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

uiSIIict OF memphis, tennessee, and two Ia
cal inspectors for the district of Oregon, anc
ana Tor other purposes, approved Jun,
e'ght, eighteen hundred and sixty four o.
Tie act entitled IAN act amendatory O
certain acts imposing duties on foreign i'm
oortations, approved March three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-fve, and in regard t.
"l,cn the Secretary of the Treasury Shall be
salished that the collection of said duties OF
lees was omitted by such collector or sur
Veyor' or by any steamboat inspector. for the
reason that he was not informed of the ex.
lstence OF the said acts when the said du.
ties or fees accrued, that the said Secreta.
ry be- and is hereby asthorized, under such
rules as he may prescribe to remit or re-
Innd as the case may require, such duties or
fees to such collector or surveyor, or steam
boat inspector.
Sec. SO. And be 1t further enacted. That in oil
cases III which the fees and emoIuments re-
cieved by any collector or other principal of.
hcer OF the customs are, in the opinion of
the Secretary of the Treasury, Insufficient
to afford a reasonable compensation for the
services OF such officer, after payment out of
the same OF reasonable incidental exn-nses
OF the office. the said Secretary NAV direct
that SO much Of the said Incidental ex pepses
as shall seem to him to be just shall be paid
out OF the appropriation for paying the ex-
penses of collecting the revenue and the
said Secretary shall have the same power in
regard to incidental expenses which have
heretofore been incurred, and which have
not been settled and paid into the treasury
and all fees paid into the treasury by Gus
tom officers shall be placed to the credit Of
the fund for detraying expenses of collecting
the revenue from customs.
| Sec "a. Ind be 1t further enacted, That the
provisions of the first section of the act en-
titled IAN act relative to collectors and 9th
er officers Of CUSTOMS, approved February
eleven, eighteen hundred and forty-six, shall
| from aud after the passage of this act be
applied and enforced in regard to all officers,
agents and employees of the United States
whomsoever, as we'll AS those whose com
pensation is determined by a commission
on disbursements, not to exceed an annual
maximum, as those paid by salary or 9TH
erwise
Sec. &c. And be at further enacted, That if
any person shall directly or indirectly, at
/ at any tine, make or offer to make to anv
officer OF the revenue, or to any other per-
son or persons authorized by this act to
make searches or seizures, any gratuity or
present of money, or other thing of value,
o. give or offer any bride or reward, Of
whatever nature with intent to influence
or induce such officer or other person or per-
SONS to do any act in violation of his, her, or
their official duty, or to refrain from doing
anything which, under the law, it is or shall
be his or her or their duty to do, or if any
such officer or person shall ask or receive in
fV11tx
bride or reward, every person SO offending,
shall be liable to Indictment, as for high
crime and misdemeanor in any court of the
United States having jurisdiction for the
trial of crimes and misdemeanors, and shall
upon conviction thereof, be fined not exceed
ing three times the amount SO offered, prom
Used or given, asked or received, and i'm
prisoned in penitentiary not exceeding
three years.
SEC So Ind be- further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act no
suit begun thereafter shall be maintained
in any court for the recovery of duties al
| legged to have been enormously or illegally
exacted by collectors of customs unless the
plaintiff shall, within thirty days after due
notice of the appearance of the defendant,
either in person or by attorney, serve on the
defendant or his attorney a bill of particulars
of the plaintiffs demand, giving the name
of the importer or importers, the description
of the merchandise and place from which
Imported the name or names of the vessel or
vessels, or means Of importation, the date
of the invoice, the date of the entry at the
Gust onhouse, the precise amount of duty
claimed to have been exacted in excess, the
date of payment of said duties the day and
4 year on which protest was filed against the
exaction thereof, the date of appeal thereon
to the Secretary Of the Treasury, and date
of decision, if any, OH such appeal. And if
bill of particulars containing all the above
mentioned items be not served as aforesaid,
Judgment Of non pros. shall be rendered
against the plaintiff or plaintiffs 10 said ac-
tim.
SEC 81. Aad be II further enocted, That
parts of such building as shall be approx
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury may be
bonded for the storage Of grain, under such
rules, regulations aud conditions dis he may
prescribe for the security of the revenue and
that so much of the act entitled AN act to
extend the warehousing system by estab
fishing private bonded warehouses and for
other purposes" approved March twenty.
eight, eighteen hundred and fifty four, as
conflicts with this act be, and the same is
hereby repealed
SEQ SO. Atd be it further enacted That
for the purpose of estimating the duties Oh
importations of grain. the number of bushels
shall be ascertaned by weight, instead Of
by measuring; and sixty pounds of wheat,
| fifty six pounds of corn, fifty six pounds of
rye, fortyeight pounds of barley, thirty two
pounds of oats, sixty pounds of peas and
forty two pounds OF buckwheat, avoirdupois
weight, shall respectively be estimated as
| bushei.
| DEC. SO. And be 1t further enacted, That
| i'll order to facilitate the execution of the
| provisions of the seventh section of the act
entitled IAN act to prevent and punish
frauds upon the revenue to provide for the
more certain and speedy collection of claims
in favor Of the United States, and for other
purposes )" approved March three eighteen
hundred and sixty three, relative to the sci
zure of invoices, books, and papers," any
district judge of the United States may here
after issue his warrant or warrants and d.
rect the same to any collector or collectors
Of the customs in whose respective districts
any such invoices, books. or papers may he |
thought to be.
DEC. 4O 4f1tG De ~ T1rt2er ehGCte0. That
if any collector of the CUSTOMS or other Off |
Ger or agent, shall neglect or refuse to COM
ply with the provisions of the first section
of the act entitled San act requiring all
moneys receivable from customs and from
all other sources to be paid Immediately in
to the treasury, without abatement Or re
duction. and for other purposes, approved
March three eighteen hundred and forty
nine, he shall be subject to be removed
from Office and to forfeit to the United States
any share or part of the moneys withheld
to which he might otherwise be entitled :;
and all moneys received by collectors for
the custody of goods. wares and merchan