Chapter 89. to amend section three thousand and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to the authority to issue warrants
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CHAP. 89.— An Act to amend section three thousand and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to the authority to issue warrants.Apr. 25, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Authority to issue warrants for search and seizure of merchandise upon which duties have not been paid.[R. S. 3066, 589, amended](/us/rs/t/s3066/589). That section three thousand and sixty-six of chapter ten, title thirty-four, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 3066.— If any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other person specially appointed by either of them, or inspector, shall have cause to suspect a concealment of any merchandise in an.v particular dwellinghouse, store-building, or other place, they, or either of them, upon proper application on oath to any justice of the peace, or district judge of cities, police justice, or any judge of the circuit or district court of the United States, or any Commissioner of the United States circuit court, shall be entitled to a warrant to enter such house, store, or other place, in the day time only, and there to search for such merchandise; and if any shall be found, to seize and secure the same for trial; and all such merchandise, upon which the duties shall not have been paid, or secured to be paid, shall be forfeited.
” " Approved, April 25, 1882.