Chapter 37. To amend section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 37.— An Act To amend section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for other purposes.March 2, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Remission of fines, etc.R. S., sec. 5294, p. 1098, amended.Vol. 28, p. 595. That section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, approved December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 5294. The Secretary of the Treasury may, upon applicationRemission of fines, etc., on vessels extended to forfeitures. therefor, remit or mitigate any fine, penalty, or forfeiture provided for in laws relating to vessels or discontinue any prosecution to recover penalties or relating to forfeitures denounced in such laws, excepting the penalty of imprisonment or of removal from office, upon such terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper; and all rights granted to informers by such laws shall be held subject to the Secretary’s powers of remission, except in cases where the claims of any informer to the share of any penalty shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to the application for the remission of the penalty or forfeiture; and the Secretary shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications in such manner and under such regulations as he may deem proper.
” " Approved, March 2, 1896. Chapter 38: To grant the Fort Smith and Western Coal Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for oilier purposes. 29 Stat. 40 1896-03-02 Chapter 38 United States Government Publishing Office 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 2 public 40FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 38. 1896.
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Chapter 37
To amend section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for other purposes
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