Chapter CCLIV. *to amend Section one of “An Act to prevent and punish Frauds upon the Revenue, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.* July 27, 1868. 1863, ch. 76, § 1
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Chap. CCLIV.— An Act *to amend Section one of “An Act to prevent and punish Frauds upon the Revenue, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.* July 27, 1868. 1863, ch. 76, § 1. Vol. xii. p. 737. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled,* That the act entitled “An act Declaration to truth of invoices in certain cases, may be made to, &c.to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, to provide for [the] more certain and speedy collection of claims in favor of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to section one thereof an additional proviso, as follows: *And provided further,* That in case of goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from a foreign country adjacent to the United States, the declaration in this section hereinbefore required may be made to, and the certificate endorsed by, the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent, at or nearest to the port or place of clearance for the United States.
Approved, July 27, 1868.