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 THIRTY·—SEVEN'I.`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10, 11. 1861. 271 without prepayment of postage, under such regulations as the Post-Office ¤¤l<li¤¤ {md ¤¤•* Department may prescribe, the postage thereon to be paid by the re- b° p"°Pmd° cipicntg, Post, p. 332. Srsc. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, _AU¤¤¤¢¤* and he is hereby, authorized and directed to introduce among the volun- m5§§°u;Qy b° teer forces in the service of the United States, the system of allotment mnongthe vo1u¤· tickets now used in the navy, or some equivalent system, by which the “’°' f°'°°'· family of the volunteer may draw such portions of his pay as he may request. Approved, July 22, 1861. Cnr..X. —— An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treaswy to remit Fine: and Penal- July 24, 1861. tac: incurred in certain Cases. *"“"""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the S¢¤*¤f¤¤7 of Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in glmgiggig the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the person or persons entitled and penalties. to receive the same, the amount of such fines or penalties as have been incurred and paid by the owners or masters of vessels since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty, in consequence of their failure to produce to collectors of the customs the clearances or other papers prescribed and required by the laws of the United States regulating the issue of marine papers, and the foreign and coasting trades: Provided, That the Proviso. Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied in each case that there was no wilful negligence, or any intention of fraud on the part of the person or persons incurring the Hnes or penalties aforesaid, and that they were unable to obtain the requisite papers, by reason of there being no officer of the customs at the port of departure authorized to issue marine papers, or to grant clearances under the laws of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury $500tobe paid be, and is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury ;‘:.'t£Q‘2f§l*§if_Ei, not otherwise appropriated, to the person or persons entitled to receive the same, the sum of five hundred dollars, that being the amount of a fine improperly exacted by the collector of the customs at the port of Norfolk, Virginia, in the month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty, of the master of the “India," a Russian vessel. Sm. 3. And be itjicrthegr enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury additional be, and is hereby, authorized to remit, in whole or in part, on such con- g_‘;*£* 'fggzu ditions, and under such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may bgudgomuy be prescribe, the additional duty secured by the bond given for the tr·ans- ¤‘¢§¤i¤=¤di¤¤¤r- pcrtation of merchandise fiom a port in one collection district to a port in °“'° °“°°‘ another collection district, prescribed by the sixth section of the act entitled “An act to extend the warehousing system by establishing private 1854,ch.30,§6, bonded warehouses, and for other purposes," approved the twenty~eighth V0}- X- P- 279- day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-four: Provided, That it shall P1‘0Vi¤¤- be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the failure to transport and deliver the merchandise aforesaid according to the conditions of the bond, occurred without wilful negligence or fraudulent intent on the part of the obligors. APPROVED, July 24;, 1861. . .-· ‘ `ti prop:-rat' ’ r vrnm C'im7E eso the ul 241861. °‘*G;£.m,¢; :2;* W..;;;-;2,a titre ,,,..rm,tfre 3-Z-L.- Appr-opnlutabns of A1-rearages for the leur ending thirtietlr if June, ug/dem hundred and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uieited $'¢¤¢€8 of America in Uongress assembled, That the following sums be, and ggvu expense,. the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for Appropriations.