Burden of proof in suit for breach of revenue laws to lie on claimant.of the revenue laws of the United States, the burthen of proof shall lie on the claimant only, where probable cause is shown for such prosecution, to be judged of by the court, before whom the prosecution is had.
Special bail to be given in suits for penalties on such breaches.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases, in which suits or prosecutions shall be commenced for the recovery of pecuniary penalties prescribed by the laws of the United States, the person or persons, against whom process may be issued, shall be held to special bail, subject to the rules and regulations, which prevail in civil suits, in which special bail is required.
Certain new districts and ports of delivery established.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of May next, there shall be established the following new districts and ports of delivery, to wit: In the state of New York, a district to be called the district of Hudson; which shall include the city of Hudson, and all the waters and shores northward of the said city on Hudson river, and the town of Catskill below the said city; and the said city of Hudson shall be the sole port of entry for the said district; to which shall be annexed the towns or landing-places of Catskill, Kinderhook and Albany, as ports of delivery only; and the collector for the said district shall reside at Hudson, and a surveyor to reside at Hudson, and another, at Albany, as is now by law established:—In the state of Connecticut, a district, to be called the district of Middletown; which shall include the several towns and landing-places of Lyme, Saybrook, Killingsworth, Haddam, East Haddam, Middletown, Chatham, Weathersfield, Glastenbury, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor and East Windsor; of which, Middletown shall be the sole port of entry, and the other towns and landing-places before-named shall be ports of delivery only: and the collector shall reside at Middletown, and there shall be two other surveyors appointed within the said district, one to reside at Hartford, and the other at Saybrook:—In the state of Massachusetts, a district to be called the district of Waldoborough, and a collector for the district shall reside at Waldoborough, which shall be the sole port of entry; and to which district shall be annexed the towns of Bristol, Nobleborough, Warren, Thomaston, Cushing and Cambden; also a place, called Ducktrap, as ports of delivery only; and there shall be a surveyor to reside at Thomaston; and all the shores and waters from the middle of Damarascotty river to Ducktrap, shall be comprehended within the said district of Waldoborough. And in the district of Portland and Falmouth, Freeport and Harpswell; and also in the district of Bath, the towns of Georgetown and Brunswick shall be ports of delivery only:—Collectors to give bond, &c.And the collectors to be appointed in conformity with this act shall each become bound in the sum of four thousand dollars, and each surveyor, in the sum of one thousand dollars, in manner, as is by law provided in like cases. And the same duties, authorities and fees of office, with a similar distribution thereof, shall appertain to those appointments, as are now, in like cases, authorized by law. And the collectors aforesaid shall each receive the same per centage on the amount of all monies by them respectively received for duties, together with the same yearly allowance, as is allowed by law to the collector of the district of Fairfield; Surveyors.and each of the surveyors in the districts aforesaid shall receive the same yearly allowance, as is, or may be allowed, by law, to the surveyor of the district of New Haven.
Masters of vessels bound to certain ports, how to conduct themselves.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the master or commander of any ship or vessel, bound from a foreign port or place, to the district of Hudson, or to the district of Bermuda Hundred and City Point, shall, if bound to the former, first come to, with his ship or vessel, at the city of New York, and if to the latter, after the last day of September next, at Hampton Road or Sewell’s Point, and there make report to the collector of New York, or of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or to the collector of the port of Hampton, as the case may be, and take on board an inspector of the customs, before he shall proceed to the district of Hud-