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 554 'l`u·L1-1 xxx1v.—COLI,E(,"FlON OF DUTlES.—Cr1. 4. To report fraud- Sec. 2863. All consuls and commercial agents of the United States “l°“* P"‘°“°“· having any knowledge or belief of any case or practice of any person 14 July, 1862, c. who obtains verification of any invoice whereby the revenue of the gg S- 1 vv- 12- P· United States is or may be defrauded, shall report the facts to the col- ‘ lector of the port where the revenue is or may be defrauded, or to the Secretary of the Treasury. [seesun.] Punishment for Sec. 2864. If any owner, consignee, or agent of any merchandise shall ¥¤¤lQ¤8» M-- ***-1* knowingly make, or attempt to make, an entry thereof by means of any ""°1°°‘ false invoice, or false certificate of a consul, vice—consul. or commercial 3 Mar., 1863, c. a ent, or of an invoice which does not contain a true statement of all 76»¤·]»V-12»P·738- tile particulars hereinbefore required, or by means of any other false or 22 """'· 187* "· fraudulent document or paper or of any other false or fraudulent prac- 391;.9.12, 13, 16,r. . . ’ . 18, ,,_ 18S_ tice or appliance whatsoever, such merchandise [or the value thereof, shall 18 1%.,1875, C. be forfeited. isussmer. mm 80, r. 18, p. 319.-Cliquot’s Champagne, 3 Wall., 114; Bollinger’s Cham ne, 3 Wall., 560. Thirty-one hundred and nine Cases of Champagne, 1 Ben., 24]. pegwenty-eight Cases, 2 Ben., 63. Twelve hundred and nine Quarter-casks of Wine, 2 Ben., 249. ._ix Cases of Silk Ribbons, 3 Ben., 566. _ Fer lss11i"! ***1* Sec. 2865. [Every param; who mczkea out or ])d»8·Sc·.\‘, or attwnqzts to pass, Tlgfe through the custom-house rmyfalae, forged, or fraudulent invoice, or who 30 Aux., 18-2, c. shall aid or ubet in mal·/n or passing auch false, forged, or fraudulent gggr “· wv "· °· P- ·£m·0Zce, shall be deemed quilz of a misdemecnor,pzznv`ahabIc by a_/ine of not 2é _;,,,,!' ,874, (_ more than ji'2·e·t/wucand  rs, or by t77l_[)7‘l80727}I07ll_]‘;/T not more than two 391,u.12, 13,16,r. years, or bot}; an the dwcretzon of the court.] [gf any person shall know- 18, p. 188. ingly and willfully, with intent to defraud the revenue of the United 6927_ {gb-· 127}- "· States, smuggle, or clandestinely introduce, into the l.`nit.ed States, any _;   oods, wares, or merchandise, subject to duty by law, and which should U- S- T- S1X*Y· bare been invoiced, without paying or accounting for the dutv, or shall '§;:’  make out or pass, or attempt to pass. through the custom-house any Sm,,],: 2’Bl,,tc},_; false, for ed, or fraudulent invoice, every such person, his, her, or their 127;U.S.1·.Nolton, aiders and abettors, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 5 Bl¤¤<=b·. 427· conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for any term 0 time not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court.] EMF! <>f wer- Sec. 2866. From the date of the President’s proclamation declaring ?::‘],‘]]Qfihd“*‘“°d that he has evidence that the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, the ,,0,,,, poses` Parliament of Canada, and the legislature of Prince Edward`s Island ——·-——————— — have passed laws on their art to ive effect to the provisions of the 2,; 31*];*;, 1g3;,;‘ treaty of Washington of Mhy eighth eighteen hundred and seventy- 482L;g3_’’ " one,as contained in articles eighteen totwenty-tive inclusive, and article thirty of said treaty, and so long as said articles remain in force, according to the terms and conditions of article thirty-third of said treaty, all goods, wares, or merchandise arriwiing at the_ ports of New _York, Boston, and Portland, and any other ports in the United States which have been, or may from time to time be, specially designated by the President of the United States and destined for Her Britannic Majestv’s possessions in North America, may be entered at the proper custom—l1ouse and conveyed in transit, without the yment of duties, through the territory of the United States, under suclimrules, regulations, and conditions for the protection of the revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time, prescribe; and, under like rules, regulations, an conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the yment of duties, from such possessions. through the territory of the Uubited States, for export from the said ports of the United States.