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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 201. 1866. 185 temporarily the duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved July _ Vessels may- ` fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, of the fourth section of the act  tgggzfygq entitled "An act to modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and fg gay the same for other purposes," approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty- M Hm Wu'? °¥ three, and of the fourth section of an act entitled "An act amendatory of g;$;zg¥:n°:“ certain acts imposing duties upon foreign importations," approved March year. three, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, are exempted from paying tonnage 18;*:-% °h· mb} duties more than once in a. year, shall hereafter pay the same either at their V0,?’xi,_ P_ 55E_ first clearance from or entry at, according to priority, a, custom-house in 1863, ch. 77, 9 4- the United Stutes in each calendar year: Provided, That all licensed and xgé X3;  242: enrolled and licensed vessels of the United States shall pay the said duty vofxuf, 1),,493, when taking out or renewing their respective enrolments or licenses, if P¤`<>ViS°· the same has not previously been paid for the calendar year: And pro- proviso, vided further, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent customs officers from collecting such tonnage duty at the entry of any vessel at their respective custom~houses during the calendar year, if the same shall not previously have been paid for such year: And provided further, Proviso. That all vessels which are subject to enrolment or license shall herezxfter be liable to the payment of the fees established by law for services of customs officers incident thereto. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted That the Secretary of the Treasury Offices of no be, and he hereby is, authorized, whenever he shall think it advantageous :?;gm°°" ““‘l . . . _ _ y subordito the public servxce of revenue, to abolish or suspend the offices of naval imtg gfficg may ofiicer, or any other subordinate office, in any collection district of the b¢S¤SP%;d¤d» d United States, except in those enumerated in section `nine of the act of Q§Q’§f;°Zme;:}’ ’ May seven, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, and the amendment there- assigned to depto, by the act of April nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the §;’:;:_°*°' °" port of San Francisco, and to assign the duties of the office or any other lg}; 0g_ 107, subordinate office so abolished or suspended to a deputy collector or inspec— § 2; tor of the customs; and so much of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures ·l;Qk_;';,£‘€,:5‘ as would otherwise inure to either of such naval officers shall, after the Vol. im. p. 46. discontinuance of their offices respectively, be paid into the treasury of Fl¤°S· &°l;i¤‘ the United States, and there credited to the fund for defraying the ex- penses of collecting the revenue from customs. And the Secretary of the discontinuance. Treasury is hereby further authorized, in all cases_in which, in his opinion, w£°Il;‘;?§g1f:; the public interest demands it, to clothe deputy collectors, located at ports [hgyized muy. other than the principal port of entry of their respective districts, with all W9 POWW Of the powers of their principals appcrtaining to their official acts. mm p""°’P°lS' Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That no officer or clerk whose Salary or waduty it shall be to make payments on account of the salary or wages of g? (ig P§5`s‘;g‘;hB any oH:icer or person employed in connection with the customs or the in- 6u5o,; 0,,,,,,,,. terual revenue service shall make any payment to any officer or person ¤a1rcv<=¤¤¢· so employed on account of services rendered, or of salary, unless such _ ofiicer or person so to be paid shall have made and subscribed an oath b6S°;£°§l;;{’1l’ t° that, during the period for which he or she is to receive pay for salary or 0MB,, m,,dc,,g,,,_ services rendered, neither he nor she, nor any member of his or her thmily, has received, either personally or by the intervention of another party, any money or compensation of any description whatever, nor any promises for the same, either directly or indirectly, for services rendered or to be rendered, or acts performed or to be performed, in connection with the customs or internal revenue, nor purchased, {br like services or acts, from any importer, (if afliant is connected with the customs, or manufacturer, if atliant is connected with the internal revenue service,) oonsignee, agent, or custom-house broker, or other person whomsoever, any goods. wares, or merchandise, at less than regular retail market prices therefor. And any person who shall wilfully and falsely take and FMSGIY ¤¤l<i¤g subscribe said oath, and being duly convicted thereof, shall be subjected géijgggg °° b° to the penalties and disabilities by law prescribed for the punishment of wilful and corrupt perjury.