·rn—i.¤ i.xix.—1NsURnEcr1oN. 1033 land pr on board any vessel in the district, or at sea near the coast; and in such case the collector shall reside at such place, or on shipboard, as the ease may be, and there detain all vessels and car oes arriving within or approaching the district, until the duties imposecf by law on such vessels and their cargoes are paid in cash. But if the owner or consignee of the cargo on board any vessel thus detained, or the master of the vessel, desires to enter a port of entry in any other district where no such obstructions to the execution of the laws exist the masteemay be permitted so to change the destination of the vessel and cargo in his manifest; whereupon the collector shall deliver him a writtenrpermit to proceed to the port so designated. And the Secretary of the reasury, with the approval of the President, shall make proper regulations for the enforcement on shi board of such provisions of the laws regulating the assessment and collection of duties as in his judgment may be necessary and practicable. " Sue. 5316. It shall be unlawful to take any vessel or cargo detained E¤f91'<=¢¤¤¤¤}'· ef under the preceding section from the custody of the proper officers of P'°°“l“‘g“°°‘°““‘ the customs, unless by process of some court of the United States; and 12 July, 1861. c- in case of any attempt otherwise to take such vessel or cargo by any 3·”·3~"·12»P·256· force, or combination, or assemblage of persons, too great to be overcome by the officers of the customs, the President, or such person as he shall have empowered for that urpose, may employ such part of the Armv or Navy or militia of the United States, or such force of citizen volunteers as may be necessary, to prevent the removal of such vessel or cargo, and to protect the officers of the customs in retaining the custody thereof. Suc. 5317. lVhenever, in any collection-district, the duties on imports Entire district cannot, in the judgment of the President, be collected in the ordinary °l°°°dt°°m"!'·M way, nor in the manner provided by the three precedin sections, by Ibid_, s_ 4, reason of the cause mentioned in section fifty-three hundred and four— teen, the President may close the port of entry in that district; and shall in such case give notice thereof by proclamation. And thereupon all right of importation, warehousing, and other privileges incident to ports of entry shall cease and be discontinued at such port so closed until it is opened by the order of the President on the cessation of such obstructions. Every vessel from beyond the {United States, or having on lioard any merchandise liable to duty, which attempts to enter any port which has been closed under this section, shall, with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, be forfeited. Sec. 5318. ln the execution of laws providing fO1' the collection of _Ve¤sels in addiduties ou imports and tonnage, the President, in addition to the reve— *4038 t° ""f“’“,2 nue-cutters in service, may employ in aid thereof such other suitable g:,plg,c(F&’ vessels as may, in his judgment, be 1‘cqul1‘cd. Sec. 5319. From and after fifteen days after the issuing of the proc- Fcrfciturqci lamation, as provided in section fifty-three hundred and one, any vessel nl:2;*;’g”‘|f belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of such State roguonzrv or part of a State whose inhabitants are so declared in a state of insur· ibiji reetion, found at sea, or in any port of the rest of the United States, "·j-,j, shall be forfeited. geegng, ggatch. I'. BS., . Sec. 5320. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to refuse a Refusal ot clearclearance to any vessel or other vehicle laden with merchandise, destined pn? *0 _}’§S*¤€l¤ for a foreign or domestic crt, whenever he shall have satisfactory reason “ ,*;:1* ‘:;;m,;’$: to believe that such merchandise, or any part thereof, whatever may be H?;, its ostensiblc destination, is intended fOl' ports in possession or under control of insurgents against the United States; and if any vessel for 8] sj gif? p_ 4;,2; which a clearance or permit has been refused by the Secretary of the' ’ Treasury, or by his order, shall depart or attempt to depart for a foreign ord omestic port without being duly cleared or permitted such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeited. Sec. 5321. Whenever a erm it or clearance is granted for either a for- Bonduponclear eign or domestic port, it shall be lawful for the collector of the customs ¤¤¤°· granting the same, if he deems it necessary, under the circumstances of Ibid., 2,
