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ON THE COAST ON LAKE ERIE.

Buffalo, a life-boat station; Presque Isle, a complete life-saving station; Fairport, a life-boat station; Cleveland, a life-boat station; Marblehead, (Sandusky,) a life-boat station.

ON THE COAST OF LAKE HURON.

Lake Erie;

Lake Huron;

Point aux Barques, a complete life-saving station; Tawas, a com- 1878, June 18, plete life-saving station; Sturgeon Point, a complete life-saving ch. 265, § 1, post, station; North Point, Thunder Bay, a life-boat station; Forty-Mile P. 191. Point, a complete life-saving station.

ON THE COAST OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

Lake Michigan;

Beaver Island, a life-boat station; North Manitou Island, a life- 1878, June 18, boat station; Point aux Bec Scies, a complete life-saving station; ch. 265, § 1, post, Grande Pointe au Sauble, a complete life-saving station. Grand P. 191. Haven, a life-boat station; Saint Joseph's, a life-boat station; Chicago, a life-boat station; Grosse Point, a complete life-saving station; Racine, a life-boat station; Milwaukee, a life-boat station; Sheboygan, a life-boat station; Twin Rivers Point, a life-boat station.

ON THE COAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

Lake Superior. 1878, June 18, ch. 265, § 1, post,

Between White Fish Point and Point au Sauble, four complete life saving stations. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, P.190. Superintendents whenever, in his opinion, it may become necessary for the proper on the coasts and administration of the Life-Saving Service, and the protection of the keepers of stapublic property at the stations and houses of refuge herein author- tions, &c. ized to be established, to appoint one superintendent for the coasts. R. S., § 4243. of Delaware and Virginia, one for the coast of Florida, one for the coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario, one for the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, and one for the coast of Lake Michigan, and also a keeper for each of said stations and houses of refuge;

And the said superintendents shall have the powers, and perform

the duties of inspectors of customs.

SEC. 3. [Superseded, 1882, May 4, ch. 117, §§ 4, 5, post, 340, 341.]
SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized

Assistant super

to appoint an assistant to the superintendent of the coast of Long intendent for coast Island and Rhode Island, who shall perform the duties required of of Long Island the superintendent at the life-saving stations within the State of and Rhode Island. Rhode Island, and reside on Block Island, and for his services he shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars.

Crews and surf

SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ crews of experienced surfmen at such of the stations men. herein denominated complete stations and at such of the life-boat stations on the Pacific coast as he may deem necessary and proper, for such periods, and at such compensation, not to exceed forty dollars per month, as he may deem necessary and reasonable.

SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury may accept the services Volunteer crews of volunteer crews at any of the life-boat stations herein authorized, may be accepted, who shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the Life- paid, and given Saving Service; and a list of the names of each crew shall be kept in medals in certain the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.

cases.

1878, June 18,

Such volunteers shall receive no compensation except a sum of not ch. 265, § 10, post, more than ten dollars each for every occasion upon which they shall p. 192. have been instrumental in saving human life, and such of the medals herein authorized as they may be entitled to under the provisions hereinafter made :

Provided, That no payment shall be made to any person who shall not have actually participated in the efforts to save the life or lives rescued.

Medals of honor

SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to cause to be prepared medals of honor, with suitable devices, to be may be given to distinguished as life-saving medals of the first and second class, which persons who enshall be bestowed upon any persons who shall hereafter endanger danger their own

lives to save others their own lives in saving, or endeavoring to save lives from perils of the sea, within the United States, or upon any American vessel : Provided, That the medal of the first class shall be confined to cases of extreme and heroic daring; and that the medal of the second class shall be given in cases not sufficiently distinguished to deserve the medal of the first class :

at sea.
1878, June 18,
ch. 265, § 12, post,
p. 193.

1882. May 1, ch. 117,59, post, p.341.

Regulations for

Provided, also, That no award of either medal shall be made to any person until sufficient evidence of his deserving shall have been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury and entered upon the records of the Department.

SEC. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized life-saving ser- to make all necessary regulations for the government of the LifeSaving Service not inconsistent with law.

vice.

3672, 3692.

Disposal of con- SEC. 9. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized demned articles. to dispose of, to the best advantage, after due condemnation by R. SSS 3618, board of survey, such articles or materials belonging to the Life1878, June 18, Saving Service as may, from long continued use or other cause, bech. 265, § 3, post, come unser viceable and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered p. 191. into the Treasury.

of customs.

p. 192.

Owners, agents, SEC. 10. That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hunor masters of ves- dred and seventy-four, whenever any vessel of the United States has sels to report acci- sustained or caused any accident involving the loss of life, the matedents to collectors rial loss of property, or any serious injury to any person, or has 1878, June 18, received any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or her ch. 265, § 7, post, efficiency, the managing owner, agent, or master of such vessel, shall within five days after the happening of such accident or damage, or as soon thereafter as possible, send, by letter to the collector of customs of the district wherein such vessel belongs or of that within which such accident or damage occurred, a report thereof, signed by such owner, agent, or master, stating the name and official number (if any) of the vessel, the port to which she belongs, the place where she was, the nature and probable occasion of the casualty, the number and names of those lost, and the estimated amount of loss or damage to the vessel or cargo; and shall furnish, upon the request of either of such collectors of customs, such other information concerning the vessel, her cargo, and the casualty as may be called for;

-penalty on, for neglect.

-to report to collector probable loss of vessels, &c.

-penalty on, for neglect.

Collectors to

And if he neglect or refuse to comply with the foregoing requirements after a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars.

SEC. 11. That whenever the managing owner or agent of any vessel of the United States has reason, owing to the non-appearance of such vessel, or to any other circumstance, to apprehend that such vessel has been lost, he shall, as soon as conveniently may be, send notice, in writing, to the collector of customs of the port to which said vessel belonged, of such loss, and the probable occasion thereof stating the name and the official number (if any) of the vessel, and the names of all persons on board, so far as the same can be ascertained, and shall furnish, upon request of the collector of such port, such additional information as he may be able;

And if he neglect to comply with the above requirements within a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars. SEC. 12. That it shall be the duty of the collectors of customs to transmit to Secre- immediately transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury such reports tary of Treasury and information as they may receive under the provisions of the reports received, two preceding sections, and they shall also report to the Secretary of lects, refusals, &c. the Treasury any neglect or refusal on the part of the managing owner, agent, or master of any vessel of the United States to comply with the requirements thereof.

and to report neg

Penalties, how

SEC. 13. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon applicamay be remitted, tion therefor, remit or mitigate any penalty provided for in this act, mitigated, &c. or discontinue any prosecution to recover the same, upon such terms

as he, in his discretion, shall think proper, and shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications in such manner and under such regulations as he may think proper;

Penalties, how

All penalties herein before provided shall be prosecuted by indictment or information before the proper district court for the use of prosecuted for. the United States. [June 20, 1874.]

3.

R. S., § 563, par.

CHAP. 388.-An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three and eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes.

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June 22, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 133. Extra sessions

Be it enacted, &c., [Par. 1.] Hereafter no extraordinary session of the legislature of any Territory, wherever the same is of Territorial legnow authorized by law, shall be called until the reasons for the same islatures, how called. have been presented to the President of the United States, and his approval thereof has been duly given.

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R. S., §§ 1846, 1923.

1880, Dec. 28, ch. 7, post, p. 313.

[Par. 2.] Hereafter the pay of the official reporters of the proceed- Pay for reportings and debates of each House shall be fifty thousand dollars for ing proceedings of each Congress; and the pay of official reporters of committees of the committes of the Congress and of House shall be five thousand dollars each per annum, and this shall House. be in lieu of all other compensation for such services in reporting R. S., § 54. the proceedings of each and all of said committees. 22, 1874.]

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June 22, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 173.

of United States

CHAP. 389.-An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., * SEC. 10. (1) That no agent or employee Employés, &c., of the United States Government, or of any of the Departments not to be interestthereof, while in the service of the Government, shall have any ed in Indian coninterest, directly or indirectly, contingent or absolute, near or tracts, etc. remote, in any contract made, or under negotiation, with the Government, or with the Indians, for the purchase or transportation or delivery of goods or supplies for the Indians, or for the removal of the Indians; nor shall any such agent or employee collude with any person who may attempt to obtain any such contract for the purpose of enabling such person to obtain the same.

The violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and by removal from office; and, in addition thereto, the court shall, in its discretion, have the power to punish by imprisonment of not more than six months. [June 22, 1874.]

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NOTE.-(1) Other provisions against fraud or collusion in the Indian service are contained in the following: R. S., § 2078, providing that no person employed in Indian affairs shall have any interest in trade with Indians on private account, under penalty of $5,000 fine, and removal from office; R. S., $$2103, 2105, providing how agreements with Indians are to be made, and prescribing penalties against all persons unlawfully receiving money from Indians, as well as against district attorneys failing to prosecute offenses against the act, and against agents advising, sanctioning, &c., unlawful agreements or payments: R. S., § 2138, prohibiting, under penalties, the removal of cattle, horses, or other stock from the Indian country except under military orders; 1875, Mar. 3, ch. 132, § 10, post, p. 81, prescribing manner of justification of sureties on Indian agents' bonds, and providing penalties for agents making false entries in official books or transcripts; 1884, July 4, ch. 180, par. 3, post, p. 450, prohibiting under penalty, the purchase of cattle from Indians, except under license; 1884, July 4, ch. 180. § 8. post, p. 450, providing that disbursing officers or others presenting vouchers, &c., containing any material misrep resentation relating to any matter pertaining to the Indian service shall not be entitled to payment or credit for any part of said voucher, &c., this to be in addition to penalties already prescribed by law, as to which see R. S., § 5438.

R. S., § 1781.

Penalty for vio

lation.

June 22, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 186. Seizure of books,

&c., in case of suspected smuggling

not authorized.

CHAP. 391.-An act to amend the customs-revenue laws and to repeal moieties.

Be it enacted, &c., That the thirty-ninth section of the act entitled (1) "An act further to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes,' approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and the second section of the act entitled "An act to regulate the disposition R. S., SS 3091 of the proceeds of fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred under the laws relating to the customs, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

3093.

Moieties to in

into Treasury.

SEC. 2. That all provisions of law under which moieties of any formers abolished, fines, penalties, or forfeitures, under the customs-revenue laws, or and fines to be paid any share therein, or commission thereon, are paid to informers, or R S.. 3090, officers of customs, or other officers of the United States, are hereby 3689,2d ed., p726. repealed; and from and after the date of the passage of this act the proceeds of all such fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.

14 C. Cls, 305. 107 U.S. 402.

Compensation for detection of smuggling.

R. S., S$ 257, 3090, 3687.

SEC. 3. That it shall hereafter be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money specifically appropriated by Congress, to make suitable compensation in certain cases under the customsrevenue laws, as hereinafter provided, and not otherwise; and for the purpose of making such compensation for the next fiscal year, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and he shall annually report to Congress, in detail, all payments by him for such purpose.

-to officers and SEC. 4. That whenever any officer of the customs or other person others for detect- shall detect and seize goods, wares, or merchandise, in the act of ing and seizing in being smuggled, or which have been smuggled, he shall be entitled act of being smug- to such compensation therefor as the Secretary of the Treasury shall gled. 17 Fed. Rep.471. award, not exceeding in amount one-half of the net proceeds, if any, resulting from such seizure, after deducting all duties, costs, and charges connected therewith:

18 Opins., 69.

Smuggling defined for this act. 13 Blatch., 185.

Compensation to informers who are

not officers.

5 Fed. R. 191.

7 Fed. R. 710.

Provided, That for the purposes of this act smuggling shall be construed to mean the act, with intent to defraud, of bringing into the United States, or, with like intent, attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable articles without passing the same, or the package containing the same, through the custom house, or submitting them to the officers of the revenue for examination.

And whenever any person not an officer of the United States shall furnish to a district attorney, or to any chief officer of the customs, original information concerning any fraud upon the customs-revenue, perpetrated or contemplated, which shall lead to the recovery of any duties withheld, or of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred, whether by importers or their agents, or by any officer or person employed in the customs-service, such compensation may, on such recovery, be paid to such person so furnishing information as shall be just and reasonable, not exceeding in any case the sum of five thousand dollars; which compensation shall be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money appropriated for that purpose.

Books, invoices, SEC. 5. That in all suits and proceedings other than criminal arisand papers re- ing under any of the revenue-laws of the United States, the attorquired in civil suits under reve-ney representing the Government, whenever, in his belief, any businue-laws, how ob- ness-book, invoice, or paper, belonging to or under the control of the defendant or claimant, will tend to prove any allegation made. by the United States, may make a written motion, particularly describing such book, invoice, or paper, and setting forth the allegation which he expects to prove; and thereupon the court in which suit or proceeding is pending may, at its discretion, issue a notice to

tained.

14 Blatch., 554.

116 U. S. 617.

NOTE. (1) The provisions of the acts of 1866, ch. 201, and 1867, ch. 188 (14 Stat. L., 187, 547), referred to in this act, are incorporated into Revised Statutes in the sections noted in the margin.

the defendant or claimant to produce such book, invoice, or paper in court, at a day and hour to be specified in said notice, which, together with a copy of said motion, shall be served formally on the defendant or claimant by the United States marshal by delivering to him a certified copy thereof, or otherwise serving the same as original notices of suit in the same court are served;

And if the defendant or claimant shall fail or refuse to produce failure to prosuch book, invoice, or paper in obedience to such notice, the allega- duce.

tions stated in the said motion shall be taken as confessed unless his

failure or refusal to produce the same shall be explained to the sat

isfaction of the court.

And if produced, the said attorney shall be permitted, under the examination of, direction of the court, to make examination (at which examination when produced. the defendant or claimant, or his agent, may be present) of such entries in said book, invoice, or paper as relate to or tend to prove the allegation aforesaid, and may offer the same in evidence on behalf of the United States.

But the owner of said books and papers, his agent or attorney, -custody of, by shall have, subject to the order of the court, the custody of them, owner or agent. except pending their examination in court as aforesaid.

SEC. 6. That no payment shall be made to any person furnishing Claim of informinformation in any case wherein judicial proceedings shall have been er where judicial instituted, unless his claim to compensation shall have been estab- tuted to be certiproceedings instilished to the satisfaction of the court or judge having cognizance of fied by court. such proceedings, and the value of his services duly certified by said court or judge for the information of the Secretary of the Treasury; but no certificate of the value of such services shall be conclusive of the amount thereof.

5 Fed. Rep., 191. 7 Fed. Rep., 710. 17 Fed.Rep.,471.

Treasury.

of

in

And when any fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be collected with--where no judiout judicial proceedings, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, before cial proceedings, to be proved to directing payment to any person claiming such compensation, reSecretary quire satisfactory proof that such person is justly entitled thereto. SEC. 7. That except in cases of smuggling as aforesaid, it shall not Officer receiving be lawful for any officer of the United States, under any pretense part of informer's whatever, directly or indirectly, to receive, accept, or contract for fees, except cases of smugany portion of the money which may, under any of the provi- gling, prohibited; sions of this or any other act, accrue to any such person furnishing penalty. information; and any such officer who shall so receive, accept, or contract for any portion of the money that may accrue as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall not be thereafter eligible to any office of honor, trust, or emolument.

action against, paid may be

to recover money

had.

And any such person so furnishing information as aforesaid, who shall to any such officer of the United States, or to any person so pay for his use, directly or indirectly, any portion of said money, or any other valuable thing, on account of or because of such money, shall have a right of action against such officer or other person, and his legal representatives, to recover back the same, or the value thereof. SEC. 8. That no officer, or other person entitled to or claiming Officers and percompensation under any provision of this act, shall be thereby dis- sons claiming qualified from becoming a witness in any action, suit, or proceeding defendants may compensation and for the recovery, mitigation, or remission thereof, but shall be sub- be witnesses. ject to examination and cross-examination in like manner with other R. S., § 5295. witnesses, without being thereby deprived of any right, title, share, or interest in any fine, penalty, or forfeiture to which such examination may relate; and in every such case the defendant or defendants may appear and testify and be examined and cross-examined in like

manner.

[Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 16 expressly repealed by 1890, June 10, ch. 407, § 29, post, p.755.]

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