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 408 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 40, 45. 1871. Feb. 9, 1871. CHAP. XL. -An Act to authorize the Worcester Qounly National Bank, Massachusetts, """""‘—""" to change its Locatwn. Bs it enacted by the Senate- and [buss of Representatives of the United Worcester &azes of America in Oongrass assembled, That the Worcester County g°·::tgl§”°’°°°] National Bank, now located in Blackstone, State of Massachusetts, is change its loca- hereby authorized to change its location to the town of Franklin, State ot' P'°°°°“°g°' of the capital of said bank, at a meeting called for that purpose, dorm-. mine to make such change, the president and cashier shall execute a certificate, under the corporate seal of the bank, specifying such determination, and shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the comptroller of the currency, and thereupon suclrchange of location shall be effected, and the operations of discount and deposit of said bank shall be carried on under the name of the Franklin National Bank, in the town of Franklin, Norfolk county, State of Massachusetts. Liabilities not Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained liability or affect any action or proceeding in law in which the said bank N0tlce°of may be a party or interested. And when such change shall have been ¤l¤¤¤_s¤ W M determined upon as aforesaid, notice thereof and of such change shall be P“b1"h°d' ublished in at least two weekly newspapers in the aforesaid county of %Vorcester, for not less than four successive weeks. Approved, February 9, 1871. Fog l0_ 187!· QHAP. XLV. -4n Act to amend Section twenty-two of an Act entitled “:4n Actfurther ttplprevent »§'mugglmg, and jbr other Purposes," approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred 5H_ a nxly·su.·. v01` xw`p•18¤` Bs it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statcsqf America in Oongresa assembled, That section twenty-two of an act entitled "An act further to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes," approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so that the same shall be as follows:-— Master,&o. of Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That if any vessel enrolled or ¥:g;’ licensed to engage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, on ¤gr[hgy_—n’ gw, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States shall touch f¤¤¤l¤¤‘¤t PW at any port or place in the adjacent British provinces, and the master or chasm ·*sea · mmf", my other person having charge of such vessel shall purchase any goods, pertain adjacent wares, or merchandise, for the use of said vessel, said master or other w';;*;l;r|;'::'L§m person having charge of said vessel shall report the same, with cost and xlmportoru. quantity thereof, to the collector or other oillcer of the customs at the rlvnlln tb• first port in the United States at which he shall next arrive, designating U'&°°££_°:g€m them “ sea stores "; and in the oath to be taken by such master or other person in charge of such vessel, on making said report, he shall declare that the articles so specified or designated " sea stores " are truly intended for the use exclusively of said vessel, and are not intended for sale, transfer, or private use; and it, upon examination and inspection by the collec- R gphmtgé for or other officer of the customs, such articles are not deemed excessive whim of · m quantity for the use of said vessel, until an American port may be gary; reached hy such vessel, where such sea stores can he obtained, such arti· { lffoundgo bs cles shall he declared free of duty; but if it shall be found that the ,2;:*;:% ow? quantity or quantities of such articles, or any part thereof so reported, mm are excessive, it shall be lawful for the collector or other officer of the customs to estimate the amount of duty on such excess, which shall be forthwith paid by said master or other person having charge of said ves- Pmlty. sel, on pain ol" forfeiting a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than four times the value of such excess, or said master or other person havingcharge of such vessel shall he liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months nor more than two years, at the
 * •i°¤· Massachusetts. Whenever the stockholders representing three fourths
 * l`°°*°d· shall be so construed as in any manner to release the said bank from any