Proviso. Penalty for unlawful breaking or opening, &c., seals, fastenings, &c. Penalty under act 1862, ch. 169, § 1, and how applied. Vol. xii. p. 571. spectors. otherwise, or shall unload the same, or any part thereof, at any other than such port or place, or shall sell or dispose of the contents of such vessel, car, or other vehicle, or any part thereof, before such delivery, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction, pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five years, or both, at the discretion of the court; and such vessel, car, or other vehicle, with its contents, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized wherever found within the United States, and disposed of and sold as in other cases of forfeiture: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent sales of cargo, in whole or in part, prior to arrival, to be delivered as per manifest, and after due inspection. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any unauthorized person or persons shall wilfully break, cut, piek, open, or remove any wire, seal, lead, lock, or other fastening or mark attached to any vessel, car, or other vehicle, crate, box, bag, bale, basket, barrel, bundle, cask, trunk, package, or parcel, or anything whatsoever, under and by virtue of this act and regulations authorized by it, or any other act of congress, or shall affix or attach, or in any way wilfully aid, assist, or encourage the affixing or attaching, by wire or otherwise, to any vessel, car, or other vehicle, or to any crate, box, bale, barrel, bag, basket, bundle, cask, package, parcel, article, or thing of any kind, any seal, lead, metal, or anything purporting to be a seal authorized by law, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five years, or shall pay a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court. And each vessel, car, or other vehicle, crate, box, bag, basket, barrel, bundle, cask, trunk, package, parcel, or other thing, with the cargo, or contents thereof, from which the wire, seal, lead, lock, or other fastening or mark shall have been broken, cut, picked, opened, or removed by any such unauthorized person or persons, or to which such seal or other thing purporting to be a seal, has been wrongfully attached as aforesaid, shall be forfeited to the United States. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act the penalty for violating any of the provisions of the first section of the act entitled “An act to further provide for the collection of the revenue upon the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontier, and for other purposes," approved July fourteen, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, shall be a fine of one hundred dollars, and the same shall be disposed of and applied as herein provided for the distribution of fines and penalties recovered by virtue of this act; and so much of the said first section as conflicts herewith is hereby repealed. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint whenever he shall think it Additional in- necessary, additional inspectors of the revenue for the districts named below, as follows, to wit: Passamaquoddy, Maine, four; Portland and Falmouth, Maine, eight; Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts, fourteen; Pembina, Minnesota, two; Chicago, Illinois, eight; Michilimackinac, Michigan, two; Sandusky, Ohio, one; Cuyahoga, Ohio, three; Erie, Pennsylvania, one; Dunkirk, New York, one; Buffalo Creek, New York, six; Niagara, two; Genesee, two; Oswego, five; Oswegatchie, two; Champlain, four; Vermont, two. Secretary may remit certain fines, &c. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have authority to remit in whole or in part, and upon such terms as he shall judge right, the fines, penalties, or forfeitures incurred or accruing under the provisions of this act, or of said act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, if, in his opinion, the same shall have been incurred without wilful negligence or any intention of fraud in the person or persons incurring the same; and he shall have authority to Facts, how may ascertain the facts upon applications for remission under this act in such manner and under such regulations as shall be by him prescribed, and all be ascertained. fines, penalties, and forfeitures, recovered by virtue of this act, shall, after deducting all proper costs and charges, be disposed of and applied as provided in the ninety-first section of the act entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," approved on the second of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. APPROVED, June 27, 1864. Fines, &c., how disposed of. 1799, ch. 22. Vol. i. p. 697. CHAP. CLXV. - An Act in Relation to the Circuit Court in and for the District of Wis- June 27, 1864. consin, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act to enable the district courts of the United States to issue execution and other final process in certain cases," approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Repeal of act 1863, ch. 113. Vol. xii. p. 807. Papers in cases courts. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases, wherein the district courts of the United States within and for the several districts of in certain district courts to be transTexas, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas had rendered ferred to circuit judgments or decrees prior to the passage of an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, creating circuit courts for said districts, which cases might have been brought, and could have been originally cognizable in a circuit court, the original papers and all other papers now on file in the district courts aforesaid, shall be transferred into the clerk's office of the circuit court for the district in which said causes were heard and determined. And it shall be the duty of the district-court clerks of said districts, respectively, to have said papers so removed. And it shall also be the duty of said district-court clerks to transfer to the offices of the circuit-court clerks aforesaid the books of records and journals of the district courts aforesaid, in which are any entries, orders, or proceedings affecting, or in any manner relating to, cases which were of circuit-court cognizance, or which might have been presented in a circuit court, after having first copied into a book for that purpose provided, all entries, orders, or other proceedings, which may be found in said books, journals, or records relating in any manner to cases which were not of circuit-court cognizance, and which could not have been prosecuted in a circuit court. Proviso. Cost of transter SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the necessary costs and expenses of this transfer of books and papers, and for the expense of pro- and fees. curing books to copy the entries and orders above mentioned, and for the copying of said record entries from the original book into the new one, at the same rate of compensation now allowed to clerks of courts for copies from their records, the clerks of the district courts shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, upon the certificate of the judge of the district court. Transcripts certified to, to have same effect as originals. Clerks to have SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the transcripts thus made into a new book, after said book shall have been certified by the clerk to be full and true copies from the original book, shall have the same force and effect as records as the originals; and that the clerks of the circuit courts aforesaid shall be the custodians of the books and papers transferred to custody of papers. their offices, and their certificate of a transcript of any of said books or papers shall be received in evidence with the like effect as if made by the clerk of the court in which the proceedings were had. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for said district of Wisconsin shall hereafter be held as follows: at the city of Milwaukie, in said district, on the second Monday of April and the second Monday of September, and at the city of Madison, in said district, on the first Monday of January in each Terms of circuit and district courts in Wisconsin. cess. Pending pro- year, respectively. And all writs, process, and proceedings returnable to the terms of either of said courts, as now fixed by law, shall be deemed returnable, and shall be continued to the terms of said courts, respectively, as fixed by this act: Provided, That all executions, processes, or orders issued from the district court of any district in this act mentioned, in cases transferred to the circuit court, and in part executed, shall be regarded as having been issued from the circuit court to which each particular case is transferred, and shall be returned thereto. And no writ of execution or other final process, or power exercised, or proceeding had in accordance with law to enforce any judgment or decree shall be affected by reason of the transfer directed by this act. June 28, 1864. Repeal of acts APPROVED, June 27, 1864. CHAP. CLXVI. — An Act to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all Acts and Parts of Acts for the Rendition of Fugitive Slaves. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections three and four of for the rendition an act entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons of fugitive slaves. 1793, ch. 7, § escaping from the service of their masters," passed February twelve, 3,4, Vol. i. p. 302. seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and an act entitled" An act to amend, 1850, ch. 60. and supplementary to, the act entitled 'An act respecting fugitives from Vol. ix. p. 462. justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters,' passed February twelve, seventeen hundred and ninety-three," passed September, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. APPROVED, June 28, 1864. June 28, 1864. CHAP. CLXVII. —An Act to provide for the Improvement of the Grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane by an Exchange of Land. Exchange of land for government hospital for the insane. Expenses of moving dwelling house, &c. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to deed to John Perkins a portion of the extreme south point or angle of the farm of the Government Hospital for the Insane, in exchange for two acres of land, more or less, now owned and occupied by the said Perkins, and situated near the middle of that side of the hospital farm which fronts upon the public roads: Provided, That not more than three acres are given for one contained in the last described piece of land belonging to the said Perkins: And provided, further, That the said Perkins is able to give, and does give, to the United States a good and sufficient title to the piece of land now owned and occupied by him. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to defray the expenses of moving the dwelling-house on the present Perkins tract to the tract exchanged for it, and of digging and walling a well, out of any appropriation already made, or that may be made, for enclosing the grounds of the hospital. APPROVED, June 28, 1864. June 28, 1864. CHAP. CLXVIII. —An Act to provide for the Repair and Preservation of certain Publie Works of the United States. to preserve cer on northern Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Appropriation appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropritain public works ated, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in protecting the commerce of the lakes by causing the public works connected with the harbors on Lakes Champlain, Ontario, Erie, St. Clair, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, to be repaired and made useful for purposes of commerce and navigation, so far as the same, in his judgment, may be necessary. lakes. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- Appropriations ated, the further sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended to preserve cerunder the direction of the Secretary of War, in repairing and rendering on the seatain public works useful for purposes of commerce and navigation such of the public works board. connected with the harbors on the seaboard of the United States as may, in his judgment, need such expenditure. APPROVED, June 28, 1864. CHAP. CLXIX. — An Act to incorporate the Colored Catholic Benevolent Society. June 28, 1864. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Basil Mullen, John War- Colored Cathoren, William H. Wheeler, Charles Dyson, James M. Ferrell, David lic Male Benevolent Society inAdkins, William Queen, John H. Butler, William Ford, and their as- corporated. sociates and successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and title of the Colored Catholic Male Benevolent Society, located in the city of Washington, and by its corporate name shall have perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, in any court of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, of competent jurisdiction, to receive subscriptions, gifts, and benefits, and to make such rules and by-laws as shall be necessary and expedient for the government of the society, and to alter the same from time to time in such mode as shall be prescribed therein: Provided, always, That such rules and by-laws shall be in nowise inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or with the objects of the society. The objects of the society are hereby Objects, powers, declared to be to provide for the care and comfort of such members as and duties. shall be sick, disabled, or dependent, and of the families of such members, in cases where the officers of such society shall deem it expedient, and also to provide for the decent interment of such persons as may die in membership of such society, or belonging to the families of such members. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said society shall have power to hold real estate, or personal and mixed estate, by purchase, gift, or devise, for the purposes of such society and no other, and to lease, sell, or convey such real estate or mixed estate, or personal property, as may be devised or donated to such society, and the leasing or sale of which will promote the interests of said society. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That congress shall have the right, at any time, to modify, amend, or repeal this act. APPROVED, June 28, 1864. CHAP. CLXX. An Act repealing certain Provisions of Law concerning Seamen on board public and private Vessels of the United States. May hold, &c., real and personal estate. Act may be altered or re pealed. June 28, 1864. men on board U. 1813, ch. 42. Vol. ii. p. 809. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of an act en- Certain laws titled "An act for the regulation of seamen on board the public and respecting seaprivate vessels of the United States," approved the third of March, one S. vessels, rethousand eight hundred and thirteen, as makes it not lawful to em- pealed. ploy on board any of the public or private vessels of the United States any person or persons except citizens of the United States or person[s] of color, natives of the United States; and so much of the third, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of "An act concerning the navigation of the United States," approved the first of March, one thousand eight hundred §§ 3, 5, 6, 7. and seventeen, as concerns the crews of vessels therein named; and so much of the first section of an act entitled "An act to repeal the tonnage duties upon ships and vessels of the United States and upon certain foreign vessels," approved the thirty-first of May, one thousand eight 1817, ch. 31, Vol. iii. p. 351 1830, ch. 219, Vol. iv. p. 425. Officers of United States vessels to be citizens. June 30, 1884. Duties on imports in lieu of former duties. Teas. Sugar. Standard of sugars. Sugar-candy and confectionery. Molasses and sirups. Brandy. Cordials and liqueurs. Bay rum. hundred and thirty, as makes discrimination in favor of vessels certain proportions of whose crews shall be citizens of the United States, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, however, That officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases be citizens of the United States. APPROVED, June 28, 1864. CHAP. CLXXI. —An Act to increase Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the first day of July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: First. On teas of all kinds, twenty-five cents per pound. Second. On all sugar not above number twelve, Dutch standard in color, three cents per pound. On all sugar above number twelve, and not above number fifteen, Dutch standard in color, three cents and a half per pound. On all sugar above number fifteen, not stove-dried, and not above number twenty, Dutch standard in color, four cents per pound. On all refined sugar in form of loaf, lump, crushed, powdered, pulverized, or granulated, and all stove-dried or other sugar above number twenty, Dutch standard in color, five cents per pound: Provided, That the standard by which the color and grades of sugar are to be regulated shall be selected and furnished to the collectors of such ports of entry as may be necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury, from time to time, and in such manner as he may deem expedient. On sugar-candy, not colored, ten cents per pound. On all other confectionery, not otherwise provided for, made wholly or in part of sugar, and on sugars after being refined, when tinctured, colored, or in any way adulterated, valued at thirty cents per pound or less, fifteen cents per pound. On all confectionery valued above thirty cents per pound, or when sold by the box, package, or otherwise than by the pound, fifty per centum ad valorem. Third. On molasses from sugar-cane, eight cents per gallon. On sirup of sugar-cane juice, melado, concentrated melado, or concentrated molasses, two cents and a half per pound: Provided, That all sirups of sugar or sugar-cane, cane juice, concentrated molasses, or concentrated melado, entered under the name of molasses, or any other name than sirup of sugar, or of sugar-cane, cane juice, concentrated molasses, or concentrated melado, shall be liable to forfeiture to the United States, and the same shall be forfeited. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on and after the day and year aforesaid, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and merchandise enumerated and provided for in this section, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say: First. On brandy, for first proof, two dollars and fifty cents per gallon. On other spirits, manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, for first proof, two dollars per gallon. On cordials, and liqueurs of all kinds, and arrack, absynthe, kirschenwasser, ratafia, and other similar spirituous beverages, not otherwise provided for, two dollars per gallon. On bay rum, one dollar and fifty cents per gallon. On wines of all kinds, valued at not over fifty cents per gallon, twenty |