Act of March 3, 1863.

dred and sixty-three, shall be admitted to an entry unless the invoice presented shall in all respects conform to the requirements hereinbefore mentioned, and shall have thereon the certificate of the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent hereinbefore specified, nor unless said invoice be verified at the time of making such entry by the oath or affirmation of the owner or consignee, or the authorized agent of the owner or consignee thereof, certifying that the said invoice and the declaration thereon are in all respects true, and were made by the person by whom the same purports to have been made, nor, except as hereinafter provided, unless the triplicate transmitted by said Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent to the collector shall have been received by him. And if any such owner, consignee, or agent of any goods, wares, or merchandise shall knowingly make, or attempt to make, an entry thereof by means of any false invoice or false certificate of a Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, or. of any invoice which shall not contain a true statement of all the particulars hereinbefore required, or by means of any other false or fraudulent document or paper, or of any other false or fraudulent practice or appliance whatsoever, said goods, wares, and merchandise, or their value, shall be forfeited and disposed of as other forfeitures for violation of the revenue laws: Provided, That where, from a change of the destination of any such goods, wares, or merchandise, after the production of the invoice thereof to the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, as hereinbefore provided, or from other cause, the triplicate transmitted to the collector of the port to which such goods, wares, or merchandise were originally destined shall not have been received at the port where the same actually arrive, and where it is desired to make entry thereof, said goods, wares, and merchandise may be admitted to an entry on the execution by the owner, consignee, or agent of a bond, with sufficient security, in double the amount of duty apparently due, conditioned for the payment of the duty which shall be found to be actually due thereon. And it shall be the duty of the collector of the port where such entry shall be made immediately to notify the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, to whom such invoice shall have been produced, to transmit to such collector a certified copy thereof; and it shall be the duty of such Consul, ViceConsul, or Commercial Agent to transmit the same accordingly without delay; and said duty shall not be finally liquidated until such triplicate, or a certified copy thereof, shall have been received: Provided, That such liquidation shall not be delayed longer than eighteen months from the time of making such entry: And provided, further, That when, from accident or other cause, it shall be impracticable for the person desiring to make entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise to produce, at the time of making such entry, any invoice thereof, as herein before required, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the entry of such goods, wares, or merchandise, upon such terms and in accordance with

Acts of March 7 and April 29, 1864.

such general or special regulations as he may prescribe. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby invested with the like powers of remission in cases of forfeiture arising under this act as in other cases of forfeiture under the revenue laws: And provided, further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to countries where there is no Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent of the United States; nor shall anything herein contained be construed to require for goods imported under the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, signed June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, any other consular certificate than is now required by law. And this act shall be construed only to modify and not repeal the act of March first, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act supplementary to, and to amend, an act entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' passed March second, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes;" and the form of oaths therein set forth shall be modified accordingly: And provided, further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to invoices of goods, wares, or merchandise imported into any port of the United States from any place beyond Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

AN ACT to increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes. Approved March 7, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 14-17.]

885..SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That Consuls of foreign countries in the United States, who are not citizens thereof, shall be, and hereby are, exempt from any income tax imposed by the act referred to in the first section of this act, which may be derived from their official emoluments, or from property in such countries: Provided, That the governments which such Consuls may represent shall extend similar exemptions to Consuls of the United States.

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AN ACT to provide for the collection of hospital dues from vessels of the United States sold or transferred in foreign ports or waters. Approved April 29, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 61.]

886.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of the sale or transfer of any vessel of the United States in a foreign port or water, the Consul, Vice-Consul, Commercial Agent, or Vice-Commercial Agent of the United States within whose Consulate or district such sale or transfer shall have been made, or in whose hands the papers of such vessel shall be, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to collect of the master or agent of such vessel all

Act of June 20, 1864.

moneys that shall have become due to the United States under and by virtue of the act entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, approved July sixteenth, seventeen hundred and ninetyeight, and shall remain unpaid at the time of such sale or transfer; and that the said Consul, Vice-Consul, Commercial Agent, or ViceCommercial Agent (as the case may be) be, and he is hereby, instructed and required to retain possession of the papers of such vessel until such moneys shall have been paid as herein provided; and in default of which, such sale or transfer shall be void, excepting as against the vendor: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the expiration of sixty days from and after its passage.

AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, and for other purposes. Approved June 20, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 137.]

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887.. * And the salaries of the Consuls at Brindisi, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Boulogne, Zurich, Clifton, Coaticook, Erie, Goderich, Kingston in Canada, Port Sarnia, Prescott, St. Lambert and Longuieul, Toronto and Windsor, shall be fifteen hundred dollars each; and the salaries of the Consuls at Ceylon and Piræus shall be one thousand dollars each; and the salary of the Consul at Chin-Kiang shall be three thousand dollars; and the salary of the Consul at Bangkok shall be two thousand dollars; and the salary of the Commercial Agent at Madagascar shall be two thousand dollars; and the salary of the Consul at Nassau shall be four thousand dollars, to commence after the close of the present fiscal year, and to continue during the present rebellion; and the salary of the Consul at Lyons shall be two thousand dollars, to commence after the close of the present fiscal year; and the salary of the Consul at Manchester shall be three thousand dollars, to commence after the close of the present fiscal year.

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888..SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and is hereby, authorized, whenever he shall think the public good will be promoted thereby, to appoint Consular Clerks, not exceeding thirteen in number at any one time, who shall be citizens of the United States, and over eighteen years of age at the time of their appointment, and shall be entitled to compensation for their services respectively at a rate not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum, to be determined by the President; and to assign such Clerks, from time to time, to such Consulates and with such duties as he shall direct; and before the appointment of any such Clerk

*The act of July 16, 1798, which imposed a monthly tax upon seamen of 20 cents, was in effect repealed by the act of June 29, 1870. Statutes at Large, vol. xvi, p p. 169-170, sections 1, 4, 5 and 7.

Acts of June 20 and June 28, 1864.

hall be made, it shall be satisfactorily shown to the Secretary of State, after due examination and report by an examining board, that the applicant is qualified and fit for the duties to which he shall be assigned; and such report shall be laid before the President. And no Clerk so appointed shall be removed from office except for cause stated in writing, which shall be submitted to Congress at the session first following such removal.

889..SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the third section of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, is hereby repealed. And the fee for certifying invoices to be charged by the Consul General for the British North American Provinces, and his subordinate Consular Officers and Agents, for goods not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, shall be one dollar, and the same fee shall be charged for certifying the growth or production of goods made duty free by the reciprocity treaty: Provided, however, That no such certificate of growth or production shall be required for goods not exceeding in value the sum of two hundred dollars.

890..SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the office of Commercial Agent at Hakodadi, Japan, may, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, be changed to that of Consul, to be classed with Consuls other than those named in Schedules B and C, in the act approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other purposes. Approved June 20, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 138.]

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AN ACT repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board public and private vessels of the United States. Approved June 28, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. 13, p. 201.]

892.. 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 entitled "An act for the regulation of seamen on board the public and private vessels of the United States," approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, as makes it not lawful to employ 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;

Acts of June 30 and July 4, 1864.

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 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 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.

AN ACT to provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes. Approved June 30, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 305.] 893..SEC. 178. And be it further enacted, That Consuls of foreign countries in the United States who are not citizens thereof, shall be, and hereby are, exempt from any income tax imposed by this act which may be derived from their official emoluments or from property in such countries: Provided, That the governments which such Consuls may represent shall extend similar exemption to Consuls of the United States.

AN ACT to increase duties on imports, and for other purposes. Approved June 30, 1861. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 217.]

894..SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That on and after January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the invoices of all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, shall be made out in the weights or measures of the country or place from which the importations shall be made, and shall contain a true statement of the actual weights or measures of such goods, wares, and merchandise, without any respect to the weights or measures of the United States.

AN ACT further to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels. Approved July 4, 1864. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiii, p. 391.] 895..SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the master or commander of any vessel carrying passengers from any port or ports in the United States to any port or place in Mexico or Central America shall, immediately on arriving at such last-mentioned port or place, deliver to the United States Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent at such port two copies of the list of passengers required to be kept on such vessel by said section thirty-five of the act of August