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 186 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. OH. 390, 391. 1874. statement and report so filed with him, together with his own statement and report aforesaid, to the Attorney-General of the United States. Penalty for vio- Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall, on Wing PF°"lSi°”*’ of motion made, under the direction of the Attorney-General, be by the misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one vear. Notaries public ° Sec. 20. That in addition to the officers now authorized to take proof ouihofizsd *0 wks of debts against the estate of a bankrupt, notaries public are hereby P’°°f °f d"b“‘ authorized to take such proof, in the manner and under the regulations provided by law ; such proof to be certified by the notary and attested ’ by his signature and oilioial-seal. T¤<=<>¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤ MS Sec. 21. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provis- "’P'“‘1°d· ions of this act be, and the same are hereby,. repealed. Approved, June 22, 1874. June $2:2, 1874. CHAP. 391.-An act to amend the customs-revenue laws and to repeal moieties. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repeal of 1866, States of America in Congress assembled, That the thirty-ninth section of °l>· 20% 93% Wl- the act entitled "An act further to prevent smuggling, and for other X‘,’,;,,§# 133**Qgg ,2 purposes," approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; v01_ Xi;) PQ 54-yf ’and the second section of the act entitled "An act to regulate the disposition of the proceeds of fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred under the laws relating to the customs, and for other purposes/’ approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same are hereb repealed. ‘ Moietles to in- Snci?2. That all provisions of law under which moieties of any fines, f<>F¤{<>*S Md °m<=¤¤‘¤ penalties, or forfeitures, under the customs-revenue laws, or any share “b°]‘Sh"d‘ therein, or commission thereon, are paid to informers, or officers of customs, or other cmcers of the United States, are hereby repealed; and from and after the date of the passage of this act. the proceeds of all Fioos, &o-, to be such lines, penalties, and forfeitures shall be paid into the Treasury of pH1d 1I1D0 TI`03»Sl.1l`y. the  Scams. _ S core 1: ary of Sec. 3. That it shall hereafter be the duty of the Secretary of the ogg_P';;?; Treasury, out of any money specifically appropriated by Congress, to ,,0,, in c,,,,,,,,,, cms_ make suitable compensation in certain cases under the customsrevenue laws, as hereinafter provided, and not otherwise; and for the purpose of Appropriation for making such compensation for the next fiscal year, the sum of one hun- Hsglgtgaigi mmm, dred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the _ mlm, to C0ng,,m_ Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and he shall annually report to Congress, in detail, all payments by him for such purpose. Compensation to Sec. 4. That whenever any officer of the customs or other person shall g;?;?' °;m!:1" 'qgg detect and seize goods, wares, or merchandise, in the act ofbeing smuggoods? gg gled, or which have been smuggled, he shall be entitled to such compensation therefor as the Secretary of the Treasury shall award, not exceeding in amount one-half of the net proceeds, if any, resulting from such seizure, after deducting all duties, costs, and charges connected Smuggling de—.therewith: Provided, That for the purposes of this act smuggling shall 6”°‘*· be construed to mean the act, with intent to defraud, of bringing into the United States, or, with like intent, attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable articles without passing the same, or the package containing the same, through the custom-house, or submitting them to the _ Compensation to officers of the revenue for examination. And whenever any person ¤m`°*iP§* {03  2m" not an officer <of the United States shall furnish to a district attorney, °°r°- m ° a °°‘_or to any chief officer of the customs, original information concerning any fraud upon the customs-revenue, perpetrated or contemplated, _ which shall lead to the recovery of any duties withheld, or of any line, penalty, or forfeiture incurred, whether by importers or their agents, or
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