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782 SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 59. 1823.
§:§;'°“;;°‘ shall receive, conceal, or buy, any goods, wares, or merchandise, knowgocdjfleggny ing them to have been illegally imported into the United States, and
isnported arsd liable to seizure by virtue of any act in relation to the revenue, such pcr- B;‘b*‘;;;;§;‘ son or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum double d0°;fb1° me the amount or value of the goods, wares, or merchandise, so received, amount. ccnccaléd, or purchased. Sm:. 3. And be it further cnacfcd, That if any person shall forcibly $:**:;::3** resist, prevent, or impede, any officer of the customs or thexr deputies, gw;,, °mcc,ggi- or any person assisting them in the execution of their duty, such person, me customs, w so offending, shall, for every such offence, be lined a. sum not exceeding be 6¤°d· four hundred dollars. Srzc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions 0 the forty- Provisiouspf sixth section of the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of
- h° 46*** °°°**°¤ duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second day of March, Anno
°fm° °t ° D th d h d d d `net mine be and the are Much L 179% mmm one thousand seven un re an m y , , y ch. 22, uc. 46, hereby, extended to the case of goods, wares, and merchandise, xmportcd °¤*¤¤d¤d·· into the United States from an adjacent territory. Sm:. 5. And be it further emwted, That all pcnalues and forfmtures, P°¤*·m°¤ *° incurred by force of this act, shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, b°;::';; ;Q;:f}; and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by an act, entitled "An 2, 1799, ch, 22, act to regulate the collcctmn of duties qn 1mp0rts and tonnage," passed mc. 89. on the second day of March, Anno Dommx one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. Approved, March 3, 1823. S1·A·ru·rz II. '·"""' Much L 1823* CHAP. LIX.-—-An det augplemmtary to the acts tcjzrovide for certain peraam engaged in ilu [mul and naval service of the Unilc States in the revolutionary war. Act ¤fMarcb Be it enacted by the Sonata and House of Representatives of the United u§;g:g{;_h'£.‘ States of zimcrica, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, wa,. uutllggzcd and he is hereby, uuthorizcd und xcquircd to restorc to the hst. of pcnsnontp resume to the ers the name of any person who may have been, or hereafter shall bc li" '“°h Pfsgc stricken therefrom, in pursuance of the act of Congress, passed the first $:::5; 1;, day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, entitled "An act m struck utf by addition to an act, entitled ‘An act. to provide for ccrtam persons engaged
- h°1“;3 °f£I% in the land und naval service of the United States in the revolutionary
- 1;,02 6g3i}` ’ war,'" passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
conditions. and eighteen, if such person, so stricken from the list of pensioners, has hcrchotbrc furnished, or hcrcaficr shall furnish, evidence, m pursuance of the provisions of said act, to satisfy the Secretary of War that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself with0ut the assistance of his country, and that he has ngt d1sp0sed of or transferred his pr0pcrt.y, or any portion thereof, with a view to obtain a pension. A judge may Sl?C. 2. Am} {zu it jhrihcr enactedf Thag, when any person, coming attend at the within the provisions of the acts to whnch this IS supplementary, shall, by d"°m"8°f'“°h reason of bodily iniirmity, be unable to attend in court to make his 1 . . . . . gg1E2gb12s:?; schedule, and furmsh the evxdencc by sand acts required, xt shall be ]awrend in court to ful for any judge or justice of acourtof record in the district, city, county, ¤¤*k° his or borough, in which such person resides, to attend at his place of abode °°h°d“l°° and receive his schedule, and oath or affirmatipnz and sjxid judge or Justice shall certify that said applicant was, from b0dnlymfirm1ty,unab1e to attend such court; which schedule, and oath or affirmaticm, and c•;=rtificuts, shall, by said judge or justice, be produced in the court of whnch he is Judgg ; and the opinion of said court, of the value of the property contamcd {Il said schedule, shall be entered thereon, and certified by the clerk of sand court; and such schedule shall be valid for all the purposes contemplated by the acts aforesaid.
