184 THIRTY~NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I`. Ch. 201. 1866. entered and psy northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, ‘l“*Y· or s. vessel intended to be employed in such trade, shall, on the first arrival of such vessel in any port of the United States, be liable to entry R¤i¤ ¢>fd¤¤y· and the payment of an ad valorem duty of fifty per centum on the cost pmmiw rm- thereof in such foreign country; and if the owner or ovrners or master of ¤°**'°P°1:*l¤Ss such vessel shall wilfully anchknowingly neglect or fail to report, make &°' entry, and pay duties as herein required, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be seized and forfeited: :P»·ov·ided, That if if cquipmcnfc the owner or owners or master of such vessel shall furnish good and suili-
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- gg;d °" cient evidence that such vessel, while m the regular course of her voyage,
from neggggity, was compelled, by stress of weather or other casualty, to put lmto said d¤**°$ may b° foreign port and purchase such equipments, or make such repairs, taser°f°"d°d' cure the safety of the vessel to enable her to reach her port of destination, then it shall be competent for the Secretary of the Treasury .t0 remit or refupd such duties, land suchdvessel shall not be liafble. to forfsiti License or en- nre and no icense or enro ment an icense, or renewa o ext er, s a
- gl;‘;;‘;·t§‘;_l;°* liereafter ge msueld to any geese:. udntil the collectorlto yvlitpsloapplicgg
· tionismaeortesamesia esansc,rom eoa 0 Zsillilnlgiiél Md master, that all such equipments and repairs, made within the year imgiigylsclggagted mediately preceding such application, havebeen duly accounted for under mia u d an the proviapolns oi' tlgslsectiop, and the dlptics accruing therejonlaguilzplie " ’°“ P ‘ assarre o this act u ai ; an i suc owner or mas er s a r 2:3, a§,£`ls° glee sbuch oath, or tak; falsely, the vessel shall be seized and forfeited. gémgcme of Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That if any certificate of registry, H?§;;;>{é1§<=· Ob- enrolment, or license, or other record or document granted in lieu therefor, mined, to gauge to any vessel shall be knowingly and fraudulently obtained or used or forfeiture of any vessel not entitled to the benefit thereof, such vessel, with her tackle, "°¤¤€l· apparel, and furnimre, shalhibe liabledtoiorleiture. d { h H t d f Provisions of Sec. 25. And cit urt er enacte , `iat on an a tert e rs ay 0 l*'·" !*l‘“°l“8 *° July next, the several provisions of the act entitled “An act to regulate
- l;"{g°$?,;g;;`p` the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," approved March two,
oivncd by for- seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, relating to manifests, shall apply as °'§‘;g;"ch 22 well to vessels owned in whole or in part by foreigners as 'to vessels of Vol. i. pi cz'}. the United States ; and that the Secretary of State send copies of this sec- Pvsf, p- 394- tion to all consular officers of the United States in foreign countries. Goods, &<=· Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That no goods, wares, or merchan-
- ,*;}*2*.;:):: :2; V°s` dise, taken from any port or place in the United States, on the northern,
pm-; to ummm, northeastern, or northwestern frontiers thereof, to a port or place in anoth- ¤¤ ¤9”h°’¤» &°· er collection district of the United States on said frontiers, in any ship or £":{:l;`:'0$;° 1, vessel, shall be unladen or delivered from such ship or vessel within the opendaypniiess, United States but in open day, that is to say, between the rising and the &°· setting of the sun, except by special license from the collector or other P °*'» P- 39*- principal officer of the port for the purpose, nor at any time without a permit from such collector or other principal officer for such unlading or penalty_ delivery. And the owner or owners of every vessel whose master or manager shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay to the United States a sum not less than one hundred dol- Regulations lars nor more than five hundred dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of
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` such regulations as to him shall seem necessary and expedient for unlad— ing at and clearance from any port or place on said frontiers of ships or vessels at night. N lsegulationsas Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury
- “;%§E‘3’cl;¥l;e‘:1“ be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such rules and regulations, from
for Om, 0,- more time to time, as to him shall seem necessary, relative to the duties of in— page 3;:319 U¤i- spectors authorized lartyvttlrgcingtigltaeud on board of vessels destined for ‘ one or more por s in e ni s. Sec. 28. And be it urther enacted, That all vessels which, under the provisions of the fifteen{h section of the act entitled "An act increasing
