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 TI-HRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1861. 257 obstructions ; and it] while said ports are so closed, any ship or vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall enter or attempt to enter any such port, the same, together with igts tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeited to the United hates. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever the President, in _ The R1‘¢¤id¤¤¢. pursuance of the provisions of the second section of the act entitled "An $&;°at;é{;rg”t;°é act to provide for ca.lling.forth the militia to execute the laws of the inhabitants of a Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act $***“» tif fl .b° nowein force for that purpose," approved February twenty-eight, seven- Q25e5e0s_ ° m` teen hundred and ninety-five, shall have called forth the militia to sup- 1195, ch_35,§ g_ press combinations against the laws of the United States, and to cause the V<>l· i- P· 424- Iaws to be duly executed, and the insurgents shall have failed to disperse by the time directed by the President, and when said insurgents claim to act under the authority of any State or States, and such claim is not 1861. ch- 32- disclaimed or repudiated by the persons exercising the functions of gov- P°°t’ P' 2M' ernment in such State or States, or in the part or parts thereof in which said combination exists, nor such insurrection suppressed by said State or States, then and in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, by proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereoi where such insurrection exists, are in e. state of _ _ insurrection against the United States; and thereupon all commercial in- t€ggmm€t'§’“I*°' tercourse by and between the same and the citizens thereof and the citi- up,mu:Q°c€,;°i zens of the rest of the United States shall cease and be unlawful so long as such condition of hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattels, mg°’§¤;;},%°;·d¤ wares and merchandise, coming from said State or section into the other ° ° °l°° parts of the United States, and all proceeding to such State or section, by land or water, shall, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from such State or section, be forfeited _ to the United States: Provided, however, That the President may, in his peg€€‘?§;i_m°y discretion, license and permit commercial intercourse with any such part mum in csmsu of said State or section, the inhabitants of which are so declared in a °¤·*ji» QM ¤¤d·"#¤ state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, and by such per- mg ’m°°s' sons, as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. And the Secretary of the Treasury may Officers tg meappoint such ciiicers at places where officers of the customs are not now au- ;)‘f§;’m'(‘f‘;Yth(,Q§r“p` thorized by law as may be needed to carry into eifect such licenses, rules pay, &e. and regulations ; and officers of the customs and other officers shall receive for services under this section, and under said rules and regulations, such fees and compensation as are now allowed for similar service under other provisions of law. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after fifteen days mVi”:]l;;°lg’;§: after the issuing of the said proclamation, as provided in the last forego- su€,QQm,,,, when ing section of this act, any ship or vessel belonging in whole or in part tc be forfeited. to any citizen or inhabitant of said State or part of a State whose inhabitants are so declared in a state of insurrection, found at sea, or in any port of the rest of the United States, shall be forfeited to the United States. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in the execution of the provis- b6'1‘;;:¤vy¤¤¤y ions of this ect, and of the other laws of the United States providing for cm me °;;v°;;° the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, it may and shall be law- laws. ful for the President, in addition to the revenue cutters in service, to employ in aid thereof such other suitable vessels as may, in his judgment, be required. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the forfeitures and penalties Remission of incurred by virtue of this act may be mitigated or remitted in pursuance P°¤¤l¤°’· of the authorig vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by the act entivoz. xn. mz.-33