The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-12
RALEIGH, N. c., TUE sDAY,

OF said vessel shall report the same, with cost and
quantity thereof, to the collector other officer
ot the customs at the first port in the United
states al which he shall next arrive designating
them - sea ttOres - and in the oath to be taken
by such master or other person in charge of such
vessel, on making said report, he shall declare
That the articles so specified or designated "sea
stores" are truly intended for the use exclusively
OF said vessel and ale notintended for sale, trans
fer, or private use, and if, upon examination and
inspection by the collector or other officer of the
customs such articles are not deemed excessive
in quantity for the use of said vessel for the voy
age on which she is engaged, such articles shall
be declared free Of dnty; but if it shall be found
that the Quantity or quantities of such articles or
any part thereof reported excessive, it shall
be lawful for the collector or other officer of the
customs to estimatr the amount of duty on such
excess, which shall be forthwith paid by said mas
ter or other person having charge of said vessel,
on pain of forfciting sum of not less than one
hnndred dollars nor more than four times the
value of such excess, or said master or other per-
son, having charge of such vessel shall bejiable
to Imprisonment for a term of not less than three
months nor more than two years, at the discre
tion of the court. And if any other or srcater
Quantity of dutiabe articles shall be found
board such vessel than are specified in such re-
port or entry of said articles any part thereof
shall be landed without permit from collector
or other officer of the customs, such articles, to-
gether with the vessel. her apparel, tackle, and
furniture, shall be seized and forfeited: Provided,
always, That articles purchased for the use of or
for sale on board any steamboat, propeller, or
other vessel as saloon stores orsupplies, shall
be deemed goods, wares, and merchadise, and
shall be liable (when purchased at foreign port)
to entry and the payment of the duties found to
be due thereon at the first port of arrival of such
vessel in the United States, and for failure
the part of the saloon keeper or person purchas-
ing or owning such articles to report. make
tries, and pay duties, as hereinbcforc required,
such articles, together with the fixtures and 9th
er goods, wares, or merchandise, found in such
saloon or on or about such vessel belonging to
and owned by such saloon keeper or other person
interested i'll such saloon, shall lie seized and for
feitcd and such saloon keeper other person
purchasing and owning aforesaid shall forfeit
and pay the sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than five hundred dollars, and in
addition thereto shall be imprisoned for Il term
not less than three months nor more than two
years.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That the
equipments, or any part thereof, Gncluding
boats purchased for, or the EXPENSES OF repairs
made in Il foreign country upon vessel enrolled
and licensed under the laws of the Uuited States
TO engage i'll the foreign and cOasting trade on the
northern, northeastern, and northwcs .en fronti-
Srs OF the United States OF a vessel intended to
be employed in such trade, SHALL on the first ar
rival OF such vessel in any port of the Uni ed
States, be liable to entry and the payment of an
ad vaiorem duty OF fifty per centum on the cost
thcreo. in such foreign country; andif thp owner
owlters or maskarssf'such yes3cl shalt Nltuks
and Knowingly neglect or fail to report, make 81
try, and pay duties us hereiu required, such
Ss.l, with her tackle apparel, and furniture SHALL
he seized and forfeited: Provided, That if the
furnish good aud sufficient evidence tuat sucil
vessel, while in the regular course of her voyage,
was compelled by stress OF weather or other cas-
ualty, to put into said foreign port and purchase
such cquDmcntS, 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 re-
fund such duties, and such vessel shall not be
liable to Forfeiture and no license enrolemcnt
and hence, or renewal OF either shall hereafter
be issued to any such vessel until the collector TO
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satisfied from the oath OF the owner or master,
that all such equipments and repairs, made with
in the year immediately preceding such :ppllca-
ton, have been duly accounted for under the pro-
visions OF this section, and the duties ACQUIRING
thereon after the passage of this act duly paid !;
and if such owner or master shall refuse to tahs
such oath, take it falsely, the vessel shall be
seized and forfeited.
See "a. And be it further enacted, That if any
certificate of registry, enrOlement, or license, or
other record or document granted in heu thereof,
to any vessel shall DC knowingly and frauducntly
obtained used for any vessel not entitled to the
benefit thereof, such vessel, with her tackle, APP
parcl, and furniture, shall be liable TO forfeiture
Sec %. And ue it further enacted, That on and
after the first day OF July next the several prov
sions of the act entitled AN act to regulate the
collection of duties on imports and tonnage ap
proved March two, seventeen hundred and ninety
nine, relating to maniteSts, shall apply us well to
vessels owned in whole or in part by foreigners
as TO vessels OF the United States and tuat the
Secretary of State send copies Of this section to
l consular officers of the United States in foreign
countries.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That $re
goods, wares merchandise, taken from kuy
port or place in the United States, the NORTH
crn, northeastern, northwestern frontiers there
of, to port place in another collection district
of the United States said frontiers, in any ship
vessel, snall be unladen or delivered from such
ship vessel within the United States but in
open day, that is to say, between the rising and
the setting of the sum- except by special license
collector
port for the purpose, nor at any time without
permit from such collector or other principal Off
for such unading or delivery. And the own
cr or owners of every vessel whose master or
manager shall neglect to comply with the provi
sions of this section, shall forfeit and pay to the
United States sum not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars: Pro-
vided, 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 neces-
sary and cxpedicnt for unlading a. and clearance
from any port or place on said frontiers of ships
or vessels at night.