The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-30

her apparel tackle and furniture, shall De seized
chased for the use of or TO- sale board any steam
boat propeller other vessel as saloon STORES oF
chsRdise. and shall be liable twhen purchased at
foreign port to entry and the payment OF INC uu.eS
found to be due thereon at the first port Oh alrva
of such vessel in the United States and for failure
ON the part of the saloon keeper or person
ing or owning such articles to report make entr1es
and nav duties as hereinbeore required, such artl
cles t5gether with the fixtures aud other goods,
wares or merchandise, found in such saloon or on
about such vessel belonging and owned Dy such
saloon keeper other person interested IN such
saloon shall be seized and forfeted and such saloon
keeper other person purchasing and owning do
aforesaid shall forfeit and pay the sum OF not Iess
than one hundred dollars nor more than I'VE nun
dret dol ars and III addition thereto shall pc I'M
prisonod 6f a term not less than three months nor
more than two years.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted That the equip
ments, or any part thereof, dncludlng boats pur-
chased for, or the expenses of repairs made IN q
foreign country upon vessel enrolled and hcensed
under the laws of the United States to engage In
northeas tern, and northwestern frontiers OF the
United States, or vessel intended to be employed
in such trade thall on the first arrival OF such
vessel in any pert of the United States be liable to
entry and the payment of an ad valorem duty OF
fifty per centum on the cost there in such foreign
country; and if the owner or owners or master OF
such vessel shall wilfully and knowingly neglect or
fail to report make entry and pay duties as herein
required such vessel, with her tackle apparel, anu
furniture shall be seized and forfeited: Provided,
That if the owner or owners or master of such yes
sci shall furnish good and sufficient evidence that
age was compelled, by stress of weather or other
casualty to put into said foreign port and purchase
such equipments, make such repairs, TO secure
the safety of the vessel to enable her to reach her
port of destination then it shall be competent for
the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or refund
such duties and such vessel shall not be liable to
forfeiture, and no license or enrolment and Incense,
OF as % tbe enector to whom pnca
ton is made for the same shall be satisfied from the
oath OF the or thai s an ve sSci
ately preceding such application, have been duly
accounted for under 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 sneh OATH or take it falsely the
vessel shall be seized and forfeited -,
Sec. "A. And be it further enacted, That II
any certificate of registry, enrolment, or IL
cense, or other record or document granted IN
lieu thereof, to any vessel shall be knowingly
and fraudulently obtained or used for any yes
sci not entitled to the benefit thereof, such yes
sci, with her tackle, apparel and furniture,
shall be liable to forfeiture.
Sec. % And be it further enacted, That ON
and after the first day of July next, the several
provisions of the act entitled can act to regu-
late the collection of duties on imports and ton
nage,' approved March two, seventeen hum
bred and ninety-nine, relating TO mamfests,
shall apply as we'll to vessels owned in whole
or in part by foreigners to vessels of the
United States; and that the secretary OF State
send copies of this section to all consular OIL
GERS of the United States IN foreign countries.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That no
goods wares, or merchandise, taken from any
port or place in the United States, on the north
ern, northeastern, or northwestern frontiers
thereof, to port or place in another collection
district of the United States on said frontiers,
in any ship or vessel, shall be unladen or de-
livered from such ship or vessel within the
United states but in open day, that is to say,
between the rising and the setting of the sun,
except by special license from the collector or
other principal officer of the port for the pur-
pose, nor at any time without a permit from
such collector other principal officer for such
unlading or delivery. And the owner or
owners of every vessel whose master or mama
ger shall neglect to comply with the provisions
of this section, shall forfeit and pay to the
United States sum not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars
Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, authorized, from time to
time, to make such regulations as to him shall
seem necessary and eXpedient for unlading at
and clearance from any port or place on said
frontiers of ships or vessels>at night
Sec. ~. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,
authorized to make such rules and regulations,
from time to time, to him shall seem neces-
sary relative to the duties of inspectors au-
thorized by law, to be placed on board of yes
sells destined for one or more ports 1nc-1e United
States
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