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 442 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 67, 68. 1865 probable cause to believe are subject to duty or have been unlawfully introduced into the United States, he shall seize and secure the same for trial," be, and the same is hereby, revived and reenacted ; and every such beast of burden, carriage, or vehicle, together with the teams or other motive power, and all the appurtenances used in conveying such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture in like manner as is by law now provided in regard to such goods, wares, and merchandise; and all fines, penalties, and forfeitures recovered under this act, or in consequence of such seizures, shall be disposed of as is provided 1799, oh, 22, in other cases by the ninety-first section of the act entitled "An act to 5*% I. 69,, regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," approved March °`l`P° ° second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine; and the last proviso of said Repeal. ninety-first section is hereby repealed. _ Certain an- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the power and authontygiveh 3};_“g°°f:;¥°°‘ to collectors, naval officers, and surveyors by the sixty-eighth section pf tended QQ ,,,,,,8,,- the said last-mentioned act be, and the same are hereby, extended to intorsofcustoms. spectors of the customs; and any officer or other person entitled to or Wl- i- P- 67'L interested in a part or share of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred °s£$’?g¤¤e;E" under this or any other law of the United States, may be examined as a my ,,,,5,,, y witness in any of the proceedings for the recovery of such fine, penalty, nesses. or forfeiture by either of the parties thereto, and such examination shall not deprive such witness of his or her share or interest in such fine, penalty, or forfeiture. seam}; of Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That in case any store, warehouse,. €::}gg‘;§* of or other building shall be upon or near the boundary line between the the 11,,53,;,; United States and any foreign country, and there is reason to believe that Siem- dutiable goods are deposited or have been placed therein or carried through or into the same without payment of duties, and in violation of law, and the collector, deputy collector, naval olhcer, or surveyor of customs, shall make oath before any magistrate competent to administer the same, that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that such offence has been therein committed, such officer shall have the right to search such building and the premises belonging thereto; and if any such goods shall be found therein, the same, together with such building, shall be F¤ff¢i'¤¤¥¤· seized, forfeited, and disposed of according to law, and the said building shall be forthwith taken down or removed. And any person or persons ` who shall have received or deposited in such building, or carried through the same, any goods, as aforesaid, or shall have aided therein, in violation of law, shall, upon due conviction before any court of competent jurisdicugsndliy dph tion, be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or by im- ° mugg g` prisonment not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. _ Psnany tor, Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the act of ‘“°'°”° · April second, eighteen hundred and forty-four, entitled “An act directing ¥:f*$i'i’8ég31’ the disposition of certain unclaimed goods, wares, or merchandise, seized ` °for being illegally imported into the United States," be so amended that in place of the word “one," wherever the same may be found in said section, the word "tive " shall be inserted. Approved, February 28, 1865. Feb. 28, 1865. CHAP. LXVIH. - An Act making jbr the Construction, Preservation, Md "*—"_'_" Repairs of cumin Fortzijnxatimis and other Works of Defence, frr the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations States of America in Oemgress assembled, That the following sums be, and §;rc_f°m£°°'h°°°’ they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury DOB otherwise appropriated, for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortiiications and other works of defence for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: