The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-20

consignee, such entry and passage free of
duty and such settlement OF duties shall,
time of entry, in the absence of fraud ana
in the absence of protest by the owner,
importer, agent or cOnsignec, be final ana
conclusive upon all parties,
Sec. -. That no suit oractiOn to recover
any pccuniary penalty or forfeiture OF
property accruin@ under the customs rev
enue laws of the United States shall be IN
Stituted unless such Siltt or action shall De
commenced within three years after the
have accrued: Pr0riefceI, That the time OF
the absence from the United States OF the
person subject to such penalty or forfeit
Urt., or of any concgalInent or absence OF
the property, shall not be rccOned within
this period of limitation,
Sec. 18. That in lien of the salaries.
moieticS, and perquiSiteS of whatever
name or nature, and commissions on dis
bureenIentS, now paid 10 and received by
the collectors, naval officers. and survey
ors connected with the customs service in
the several collection districts of the Unit
ed States hcrGinafier nitlnctt, there shall
be Iaid. from and after the first day OF
July. eighteen hundred and scventy-four.
an annual salary, as follows:
10 the collector of the district OF New
York, twelve thousand dollars.
To The collectors of the diricts of Boston
and CharleStoWn. Massachusetts. ana l'hil-
sand dollars,
70 the collectors of the district of San
Francisco, California: Baltimore. Mary
land, and New Orleans, Louisiana, each
seven thousand dollars.
10 the collector of the district OF Port
land and Falmouth, Maine, six thousand
doll,lrS.
To the naval officer for the district of
New York, eight thousand dollars.
To thc naval officers yf the districts of
Boston and ChaTlcstowIl, massachusetts;
and san FraEcisco, California; and Phill-
deiphiiI, PennsylN;lni;l, each five thousand
dollars.
To the surveyor of the port of New York,
eight thousand dollars.
TO the surveyors of the ports of Bost on,
massachusetts,: and san Francisco, Cllifor-
mia; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania each
five thousand dollars.
Sec. II That the Secretary of the Treas
ury shah, from time to time, make such
regulations aS he may deem necessary for
the conduct and management of the bond
Cd warehouses, general order stores and
| other repositories of the imported mer-
| chandisc throughout the United states; all
| regulations or orders issued 10y collectors
| of customs in regard thereto shall be sub
! Iect TO revision. altel;ttlon, or reNocation
| by him; and no warehouse shall be bonded
and no gcneIH-or1lcr store established
| without his authority and approval. And
| 1t shall be the duty of the Se cretary OF the
/ Treasury. i'll granting permits to be cStlb-
| liSl general-Order warehouses. to require
/ such warehouse or warehouses to be To-
/ Gated contiguous. or as near rs may be, TO
| the landing places of steamers and vessels
| from foreign ports: ana that no officer OF
! the customs shall nave any personal own
ership of or interest in, any bonded ware
! house or Scneral-Order store.
/ sec. -. That public carriage of n1crchaIl-
! disc in the custody of the Government
| shall he let after not less than thirty days
notice of such letting TO the lowest reSpon-
| sihle bidder giving security, and sllall he
subject to regulations approved by the
/ secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 20, That all acts and parts of acts
| inconsistent with the provisions of this
| act are hereby repealed: teat nothing here
| in contained shall affect existing rights OF
/ the United States; and i'll all cases III which
! prosecutions nave been actually c0lnmcnc-
/ ct} for 1orfcitureS incurred, the Secretary
| of the Treasury shall have power to make
| compensation. as provided i'll the fourth
section of this act, to the persons WhC
| would under former laws, have been en-
titled TO share i'll the distributed of sucl
| fOrfeiturpS.
Approved. June -, 1874.