The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-03
RALEIGH, N. c., THURSDAY,

sec 6. And be it further enacted, That if any
person who shall be engaged in the importation
of goods, wares, or merchandise into the United
States, or who shall be interested as principal,
clerk, or agent, in the entry of any goods, wares,
or merchandise, shall at ny time make, or offer
to make, to any officer of the revenue, any gratu-
ity present of any money or other thing OF val
ue, such person shall, on conviction thereof be
fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dol
lars, or be imprisoned not exceeding TWO years,
| at the discretion of the court.
Sec. T. And be it further enacted, That when
ever it shall be made to appear, by affidavit, to
the satisfaction of the district judge of any dis
trict within the United States, that any fraud on
! the revenue has been at any time actually com
mitted, or attempted, by any person or persons
| interested or in any way engaged in the lmporta-
| ton entry of merchandise at any port within
| the United States said judge shall forthwith is
sue his warrant, directed to the collector of the
port at which the merchandise in respect to which
said alleged frauds have been committed or at
! tempted has been imported or entered, directing
said officer, or his duly authorized agents or as
| sistants, to enter any place or premises where
| any invoices, books, or papers relating to such
merchandise fraud are deposited, and to take
and carry the same away to be inspected; and
any invoices, books, or papers so received or ta-
ken shall be retained by the officer receiving the
same, for the of the United States, so long as
| the retention thereof may be necessary, subject
to the control and direction of the Solicitor of
| the Treasury.
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That if any
person shall wilfuly conceal or destroy any in
voice, book, or paper relating to any merchan-
| disc liable to duty Which has been or shall here
after be imported into the United States from any
foreign port country, after an inspection there
of shall have been demanded by the collector of
any collection district within the United States,
or shall ut any time conceal or destroy any such
invoice, book, or paper, for the purpose OF sup
pressing any evidence of fraud therein contained,
| such person shall be deemed guilty of a mise-
meanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dol
lars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years,
! or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. Q. And be it further enacted, That, for the
purpose of realizing much as may properly be
done from unproductivc lands, and other prop
| erty of the United States acquired under judicial
| proceedings or otherwise in the collection of
debts, the solicitor of the treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized, with the approval OF the Sec
| retary of the Treasury, to rent, for period not
| exceeding three years, or sell any such lands or
| other property at public sale, after advertising
the time, place, and conditions OF such sale, for
| three months preceding the same, in some news
paper published in the vicinity thereof, in such
| manner and upon such terms may, in his judy
ment, be most advantageous to the public intcr-
| ests
Sec TO- And be it further enacted, That upon a
report by district attorney or any special attor
| ney agent having charge of any claim in favor
| of the United States, showing in detail the
| dition of such claim, and the terms ulOn which
| the may be compromised, and recommend
| ing that the same be compromised upon the terms
| so offered, and upon the recommendation of the
! solicitor of the treasury, the Secretary of the
promise such claim accordingly
| Sec. IL. And be it further enacted That there
shall be taxed and paid to district attorneys two
| per centum upon all moneys collected or real
| lied in any suit or proceeding arising under the
revenue laws conducted by them in which the
| United States is party. The act in relation to
! costs approved February twenty sixth, one thou
sand eight hundred and ffty-three, shall not ap-
! ply to such allowances, and the same shall be in
lieu of all costs and fees in such suit or proceed
| ings.
| Sec. r. And be it further enacted, That in all
| suits or proceedings against collectors or other
| officers of the revenue for any act done by thcm
| or for the recovery OF any money eXacted by or
| paid to such officer and by him paid into the
treasury of the United States, in the performance
of his official duty, in which any district or other
attorney shall be directed to appear on behalf of
such officer by the Secretary Solicitor of the
Treasury, or by any other proper officer of the
| government, such attorney shall be allowed such
| COMPENSATION for his services therein shall be
certified by the court in which such suit or pro-
| ceedings shall be had to be reasonable and prop
| er, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasu-
| ry; and where recovery shall be had in any such
| suit or proceedings, and the court shall certif,
that there probable cause for the act done by
the collector other officer, and that he acted UNI
der the directions of the Secretary of the Treas
ury or other proper officer of the government, no
! execution shall issue against such collector or
other officer, but the amount so recovered shall,
| upon final judgment, be provided for and paid
out of the proper appropriation from the treasury
! See. 13 And be it further enacted, That in all
suits or proceedings against collectors or other
officers of the revenue, for any act done by them,
| or tor the recovery of any money eXacted by or
| paid to such officers, which shall have been paid
into the treasury OF the United States, it shall be
the duty of the respective district attorneys with
| in the district where such suit or proceedings
| shall be hld, unless otherwise instructed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, to appear on behalf of
| such officers And it shall be the duty of the
several district attorneys, on the first of October
[ of each year, to make returns to the solicitor of
the treasury of the number OF proceedings and
suits commenced, pending, and determined with
in his district during the fiscal year next prece-
ding the date of such returns: which returns shall
show the date when such proceedings or suits in
| each case commenced; and if for any reason the
determination of such proceedings or suits shall
| have been delayed or continued beyond the usual
or reasonable period, such reasons shall be set
! forth, together with Il statement of the measures
taken by the district attorneys to press such pro-
| ceedngs suits to a close. And the returns
| hereby directed shall be embraced in a report by
the solicitor to the Secretary of the Treasury, to
| be by him annually transmitted to Congress, with
| a statement of all moneys received by the solic-
tor, and by each district attorney under the pro-
visions of this act.
| Sec IA. And be it further enacted, That the
seventeenth section of the act entitled " An act
increasing temporarily the duties on imports, and
| eighteen hundred and siXty-two, and SO much of
the eighty y-ninth section of the act entitled An
| act to regulate the collection of duties on i'm
ports anu tonnage" approved March second,
enteen hundred and ninety-nine and much of
third section of the act entitled An act in addi-
lion to the act for the punishment of certain
crimes against the United Statcs," approved
March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and four,
as impose any limitation upon the commence
ment of any action or proceeding for the recove-
ry of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred by
reason of the violation of any law of the United
States relating to the importation or entry of
goods, wares, or merchandise, are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 5, 1868.
CHAP. LXXVII
An Act to modify existing Laws imposing Du-