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 1032 Trruc Lxrx.—INSURRECTION. 2 July, 1864. ¢=· maritime prize; but all property so seized or taken shall be promptly 225·”·7·"·13·¥‘·377· delivered to the proper officers of the courts. How preceeding5s Sec. 5311. The Attorney-General, or the attorney of the United States ”h”lll’°‘””“*“* · for any judicial district in which such property may at the time be, may 6 Aug., 186], ,,_ institute the proceedintgs of condemnation, and in such case they sha1 es, s. av. 12, p, 319. be wholly for the bene t of the United States: or any person mav file an information with such attorney, in which case the proceedings shall be for 5 wma g3é, ($,,,,1 the use of such informer and the United States in equal parts. [¤¤¤s•¤•.1 ggpatjloip Casep, 7SW;(ll.,~45;; llggler 1:. U. S., 11 TVall., 268; Tyler z·. Defrees, 11 Wall., ugzfglggljjgiggspgg Sec. 53}12. The Segptary of the Treasury is authorizedt-to prcéhibit apd . . revent the trans r ion in any vesse, or u n any I'8.1 oa , urn i e, Q2? ed mm"` gr other road or nhlgans of transportation withi)ri)the United States, of) any -——-—————— property, whatever may be the ostensible destination of the same, in all 8,2;) ,¥;"l¥21g6ib,‘;‘ cases where there are satisfactory reasons to believe that such property is intended for any place in the possession or under the control of insur- Gayls G°ld» 13 gents against the United States, or that there is imminent danger that W"u" 358* such property will fall into the possession or under the control of such insurgents; and he is further authorized, in all cases where he deems it expe ient so to do, to re uire reasonable security to be given that prolperty shall not be transportedl to any place under insurreetionary contro, and shall not, in any wav, be used to give aid or comfort to such insurgents; and he may establish all such general or special regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry into eifect the purposes of this section; and if any property is trans orted in violation of this act, or of any regulation of the Secretary of thegfreasury, established in pursuance thereof, or if any attempt shall be made so to transport any, it shall be forfeited. P¤‘<>hibi*i°¤uP°¤ Sec. 5313. All persons in the military or naval service of the United grgdeaeaggggggg States are prohibited from bulyin g or se ling; trading, or in any way deal- ,.,,.,,p€,.ty_ ing in captured or abandone property, w ereby they shall receive or expect any proht, benefit, or advantage to themselves, or any other 225 ,,}*1%,* V_13’p: person, directly or indirectly connected with them; and 1t shall be the 377:' uty of such person whenever such property comes into his possession or custodv, or within his control, to give notice thereof to some agent, appointed by virtue of this Title, and to turn the same over to such agent without delay. Any officer of the United States, civil, military, or naval, or any sutler, soldier, or marine, or other person who shall violate any provision of this section, shall be deemed uilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the pgnitentiary not more than three years. Violations of this section shall cognizable before any court, civil or military, competent to try the same. fCh;*“8:?n°f”l;°;j Sec. 5314, \Vhencver the President shall deem it impracticablc, by -———-— the United States, to collect the duties on imports in the ordinary way, 3 :3rl:}l{’é18%5°· at any port of entry in any collection-district, he may cause such duties ’’’p'to be collected at any port of delivery in the district until such obstruction ceases; in such case the surveyor at such port of delivery shall have the powers and be subject to all the obligations of a collector at a port of entry. The Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President,shall also appoint such weighers,gaugers,measurers, ins ctors, appraisers, and clerks, as he may deem necessary, for the faithfullixecution of the revenue laws at such port of delivery, and shall establish the limits within which such ort of delivery is constituted a port of entr *. And all the provisions ofliaw regulating the issue of marine papers, the coasting-tra e, the warehousing of imports, and the collection of duties, shall apply to the ports of entry thus constituted, in the same manner as they do to gsorts of entry established by law. Removal of cus- Sec. 5315. henever, at any port of entry, the duties on imports can- not, in the judgment of the President, be collected in the ordinary wa , ¥’j,‘kf·2i§’,;g5E· or by the course provided in the dpreceding section, by reason of tiiye 136, ,_ 2;’,,_ 18;,,: cause mentioned therein, he may irect that the custom-house for th6 469. district be established in any secure place within the district, either on
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