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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 121. 1884. 59 of the vessel, on three days! notice to such collector after the entry oi the vessel." Sm;. 25. That section twenty-eight hundred and seventy-two of the R. S. 2812. 556. Revised Statutes be amended by adding thereto the following: “m°¤**°d· ·¢ When the license to unload between the setting and rising of the Timeofdelivery. sun is granted to a. sailingwessel under this section, a fixed, uniform, and reasonable compensation may be allowed to the inspector or iuspec- Compensation tors for service between the setting and rising of the sun, under such to i¤S1>¤<¤¤<>¤‘· regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to be received = by the collector from the master, owner, or eonsignee of the vessel, and to be paid by him to the inspector or inspectors." Sec. 26. That whenever any Hue, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or Refund or recharge arising under the laws relating to vessels or seamen has been mls8a';? °ft iu"- paid to any collector of customs or consular officer, and application has mm 1°S’ ° °' ‘ been made within one year from such payment for the refunding or re— mission oi the same, the Secretary of the Treasury, if on investigation he Ends that such Hue, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge was illegally, improperly, or excessively imposed, shall have the power, either before or after the same has been covered into the Treasury, to refund s0_ much of such Hue, penalty, forfeiture, exactiou, or chargeas he may think proper, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 27. That section fortydive hundred and one of the Revised Stab 12. s. 4501, 870. utes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: siouer for each port of entry, which is also a port of ocean navigation, ¤]=i1>pi¤z ¤¤¤¤¤¤i> and which, in his judgment, may require the same; such commissioner "°“°‘“· to be termed a shipping commissioner, and may, f1·0m time to time, remove from 0E0e any such commissioner whom he may have reason to believe does not properly perform his duty, and shall then provide for the proper performance of his duties until another person is duly appointed in his place: Provided, That Shipping Commissioners now in zmwm. cdice shall continue to perform the duties thereof until others shall be appointed in their places. Shipping Commissioners shall monthly ren- 3,1,m-t of N. der e full, exact, and itemized account of their receipts aud expenditures cgipfn md ¤rv•¤- to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall determine their compensar *hg"'°*‘- _ t. tion, and shall from time to time determine xhe number und cqmpensa- tion of the clerks appointed by such commissioner, with the approval union. of the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the limitations now fixed by law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall regulate the mode of conducting business in the shipping ofliees 120 be established by the shipping commissioners as hereinafter provided, and shall have full and complete control over the same, subject to the provisions herein contained · and all expenditures by shipping commissioners shall be Expenditures, audited and adjusted in the Treasury Department in the mode and MW ¤¤di*·¤d- manner provided for expenditures in the collection of customs. All _ Few to M Pdd fees of Shipping Commissioners shall be paid into the Treasury of the ‘““’ *b° T"°"“"Y· United States and shall constitute a fund which shall be used under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the compensation of said Commissioners and their clerks and such other expenses as he may tlnd necessary to ensure the proper administration of their duties. Sec. 28. Before issuing any inspection certificate to any steamer the F6" *0 *¤¤P°¤*•· collector or other chief officer of customs for the port or district shall :c’f; °°"‘· "f "’ demand and receive from the owners thereof, as a. compensation for the inspection and examinations made for the year, the following sums, iu addition to the fees for issuing enrollments and licenses now mlowed by law, according to the iounage of the vessel: For each steam-vessel of one hundred tons or under, ten dollars; and for each and every ton in excess of one hundred tons, live cents, m lieu of the fees now provided y law. . Sec. 29. That section twenty-seven hundred and seventy-six of the B- 8- 2776. 538. Rex ised Statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: °'“°”d°‘1· I
 * 81:0. 4501. The Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint a. ccmmis- Appointment of