New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-12
GENERAL NATURE-NO. l.

AN ACT to amend section twenty-five OF
an act entitled IAN act further to prevent
smuggling, and for othere purposes" APP
proved July eighteen, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That sec
ton twenty-five of an act entitled AN act
further to prevent smuggling. and for other
purposes approved July eighteen, eight
cen hundred and sixty-six be- and the same
is hereby, amended, 50 that the same shall
be as follows:
SEC. -. And be it further enacted, That
if any vessel enrolled or licensed to engage
in the foreign or cOasting trade on the
northern, northeastern and northwestern
frontiers of the United States shall touch at
any port or place in the adjacent British
provinces, and the master or other person
having charge OF such vessel shall purchase
such goods, wares, or merchandise, for the
use Of said vessel, said master or other
person having charge of said vessel
shall report the same, with cost and
quantity thereof, to the collector or
other officer OF the customs at the first
port in the United States at which he shall
next arrive, designating them sea stores:"
and in the oath to be taken by such master
or other person in charge of such vessel, on
making said report, he shall declard that
the articles so specified or designated ''sea
stores" are trul V intended for the use ex-
clusively of said vessel, and are not in
tended for sale. transfer 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, until an
American port may be reached by such yes
sci, where such sea stores can be obtained,
such articles shall be declared free of duty:
but if it shall be found that the quantity or
quantities OF such articles, or any part
thereof so reported, are excessive, it shall
be lawful for the collector or other Off
Ger of the customs to estimate the
amount of duty on such excess, which
shall be forthwith paid by said master or
other person having charge of said vessel
on pain OF FORGETTING a sum OF not less than
one hundred dollars, nor more than four
times the value of such excess, or said mas
ter or other person having charge of such
vessel shall be liable to Imprisonment for
term of not less than three months nor
more than two years, at the discretion of
the court. And if any other or greater
quantity of dutiable articles shall be fNhnd
on board such vessel than are specified in
such report or entry of said articles, or any
part thereof shall be landed without per
init from collector or other officer of thu
customs, such articles, together with the
vessel, her apparel, tackle and furniture,
shall he seized and forfeited; provided al
ways, that articles purchased for the use of
or for sale on board any steamboat, propel-
Ter, or other vessel, as saloon stores or sup
plies, shall be deemed goods. wares and mer-
chandise, and shall be liable when pur-
chased 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 n failure
on the part of the saloon-keeper or person
purchasing or owning such articles to re-
port, make entries and pay duties, as herein
before required, such articles, together with
the fixtures and other goods, wares, or mer-
found in such saloon, or on or
about such vessel, belonging to and owned.
by such saloon-keeper or other person inter-
ested in such saloon, shall be seized and for
feited, and such saloon-keeper or other per-
son purchasing and owning as aforesaid
shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more than
five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto
shall be imprisoned for term of not less
than three months nor more than two wears,
Approved, February 10, 1871