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by any of said surveyors in any one year for fees, exceeding the said sum of one thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States.

No. 271.- JANUARY 7. 1846.

[No. 2.]—Joint Resolution relative to the Printing and Distribution of the Annual Esti

mates.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. IX. p. 108.

Resolved, &c. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates of to cause the estimates of appropriations which he is by law required to appropriations to be printed. prepare and submit to Congress to be printed, and copies of the same to be delivered to the clerk of the House of Representatives, in time for distribution at the commencement of each session; and that the clerk distribute the said estimates in the manner in which documents printed by Congress are directed to be distributed.

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CHAP. VII. An Act relative to Collectors and other Officers of the Customs.

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Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 3.

Officers of the.

be allowed more

may serve.

Accounts for salary to be ren

Be it enacted, &c. That collectors and all other officers of the customs, serving for a less period than a year, shall not be paid for the entire year, customs not to but shall be allowed in no case a greater than a pro rata of the maximum than a pro rata compensation of said officers respectively for the time only which they actu- compensation ally serve as such collectors or officers, whether the same be under one or for the time they more appointments, or before or after confirmation. And no collector or See 1866, ch. other officer shall, in any case, receive for his services, either as fees, sal- 201, § 34. ary, fines, penalties, forfeitures, or otherwise, for the time he may be in service, beyond the maximum pro rata rate provided by law. SEC. 2. That all accounts for salary, compensation, and emoluments shall be rendered quarterly, at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. SEC. 3. That no portion of the additional duties provided by the seventeenth section of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and for- ties not to be ty-two, entitled "An act to provide revenue from imports, and to change any officers of and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other pur- customs, but poses," shall be deemed a fine, penalty, or forfeiture, for the purpose of paid into the being distributed to any officer of the customs; but the whole amount 1842,ch. 270,§ 17. thereof, when received, shall be paid directly into the treasury. SEC. 4. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

dered quarterly.

Additional du

distributed to

treasury.

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Repeal of inconsistent acts.

No. 273. - MAY 22, 1846.

CHAP. XXIII. An Act to establish the Value of certain foreign Coins and Moneys of Stat. at Large, Account, and to amend existing Laws.

Vol. IX. p. 14.

Value of cer

Be it enacted, &c. That in all computations at the custom-house, the foreign coins and money of account herein specified shall be estimated as tain foreign coins in computations follows, to wit: The specie dollar of Sweden and Norway, at one hunat custom-house. dred and six cents; the specie dollar of Denmark, at one hundred and five cents; the thaler of Prussia and of the northern States of Germany, at sixty-nine cents; the florin of the southern States of Germany, at forty cents; the florin of the Austrian Empire, and of the city of Augsburg, at forty-eight and one half cents; the lira of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, and the lira of Tuscany, at sixteen cents; the franc of France and of Belgium, and the lira of Sardinia, at eighteen cents six mills; the ducat of Naples, at eighty cents; the ounce of Sicily, at two dollars and forty cents; the pound of the British provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Canada, at four dollars. And all laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed..

Repeal of in

consistent acts.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. IX. p. 38.

established.

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CHAP. LVI.- An Act to establish the Collection District of Chicago.

Collection dis- Be it enacted, &c. That a collection district be, and hereby is, estabtrict of Chicago lished upon the western shore of Lake Michigan, to be called the district of Chicago, within which the port of Chicago shall be a port of entry. 1848, ch. 145. Chicago made The said district shall include the territory, harbors, rivers, and waters, the port of entry. on the western shore of said lake from the line dividing the States of Indiana and Illinois, northward to the town and river Sheboygan, and inclusive of the same, which are within the Territory of Wisconsin. A collector shall be appointed for said district, who shall receive the same 1864, ch. 130, § 2. amount of annual compensation as the collector of the district of Michilimackinac.

Said district

designated.

No. 275. JULY 20, 1846.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. LX. Vol. IX. p. 38.

Canal boats exempted from the payment of fees and hospital

money.

Persons employed in them to receive no

benefit from the
hospital fund.
Such boats not
subject to libel
for wages in the
courts of the
U. S.
Repeal of re-
pugnant acts.

An Act to exempt Canal Boats from the Payment of Fees and Hospital
Money.

Be it enacted, &c. That the owner or owners, master or captain, or other persons employed in navigating canal boats without masts or steampower, now by law required to be registered, licensed, or enrolled and licensed, shall not be required to pay any marine hospital tax or money; nor shall the persons employed to navigate such boats receive any benefit or advantage from the marine hospital fund; [nor shall such owner or owners, master or captain, or other persons, be required to pay fees, or make any compensation for such register, license, or enrolment and license,*] nor shall any such boat be subject to be libelled in any of the United States courts for the wages of any person or persons who may be employed on board thereof, or in navigating the same.

SEC. 2. That all acts, and parts of acts, repugnant to the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

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Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 41. Claims allowed

other person or

attorneys.

CHAP. LXVI. — An Act in Relation to the Payment of Claims.

Be it enacted, &c. That whenever a claim on the United States aforeby Congress not said shall hereafter have been allowed by a resolution or act of Congress, to be paid to any and thereby directed to be paid, the money shall not, nor shall any part persons than the thereof, be paid to any person or persons other than the claimant or claimclaimants, their ants, his or their executor or executors, administrator or administrators, executors, administrators, or unless such person or persons shall produce to the proper disbursing offiduly constituted cer a warrant of attorney executed by such claimant or claimants, executor or executors, administrator or administrators, after the enactment of Requisite form the resolution or act allowing the claim; and every such warrant of attorof warrant of attorney. ney shall refer to such resolution or act, and expressly recite the amount allowed thereby, and shall be attested by two competent witnesses, and be acknowledged by the person or persons executing it, before an officer having authority to take the acknowledgment of deeds, who shall certify To be attested such acknowledgment; and it shall appear by such certificate that such officer, at the time of the making of such acknowledgment, read and fully explained such warrant of attorney to the person or persons acknowledging the same.

and acknowl

edged.

* See act of July 18, 1866, ch. 201, § 28, last clause.

No. 277.- JULY 30, 1846.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 42. Goods to be

weighed, &c. in certain cases at the expense of owner, &c. Drawback in lieu of bounty on

pickled fish.

CHAP. LXXIV. · An Act reducing the Duty on Imports, and for other Purposes. SEC. 4. That in all cases in which the invoice or entry shall not contain the weight, or quantity, or measure, of goods, wares, or merchandise, now weighed, or measured, or gauged, the same shall be weighed, gauged, or measured, at the expense of the owner, agent, or consignee. SEC. 5. That from and after the first day of December next, in lieu of the bounty heretofore authorized by law to be paid on the exportation of pickled fish of the fisheries of the United States, there shall be allowed, on the exportation thereof, if cured with foreign salt, a drawback equal in amount to the duty paid on the salt, and no more, to be ascertained under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 7. That the twelfth section of the act entitled "An act to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved August thirty, ch. 84, § 1. eighteen hundred and forty-two, shall be, and the same is hereby, so far modified, that all goods imported from this side the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn may remain in the public stores for the space year instead of the term of sixty days prescribed in the said section; and that all goods imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn may remain in the public stores one year instead of the term of ninety days prescribed in the said section.

of one

Act of 1842, ch. 270, modified. See also 1846,

Deputies and clerks to be

sworn.

Form of oath, and how admin

SEC. 9. That the deputies of any collector, naval officer, or surveyor, and the clerks employed by any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or appraiser, who are not by existing laws required to be sworn, shall, before entering upon their respective duties, or, if already employed, before continuing in the discharge thereof, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully and diligently to perform such duties, and to use their best endeavors to prevent and detect frauds upon the revenue of the United States; which oath or affirmation shall be administered by the collector of the port or district where the said deputies or clerks may be employed, and shall be of a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 10. That no officer or other person, connected with the navy of the United States, shall, under any pretence, import in any ship or vessel of the United States any goods, wares, or merchandise, liable to the payment of any duty. SEC. 11. That all acts and parts of acts repugnant to the provisions of Repeal of inthis act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

istered."

Importations of dutiable goods, prohibited.

in U. S. vessels,

consistent acts.

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SEC. 3. That *

* from and after the passage of this act, no discriminating tonnage duties shall be levied on Spanish vessels coming from foreign countries, except those coming from Cuba or Porto Rico.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 49.

No discriminatties on Spanish ing tonnage du

vessels, except from Cuba or Porto Rico.

No. 279.- AUGUST 6, 1846.

CHAP. LXXXIV.

Stat. at Large,

- An Act to establish a Warehousing System, and to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide Revenue from Imports, and to change and modify existing Vol. IX. p. 53. Laws imposing Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes."

Be it enacted, &c. That the twelfth section of the act entitled "An act to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved the thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, is hereby amended, so as hereafter to read as follows:-[SEC. 12.] And

1842, ch. 270.

Act of 1842, ch. 270, § 12,

amended.
Vol. v. p. 561.

Duties to be paid in cash.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Collector to

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permit goods to be shipped for re-exportation in

be it further enacted, That, on and after the day this act goes into operation, the duties on all imported goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be paid in cash: Provided, That in all cases of failure or neglect to pay the duties within the period allowed by law to the importer to make entry thereof, or whenever the owner, importer, or consignee, shall make entry for warehousing the same, in writing, in such form and supported by such proof as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be taken possession of by the collector, and deposited in the public stores, or in other stores to be agreed on by the collector or chief revenue officer of the port and the importer, owner, or consignee, the said stores to be secured in the manner provided for by the first section of the act of the twentieth day of April, one thousand 1818, ch. 129. eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act providing for the deposit of wines and distilled spirits in public warehouses, and for other purposes," there to be kept with due and reasonable care, at the charge and risk of the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and subject at all times to their order, upon payment of the proper duties and expenses, to be ascertained on due entry thereof for warehousing, and to be secured by a bond of the owner, importer, or consignee, with surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the amount of the said duties, and in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That no merchandise shall be withdrawn from any warehouse in which it may be deposited, in a less quantity than in an entire package, bale, cask, or box, unless in bulk; nor shall merchandise so imported in bulk be delivered, except in the whole quantity of each parcel, or in a quantity not less than one ton weight, unless by special authority of the Secretary of the Treasury. And in case the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, of any goods on which the duties have not been paid, shall give to the collector satisfactory security that the said goods shall be landed out of the jurisdiction of the United States, in the manner now required by existing laws relating to exportations for the benefit of drawback, the collector and naval officer, if any, on an entry to re-export the same, shall, upon payment of the appropriate expenses, permit the said goods, under the inspection of the proper officers, to be shipped without the payment of any duties Goods remain- thereon. And in case any goods, wares, or merchandise, deposited as ing in store be- aforesaid, shall remain in public store beyond one year, without payment be appraised and of the duties and charges thereon, then said goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be appraised by the appraisers of the United States, if there be any at such port, and if none, then by two merchants to be designated and sworn by the collector for that purpose, and sold by the collector at public auction, on due public notice thereof being first given, in the manner Treasury De- and for the time to be prescribed by a general regulation of the Treasury partment to pre- Department; and at said public sale, distinct printed catalogues descripscribe regulations, &c. for tive of said goods, with the appraised value affixed thereto, shall be dissuch sales. tributed among the persons present at said sale; and a reasonable opportunity shall be given before such sale, to persons desirous of purchasing, to inspect the quality of such goods; and the proceeds of said sales, after deducting the usual rate of storage at the port in question, with all other charges and expenses, including duties, shall be paid over to the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and proper receipts taken for the same: Provided, That the overplus, if any there be, of the proceeds of such sales, after the payment of storage, charges, expenses, and duties, as aforesaid, remaining unclaimed for the space of ten days after such sales, shall be paid by the collector into the treasury of the United States; and the said collector shall transmit to the Treasury Department, with the said overplus, a copy of the inventory, appraisement, and account of sales, specifying the marks, numbers, and descriptions, of the packages sold, their contents, and appraised value, the name of the vessel and master in which, and of the port or place whence they were imported, and the time when,

certain cases. 1850, ch. 79, § 18.

yond one year to

sold.

Proceeds, after deducting charges, to be owner, &c.

paid over to the

Overplus, how disposed of.

and the name of the person or persons to whom said goods were consigned in the manifest, and the duties and charges to which the several consignments were respectively subject; and the receipt or certificate of the collector shall exonerate the master or person having charge or command of any ship or vessel, in which said goods, wares, or merchandise, were imported, from all claim of the owner or owners thereof, who shall, nevertheless, on due proof of their interest, be entitled to receive from the treasury the amount of any overplus paid into the same under the provisions of this act: Provided, That so much of the fifty-sixth section of the general collection law of the second of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and the thirteenth section of the act of the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes, as conflicts with the provisions of this act, shall be, and is hereby, repealed, excepting that nothing contained in this act shall be construed to extend the time now prescribed by law for selling unclaimed goods: Provided also, That all goods of a perishable nature, and all gunpowder, fire-crackers, and explosive substances, deposited as aforesaid, shall be sold

forthwith.

Repeal of sections of conflicting acts.

1799, ch. 22. 1842, ch. 270.

Perishable and explosive goods

to be sold at

once.

1799, ch. 22. Owner shall

SEC. 2. That any goods, when deposited in the public stores in the See 1864, ch. 171, § 19. manner provided for in the foregoing section, may be withdrawn there- Goods may be from and transported to any other port of entry under the restrictions withdrawn and provided for in the act of the second March, seventeen hundred and transported to another port of ninety-nine, in respect to the transportation of goods, wares, and merchan- entry under cerdise, from one collection district to another, to be exported with the benefit tain restrictions. of drawback; and the owner of such goods so to be withdrawn for transportation shall give his bond, with sufficient sureties, in double the amount give bond. of the duties chargeable on them, for the deposit of such goods in store in the port of entry to which they shall be destined, such bond to be cancelled when the goods shall be redeposited in store in the collection district to which they shall be transported: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend the time during which goods may be kept in store, after their original importation and entry, beyond the term of one year.

Proviso.

Goods fraudu

or removed to be

SEC. 3. That, if any warehoused goods shall be fraudulently concealed in or removed from any public or private warehouse, the same shall be lently concealed forfeited to the United States; and all persons convicted of fraudulently forfeited. concealing or removing such goods, or of aiding or abetting such concealment or removal, shall be liable to the same penalties which are now im- Penalty. posed for the fraudulent introduction of goods into the United States; and if any importer or proprietor of any warehoused goods, or any person in Penalty for fraudulently his employ, shall, by any contrivance, fraudulently open the warehouse, opening wareor shall gain access to the goods except in the presence of the proper house, &c. exofficer of the customs, acting in the execution of his duty, such importer cept in presence or proprietor shall forfeit and pay for every such offence one thousand the customs. dollars. And any person convicted of altering, defacing, or obliterating, Penalty for alany mark or marks, which have been placed by any officer of the revenue ing, or defacing, tering, obliteraton any package or packages of warehoused goods, shall forfeit and pay marks. for every such offence five hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. That the collectors of the several ports of the United States shall make quarterly reports to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to such general instructions as the said secretary may give of all goods which remain in the warehouses of their respective ports, specifying the quantity and description of the same; which returns, or tables formed thereon, the Secretary of the Treasury shall forthwith cause to be published in the principal papers of the city of Washington.

of an officer of

Collectors to make quarterly reports.

SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Secretary of authorized to make, from time to time, such regulations, not inconsistent the Treasury to make the regulawith the laws of the United States, as may be necessary to give full effect

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