Chapter X. *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit Fines and Penalties incurred in certain Cases.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theSecretary of Treasury may remit certain fines
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Chap. X.— An Act *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit Fines and Penalties incurred in certain Cases.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theSecretary of Treasury may remit certain fines and penalties. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the person or persons entitled to receive the same, the amount of such fines or penalties as have been incurred and paid by the owners or masters of vessels since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty, in consequence of their failure to produce to collectors of the customs the clearances or other papers prescribed and required by the laws of the United States regulating the issue of marine papers, and the foreign and coasting trades: *Provided,* That theProviso.
Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied in each case that there was no wilful negligence, or any intention of fraud on the part of the person or persons incurring the lines or penalties aforesaid, and that they were unable to obtain the requisite papers, by reason of there being no officer of the customs at the poi t of departure authorized to issue marine papers, or to grant clearances under the laws of the United States. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury$500 to be paid for fine exacted of the “India.” be, and is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the person or persons entitled Io receive the same, the sum of five hundred dollars, that being the amount of a fine improperly exacted by the collector of the customs at the port of Norfolk, Virginia, in the month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty, of the master of the “India,” a Russian vessel.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryAdditional duties under transportation bonds may be remitted in certain cases. be, and is hereby, authorized to remit, in whole or in part, on such conditions, and under such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may prescribe, the additional duty secured by the bond given for the transportation of merchandise from a port in one collection district to a port in another collection district, prescribed by the sixth section of the act entitled “An act to extend the warehousing system by establishing private1854, ch. 30, § 6, Vol. x. p. 272.Proviso. bonded warehouses, and for other purposes,” approved the twenty-eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-four: *Provided,* That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the failure to transport and deliver the merchandise aforesaid according to the conditions of the bond, occurred without wilful negligence or fraudulent intent on the part of the obligors.
Approved, July 24, 1861. Chapter XI: making additional Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 11 Stat. 271 1861-07-24 Chapter XI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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*authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit Fines and Penalties incurred in certain Cases.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theSecretary of Treasury may remit certain fines
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