
ports. and for other purposes approved
July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty
two of the fourth section of the act entitled
IAN act to modify existing laws imposing
duties on imports, and for other purposes,
March three, eightaEh hundred and sixty
three, and of the fourth section of all act en-
titled can act amendatory of certain acts
duties upon foreign Importation
approved March three, eighteen hundred
aud sixty-five are exempted from paying
tonnage duties more than once in a year.
shall hereafter pay the same either at their
first clearance from or entry at, according
TO priority, custom house in the United
States in each calendar year: Provided,
That all licensed and enrolled aud licensed
vessels Of the United States shall pay the
said duty when taking out or renewing their
enroIments or licenses, if the
same has not previously been paid for the
calender year: And proUided furths !,
That nothing in this act shall be construed
to prevent customs officers from collecting
such tonnage duty at the entey of any yes
sci at their respective custom-houses during
the colender year, if the same shall not
previously have been paid for such year ::
And provided further, That all vessels which
are subject to enrolment or license shall
hereafter be liable to the payment Of the
fees established by law for services of Gus
toms officers incident thereto.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he here
10y is, authorized, whenever he shall think it
advantageous to the public service of reve
nue.. to abolish or suspend the offices of ma
val officer, or any other subordinate office,
in any collection district OF the United States,
except in those enumerated in section nine
of the act of May seven, eighteen hundred
and twenty-five, and the amendment there
to, by the act of April nine, eighteen hun
dred and sixty four, and the port of San.
Francisco, and to assign the duties OF the
office or any other subordinate Office so abol-
ished or suspended to deputy collector or
inspector OF the customs and SO much Of
all fines, penalties. and forfeitures as would
inure to either of such naval off
GERS shall, after the discoutinuance Of their
offices respectively, be paid into the treasu
ny Of the United States, and there credited
to the fund for defraying the expenses Of
collecting the revenue from customs And
the Secretary of the treasury is hereby fur
Their authorized, i'll all cases in which, in
his opinion, the public interest demands it
to clothe deputy collectors, located at ports
other than the principal port of entry of
their respective districts with all the powers
Of their principles appertaining to their Of
fetal acts
Sec. 30. Ind be 1t further enacted, That no
officer or clerk whose duty shall be TO
make payments on account of the salary or
wages of any officer or person employed in
with the customs or the internal
revenue service shall make any payment to
any officer or person so employed on ac
count of services, rendered. or of salary, I'M
less such officer or person so to he paid shall
have made and subscribed an oath that, du-
ring the period for which he or she is to
receive pay for salary or services rendered,
neither he nor she, nor any member of his
Or her family has received, either personally,
or by the Intervention of another party, any
money or compensation of any description
whatever, nor any promises for the same,
either directly, or indirectly for services rem
dered or to be rendered or or acts per-
or to be performed, in connexion
with the customs or internal revenue. nor
purchased, for like services or acts from
any importer, Gf afiant is connected with
the internal revenue service,) consignee,
agent, or custom house broker, or other ner-
son whcmsoever, any goods, wares or mer-
chandise, at less than regular retail mar
ket prices therefor And any person who
shall wilfully aud falsely take and sub