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 256 THIRTY·—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1861. <U¤¤‘i<=*·*h? ¤¤Y execute the revenue laws and collect the duties on imports by the or-di. ei-gui the same district, he is authorized to cause such duties to be collected at any port <”¤***°*· of delivery in said district until such obstruction shall cease; and in such Powm of M__ case the surveyors at said ports of delivery shall be clothed with all the veyors at such powers, and be subject to all the obligations of collectorset ports of entry; P°’*·°- and the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the. Presi- TS°“‘r?’{,°*;P_ dent, shall appoint such number o weighers, gaugers, measurers, inspectpoint weigigm, ors, appraisers, and clerks as may be necessary, in his Judgment, for the B¤¤8¤¤» faithfiil execution of the revenue laws at said ports of delivery, and shall mmm of m fix and establish the limits within which such ports delivery are cont,,;,,, wb5g8d_ stituted ports of entry, as aforesaid; and all the provisions of law regulating the issue of marine papers, the coasting trade, the warehousing of LW, to gpply imports, and collection of duties, shall apply to the ports of entry so confv ¤¤•>h P¤¤¤· stituted, in the same manner as they do to ports of entry established by the laws now in force. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if; from the cause mentioned in WMM 6**;]** b_ the foregoing section, in the judgment of the President, the revenue from 3H::;:); gg,.:?,; duties on imports cannot be eH`ectua.l1y collected at any port of entry in entry or delivery any collection district, in the ordinary way, and by the ordinary means, or Eefglgigfh by the course provided in the foregoing section, then and in that case he my be mabush. may direct that the custom-house for the district be established in any Mi. M secure place within said district, either on land or on board any vessel in Ranma and said district or at sea near the coast; and in such case the collector shall duty M mum,,,-_ reside at such place, or on shipboard, as the case may be, and there detain all vessels and cargoes arriving within or approaching said district, until the duties imposed by law on said vessels and their cargoes are paid in cash: Provided, That if the owner or oonsignee of the cargo on ch¥¤°'“lh‘::3:!°s_ board any vessel detained as aforesaid, or the master of said vessel shall &,m§,°n w mob. desire to enter a port of entry in any other district in the United States structed port- where no such obstructions to the execution of the laws exist, the master of such vessel may be permitted so to change the destination of the vessel and cargo in his manifest, whereupon the collector shall deliver him a. written permit to proceed to the port so designated: Anal provided fur- Bmfw of ther, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, with the approbation of t::k'£'°,:;:3}° the President, make proper regulations for the enforcement on shipboard tions. of such provisions of the laws regulating the assessment and collection of duties as in his judgment may be necessary and practicable. Vessel oreugo Sec. 3. And bu it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful to take imnmmzgcdigkgg any vessel or cargo detained as aforesaid from the custody of the proper umm of cu,. officers of the customs, unless by process of some court of the United by any force, or combination, or assemblage of persons, too great to be _ overcome by the officers of the customs, it shall and may be lawful for Mg°°¤:;:i"}?N'g the President, or such person or persons as he shall have empowered for ummm that purpose, to employ such part of the army or navy or militia of the United States, or such force of citizen volunteers as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of preventing the removal of such vessel or cargo, and protecting the officers of the customs in retaining the custody thereofi P°"‘ °f °“WY Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That if in the `ud ent of the be closed m. r r J Sm mgnmw, President, from the cause mentioned in the iirst section of this act, the duties upon imports in any collection district cannot be effectual1y collected by the ordinary means and in the ordinary way, or in the mode and manner provided in the foregoing sections of this act, then and in that case Notice to be the President is hereby empowered to close the port or ports of entry in $1***** said district, and in such case give notice thereof by proclamation; and ment of smh thereupon all right of importation, warehousing, and other privileges indipeontlnumoq, cxdeut to ports of entry shall cease and be discontinued at such port S0 closed, until opened by the order of the President on the cessation of such
 * ’:°;£§t°?§,-d:fi,_ nary means, in the ordinary way, at any port of entry in any collection
 * °¤¤» WM &¤- States; and in case of any attempt otherwise to take such vessel or cargo