allowance of the drawbacks by this act authorized, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing, in the said laws contained, had been inserted in and re-enacted by this act. And that all provisions of any former law inconsistent with this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Laws inconsistent herewith repealed. Sec. Treas. to SEC. 27. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, annually, to ascertain whether, for the year ending on the thirtieth of ascertain whether the duty on June, next preceding, the duty on any articles has exceeded thirty-five any article has per centum ad valorem on the average wholesale market value of such exceeded 35 per articles, in the several ports of the United States for the preceding year; cent., and report to Congress. and, if so, he shall report a tabular statement of such articles and excess of duty to Congress, at the commencement of the next annual session thereof, with such observations and recommendations as he may deem necessary for the improvement of the revenue. CHAP. XLV. - An Act to continue in Force an Act therein mentioned, relating to the Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 602. Act of 17th ch. 15, so far as and continued Be it enacted, &c. That the act passed the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the assent of March, 1800, Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia," and relates to Marywhich by subsequent acts has been revived and continued in force until land, revived, the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, be, and to 1st June, the same, so far as it relates to the act of the State of Maryland, is 1850. hereby revived and continued in force until the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty: Provided, That nothing Proviso. herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage on vessels propelled by steam employed in the transportation of passengers. CHAP. XLIX. An Act amendatory of "An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Be it enacted, &c. That the provisions and penalties of the act of the sixteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," be, and the same hereby are, extended to the masters, owners and seamen of registered vessels employed in carrying on the coasting trade; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to issue such instructions to the collectors of the various ports as shall secure the collection of hospital money from said seamen, masters and owners. CHAP. LXXI. Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 602. Act of 16th July, 1798, ch. 77, extended to the coasting trade. Act of July 20, 1840, ch. 48. Act of Feb. 12, 1842, ch. 8. Measures to be taken to collect hospital money. - An Act declaring Robbinston, in the State of Maine, to be a Port of Stat. at Large, Delivery. Be it enacted, &c. That the town of Robbinston, in the State of Maine, shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Passamaquoddy, and shall be subject to the same regulations as other ports of delivery in the United States. Vol. V. p. 609. Robbinston made a port of delivery. Be it enacted, &c. That whenever any ship or vessel laden with mer- Merchandise, chandise, in whole or in part, subject to duty, shall be, or shall have been, recovered from sunk in any river, harbor, bay, or waters, subject to the jurisdiction of the mitted free of shipwreck, adUnited States, and within its limits, and shall have remained so sunk for duty. the period of two years, and shall be abandoned by the owners thereof, any person or persons who may raise such ship or vessel, shall be permitted to bring any merchandise recovered therefrom, into the port nearest to the place where said ship or vessel was so raised, free from the payment of any duty thereupon, and without being obliged to enter the same at the custom-house, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Stat. at Large, CHAP. LXXIII. Vol. V. p. 610. Salary reduced. Act to take ef An Act to reduce the Salary of the Surveyor of the Port of Camden, Be it enacted, &c. That the salary of the surveyor of the port of Camden, in the State of New Jersey, shall be fixed at two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, besides the lawful fees allowed to surveyors. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage, and fect from its pas- all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are "Acts repealed. hereby repealed. sage. Stat. at Large, CHAP. XCII. - An Act to fix the Value of certain Foreign Moneys of Account, in ComVol. V. p. 625. putations at the Custom-Houses. Value of certain foreign moneys at the Be it enacted, &c. That in all computations of the value of foreign moneys of account at the custom-houses of the United States, the thaler custom-houses. of Prussia shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of sixty-eight and one half cents; the mil-reis of Portugal shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of one hundred and twelve cents; the rix-dollar of Bremen shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of seventy-eight and three quarter cents; the thaler of Bremen, of seventy-two grotes, shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of seventy-one cents; that the mil-reis of Madeira shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of one hundred cents; the mil-reis of the Azores shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of eighty-three and one third cents; the marc-banco of Hamburg shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of thirty-five cents; the rouble of Russia shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of seventy-five cents; the rupee of British India shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of forty-four and one half cents; and all former laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 626. Act of July 7, 1838, ch. 191. Vessels pro No. 254.- MARCH 3, 1843. CHAP. XCIV. - An Act to modify the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the better Be it enacted, &c. That every boat or vessel which existing laws require pelled by steam to be registered, and which is propelled in whole or in part by steam, shall to be provided with additional be provided with such additional apparatus or means as, in the opinion of steering appara- the inspector of steamboats, shall be requisite to steer the boat or vessel, tus. to be located in such part of the boat or vessel as the inspector may deem best to enable the officers and crew to steer and control the boat or vessel, in case the pilot or man at the wheel is driven from the same by fire; and no boat or vessel, exclusively propelled by steam, shall be registered, after the passage of this act, unless the owner, master, or other proper person, shall file with the collector or other proper officer the certificate of the inspector, stating that suitable means have been provided to steer the boat or vessel, in case the pilot or man at the wheel is driven therefrom by fire. See acts 1838, ch. 191; 1848, ch. 41; 1852, ch. 106; 1855, ch. 213; 1864, chs. 69 and 249, and 1866, ch. Vessels pro vided with the apparatus re Proviso. SEC. 2. That it shall be lawful in all vessels or boats propelled in whole or in part by steam, and which shall be provided with additional apparatus or means to steer the same, as required by the first section of this act, to quired by the use wheel or tiller ropes, composed of hemp or other good and sufficient first section, material, around the barrel or axle of the wheel, and to a distance not tiller ropes, &c. may use hemp exceeding twenty-two feet therefrom, and also in connecting the tiller or rudder yoke with iron rods or chains used for working the rudder: Provided, That no more rope for this purpose shall be used than is sufficient to extend from the connecting points of the tiller or rudder yoke placed in any working position beyond the nearest blocks or rollers, and give sufficient play to work the ropes on such blocks or rollers: And provided, Further profurther, That there shall be chains extending the whole distance of the viso. ropes, so connected with the tiller or rudder yoke, and attached or fastened to the tiller or rudder yoke, and the iron chains or rods extending towards the wheel, in such manner as will take immediate effect, and work the rudder in case the ropes are burnt or otherwise rendered useless. SEC. 3. That the master and owner, and all others interested in vessels Freight vessels navigating Lakes Champlain, Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior, and Michi-propelled by gan, or any of them, and which are propelled by sails and Erickson's son's propeller, propeller, and used exclusively in carrying freight, shall from and after not required to the passage of this act be exempt from liability or fine for failing to pro- hose, &c. provide suction vide, as a part of the necessary furniture of such vessel, a suction hose and fire engine and hose suitable to be worked on such vessel in case of fire, or more than one long-boat or yawl. SEC. 6. That so much of the act aforesaid as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. CHAP. VIII. - An Act directing the Disposition of certain unclaimed Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, seized for being illegally imported into the United States.* sails and Erick Part of act of 7th July, 1838, repealed. Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 653. Goods seized, of not exceeding 100 dollars in value. 1866, ch. 201. Be it enacted, &c. That hereafter, in all cases of seizure of any goods, wares, or merchandise, which shall, in the opinion of the collector or other principal officer of the revenue making such seizure, be of the appraised value of one hundred dollars or less, and which shall have been so seized for having been illegally imported into the United States, the said collector of the customs, or other principal officer of the revenue making such seizure, shall proceed as follows, that is to say: he shall cause a list, containing a particular description of the goods, wares, or merchandise, so seized, to be prepared in duplicate, and an appraisement To be apof the same to be made by two sworn appraisers under the revenue laws, praised. if there are such appraisers in such place of seizure; and if the said seizure be made where there are no such appraisers, then by two respectable and disinterested citizens of the United States, residing at the place where the seizure may be made, and to be selected by him for said purpose. The aforesaid list and appraisement shall be properly attested by such collector or other officer and the persons making the appraisement; and for which service said appraisers shall be allowed, out of the revenue, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day each. If the said praising. goods shall be found by such appraisers to be of the value of one hundred dollars or less, the said collector or other officer shall publish a notice, for praised at more the space of three weeks, in some newspaper of the county or place where than 100 dollars, the seizure was made, describing the articles, and stating the time, place, to be published, and cause of their seizure, and requiring any person or persons claiming &c. them to appear and make such claim within ninety days from the date of the first publication of such notice: Provided, That any person or persons claiming the goods, wares, or merchandise, so seized, within the time ing within 90 specified in the notice, may file with such collector or other officer a claim, days may give See act of July 18, 1866, chap. 201, §§ 11, 12, 13, and 14. Fee for ap If not ap notice of seizure Person claim ment of costs and expenses of proceedings, and District Attorney may pro ceed thereon in ordinary manner prescribed by law. If no claim interposed, and no bond given, notice of sale to be published, goods sold, and net proceeds deposited in the treasury. bond for pay- stating his or their interest in the articles seized, and may execute a bond to the United States, in the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars, with two sureties, to be approved by the collector or other officer referred to, conditioned that, in case of condemnation of the articles so seized, the obligors will pay all the costs and expenses of the proceedings to obtain such condemnation; and upon the delivery of such bond to the collector or other officer mentioned, he shall transmit the same, with the duplicate list and description of the goods seized, to the United States district attorney for the district, who shall proceed thereon in the ordinary manner prescribed by law: And provided, also, That if there shall be no claim interposed and no bond given, within the time above specified, the collector or other officer, as the case may be, shall give twenty days' notice of the sale of the goods, wares, or merchandise, in the manner before mentioned; and, at the time and place specified in such notice, shall sell the articles so seized at public auction, and, after deducting the expenses of appraisement and sale, he shall deposit the proceeds to the credit of the treasurer of the United States, as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 2. That within one year after the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, in virtue of this act, any person or persons claiming to be interested in the goods, wares, or merchandise, so sold, may apply to the Secretary of the Treasury for a remission of the forfeiture thereof, or of them, and a restoration of the proceeds of the said sale, which may be granted by the said secretary, upon satisfactory proof, to be furnished in such manner as he shall prescribe: Provided, That it shall be satisfactorily shown that the applicant, at the time of the seizure and sale of the goods in question, and during the intervening time, was absent out of the United States, or in such circumstances as prevented him from knowing of such seizure, and that he did not know of the same; and, also, that the said forfeiture was incurred without wilful negligence or any intention of fraud on the part of the owner or owners of such goods. Within one year after sale, persons interest ed may apply to Secretary of Treasury for remission of forfeiture, &c. 1866, ch. 201. Which may granted on certain conditions, year, proceeds be any If no applicaSEC. 3. That if no application for such restoration be made within one tion within one year, as hereinbefore prescribed, then, at the expiration of the said time, to be distributed. the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the proceeds of the sale of the 1866, ch. 201. said goods, wares, or merchandise, to be distributed according to law, as in the case of goods, wares, and merchandise, condemned and sold pursuant to the decree of a competent court. Former provisions of law inconsistent with this repealed. SEC. 4. That all provisions of any former law inconsistent with this act shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Stat. at Large, CHAP. XXX. Vol. V. p. 658. Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 661. No, 256.-MAY 31, 1844. An Act relating to the Port of Entry in the District of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine. Be it enacted, &c. That the port of entry and delivery which now is, or hereafter may be, constituted by virtue of the fourth section of the act approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and three, shall, while the same shall remain such, be also a port of entry for ships and vessels and their cargoes, arriving from the Cape of Good Hope and from places beyond the same, CHAP. XXXIX. No. 257.- JUNE 4, 1844. · An Act relating to Bonds to be given by Custom-House Officers. Be it enacted, &c. That all custom-house officers who now are, or hereafter may be, required by law to give bond with surety for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office, shall give such bond, with surety, according to the requirements of law, before they shall be qualified to enter upon the performance of said duties. CHAP. XLVI. —An Act to establish a Port of Delivery at the City of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana. Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 662. 1845, ch. 36. Lafayette a Be it enacted, &c. That the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and port of delivery. restrictions as other ports of delivery of the United States, except as is hereinafter provided; that a surveyor shall be appionted to reside at said port; that all ships and vessels bound to said port shall first make report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, and shall be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said city of Lafayette, adjoining the city of New Orleans, under the rules and regulations prescribed by law, and such further regulations as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury. Vessels may SEC. 2. That all vessels about to depart from the said port of Lafayette, for foreign ports and places, shall be permitted, under such regula- clear from, and tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to clear out with drawback. their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of New Orleans, and depart as from the port of New Orleans; and goods or merchandise imported into the United States, and exported from said port of Lafayette, under the regulations aforesaid, shall be entitled to the benefit of drawback of the duties, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, under the same provisions, regulations, restrictions, and limitations, as if the said goods, wares, and merchandise had been exported directly from New Orleans. No. 259. JUNE 12, 1844. CHAP. XLVII. — An Act relating to the Unlading of Foreign Merchandise on the Right Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 663. Under regula Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, to tions made by permit salt imported from foreign places to be unladen on the right bank of the river Mississippi opposite the city of New Orleans, at any point on said right bank between the upper and lower corporate limits of the municipalities of said city. No. 260.- JUNE 15, 1844. CHAP. LI.— An Act relating to certain Collection Districts, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the passage of this act, the districts of Ipswich, Massachusetts, St. Mary's, and Snow Hill, Maryland, Folly Landing, and East River, Virginia, and Sunbury, Hardwick, and Brunswick, Georgia, shall be, and hereby are, abolished as separate collection districts, and shall hereafter be annexed to other districts, as follows, that is to say: Ipswich, to the district of Newburyport; St. Mary's, Maryland, to Annapolis; Snow Hill, to Vienna; Folly Landing, to Cherrystone; East River, to Yorktown; Sunbury and Hardwick to Savannah; and Brunswick, to St. Mary's, Georgia: Provided, That the following places shall be, and are hereby, constituted ports of delivery, at each or any of which the President of the United States is authorized (if deemed necessary for the public interests) to appoint surveyors of the customs, to wit: At Ipswich, Massachusetts; St. Mary's and Snow Hill Maryland; Sunbury, Hardwick, and Brunswick, Georgia; at or near Folly Landing, East River, Virginia; And provided, That the followingmentioned ports of delivery are hereby discontinued, and the office of surveyor established at said ports, respectively, is hereby abolished, to wit: Chester and Nanjemoy, Maryland; South Quay, Virginia; Hertford, Murfreesborough, and Swansborough, North Carolina: And provided, also, That the office of assistant collector, to reside at the town of Jersey, in the State of New Jersey, authorized by the act approved March two, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, is hereby abolished. Sec. of Treasury, salt imported from foreign port may be unladen on the right bank of the Mississippi, opposite New Orleans. Stat. at Large, Vol. V. p. 664. |