agent, or other person who shall, with intent to defraud the revenue, make, or attempt to make, any entry of imported merchandise, by means of any fraudulent or false invoice, affidavit, letter, or paper, or by means of any false statement, written or verbal, or who shall be guilty of any wilful act or omission, by means whereof the United States shall be deprived of the lawful duties, or any portion thereof, accruing upon the merchandise, or any portion thereof, embraced or referred to in such invoice, affidavit, letter, paper, or statement, or affected by such act or omission, shall, for each offense, be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years, or both; and, in addition to such fine, such merchandise shall be forfeited; which forfeiture shall only apply to the whole of the merchandise in the case or package containing the particular article or articles of merchandise to which such fraud or alleged fraud relates; and anything contained in any act which provides for the forfeiture or confiscation of an en. tire invoice in consequence of any item or items contained in the same being undervalued, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Salaries of Custom House Officers. SEC. 28. That in lieu of the salaries, moieties, and perquisites of whatever name or nature, and commissions on disbursements, now paid to and received by the collectors, naval officers, and surveyors connected with the customs service in the several collection districts of the United States hereinafter named, there shall be paid, from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, an annual salary as follows: shall be the duty of said court to receive and examine all claims admissible under this act that may be presented to it, directly resulting from damage caused by the so-called insurgent cruisers Alabama, Florida, and their tenders, and also all claims admissible under this act directly resulting from damage caused by the so-called insurgent cruiser Shenandoah, after her departure from Melbourne on the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to decide upon the amount and validity of such claims, in conformity with the provisions hereinafter contained, and according to the principles of law and the merits of the several cases. All claims shall be verified by oath of the claimant, and filed in said court within six months next after the organization thereof, as provided in section eight of this act; and no claim shall be received, docketed, or considered that shall have not been so filed within the time aforesaid; but every such unrepresented claim shall be deemed and held to be finally and conclusively waived and barred. What Claims are not to be Allowed. SEC. 12. That no claim shall be admissible or allowed by said court for any loss or damage for The omission to add to market value the cost of or in respect to which the party injured, his as packing, shipping, charges for inland transporta-signees or legal representatives, shall have retion, &c., without intent to defraud the revenue, ceived compensation or indemnity from any inshall not be a cause of forfeiture; but where such surance company, insurer, or otherwise; but if cost, &c., is omitted, the collector or appraiser such compensation or indemnity so received shall shall add double such cost to the dutiable value not have been equal to the loss or damage so of the goods. actually suffered, allowance may be made for the difference. And in no case shall any claim be admitted or allowed for or in respect to unearned freights, gross freights, prospective profits, freights, gains, or advantages, or for wages of officers or seamen for a longer time than one year next after the breaking up of a voyage by the acts aforesaid. And no claim shall be admissible or allowed by said court by or in behalf of any insurance company or insurer, either in its or his own right, or as assignee, or otherwise, in the right of a person or party insured as aforesaid, unless such claimant shall show, to the satisfaction of said court, that, during the late rebellion, the sum of its or his losses, in respect to its or his war risks, exceeded the sum of its or his premiums or other gains upon or in respect to such war risks; and, in case of any such allowance, the same shall not be greater than any such excess of loss. And no claim shall be admissible or allowed by said court arising in favor of any insurance company not lawfully existing at the time of the loss under the laws of some one of the United States. And no claim shall be admissible or allowed by said court arising in favor of any person not entitled, at the time of his loss, to the protection of the United States in the premises, nor arising in favor of any person who did not at all times during the late rebellion bear true allegiance to the United States. To the collector of the district of New York, twelve thousand dollars. To the collectors of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each eight thousand dollars. To the collectors of the districts of San Francisco, California; Baltimore, Maryland; and New Orleans, Louisiana, each seven thousand dollars. To the collector of the district of Portland and Falmouth, Maine, six thousand dollars. To the naval officer for the district of New York, eight thousand dollars. → To the naval officers of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts; and San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each five thousand dollars. To the surveyor of the port of New York, eight thousand dollars. To the surveyors of the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; and San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each five thousand dollars, THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Chap. 459.-Creates a Court of Five Commissioners to adjudicate Claims on the Alabama Indemnity Fund of $15,500,000 received from Great Britain.-SEC. 11. That it POSTPONEMENT OF EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC Chap. 476.-An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend work upon the public buildings.-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to defer and upon the final completion of each or any of said | maining shall be immediately covered into the buildings, and the payment of all outstanding lia- Treasury. bilities therefor, the balance or balances re The second section of this act relates to the selection of sites. APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE XLIII CONGRESS, I SESSION. FOR DEFICIENCIES, &c., 1873-4: Public Lands and Surveying.. 1,088,880 BY CHAPS. 10, 16, 20, 26, 39, 50, 58, 69, 75 and 136 for sundry purposes. BY CHAP. 181.-Sioux Indians.. 121,461 Collecting kevenue from Land Sales. 574,040 441,915 Metropolitan Police.......... 207,530 Hospital for Insane. 203,741 Deaf and Dumb Institution. 50,162 77,000 Columbia Hospital, &c.... 106,000 9,247 Coast Survey.. 782,000 Light Houses. 1,765,533 Treasury Department. 162,629 Building Light Houses, &c. 1,185,300 War Department.. Armories and Arsenals. 612,951 640,957 Interior Department, Indians. 1,837,522 Signal Office 389,325 Public Lands... 6,238 Survey of Northern Lakes, 175,000 Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous Purposes.. 679,434 202,300 Post Office Department. 221,604 Building and Grounds at Washington, 317,730 Judicial 375,821 Navy Yards.. 1,440,740 Senate. 90,600 Department of Agriculture.... 68,600 House of Reps., Public Grounds, &c. 106,055 Public Buildings: THE CURRENCY QUESTION. RECORD OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SHOWING HOW EACH SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE VOTED ON SIX IMPORTANT FINANCIAL PROPOSITIONS INVOLVING THE QUESTION OF INFLATION. Record of the Senate. 1.-March 25, 1874, Mr. Schurz moved to amend the first section of the Senate Currency Bill so as to make the maximum limit of United States notes $356,000,000, which was voted down by 18 to 40. 2.-The same day Mr. Wright moved to strike out the first section and insert: "That the maximum amount of United States notes is hereby fixed at $400,000,000," which was agreed to by 31 to 26. 3.-April 2, 1874, the Senate passed its Infilation Bill, which is given in full under the head of 4, in the introduction to the Record of the House on Inflation. The vote was 29 to 24, with 19 absent or not voting. 4.-April 27, 1874, a vote was taken in the Senate on the question, "Shall the (Senate Inflation) bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the President?" The vote was, yeas 34, nays 30-not two thirds. 5.-June 12, 1874, the Senate, by a vote of 32 to 23, passed the Maynard-Morton Compromise Inflation Bill, which (June 13) was rejected by the House. (See 5 of the Record of the House.) This so-called "Compromise Name. released the re serves required to be held by banks against their Explanation.-In the following lists the letter Y signifies in every case a vote in favor of an increased issue of paper money, or of legalizing the increase of the legal tender circulation beyond $356,000,000. The letter N signifies a vote against such increase, and the letter A shows that the senator or representative was absent or did not vote. The names of Republicans are printed in Roman, those of Democrats in Italic, and those of Liberal Republicans in SMALL CAPS. An shows that the individual was not a senator or representative at the time the vote was taken. Name. State. 123456 Mo. YYYYYY Logan, John A.. Alcorn, James L... .N.Y. N Record of the House. 1.-January 19, 1874, Mr. Wilson, of Indiana, moved that the rules be suspended and that the following preamble and resolutions be adopted: Whereas, by reason of the present monetary stringency and the insufficiency in the amount of circulating medium, the industries and commercial affairs of the country have been greatly depressed; and whereas, by reason of said stringency, the revenues of the Government have been largely diminished, in consequence where State. 123456 AZZZZZANTAL of Congress has been asked to increase taxation to the amount of $42,000,000; and whercas until the recent panic the revenues were ample to meet the current expenses of the Government: Therefore, Resolved, That instead of levying additional taxes the true policy lies in the enactment of such a law or laws as will relieve such stringency and supply the means necessary to the business wants of the country, by increasing the circulating medium, thereby reviving business, increasing revenues, and thus avoiding the necessity of increasing the present rates of taxation or duties, or the imposition of additional taxes or duties. Resolved, That the Committee on Banking and Currency be, and is hereby, instructed to prepare and report to the House, without delay, a bill for the purpose in the first resolution expressed, and that said committee have leave to report at any time. Mr. Wilson required a two-thirds vote to carry his motion, but obtained only 135 to 98, 53 not voting. 2.-March 23, 1874, the following bill passed the House by a vote of 166 to 77: A Bill to fix the amount of legal tender notes at $400,000,000. Whereas, The existing uncertainty as to whether the amount of legal tender notes now authorized by law to be kept in general circulation, is $356,000,000, or $400,000,000, is calculated to derange the business of the country and unsettle values; therefore Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions of law existing prior to the passage of the act approved April 12, 1866, entitled "An act to amend an act to provide ways and means to support the Government," approved March 3, 1865, he and the same are hereby declared to be in force, so as to authorize the amount of legal tender notes of the United States to the amount of $400,000,000, to be kept in general circulation, and the total amount of United States notes, issued or to be issued, shall neyer exceed $400,000,000. 3.-April 14, 1874, the House, by a vote of 129 to 116, passed the Maynard "free banking" Inflation Bill. This bill provided that the national banks should not be required to keep a reserve for the redemption of their circulating notes; that there should be no limit to the aggregate circulation of the national banks; that bank notes should be "redeemed" at the Treasury in legal tenders, out of a five per cent. "redemption fund," to be kept and maintained there by the banks for that purpose; that banks should keep their reserves in their own vaults, and not on deposit at "redemption cities." Adams, George M.. 4.-April 14, 1874, the House, by a vote of 140 to 102, passed the Senate Inflation Bill which, April 22, was vetoed by the President. The fol lowing is the full text of this bill: A Bill to fix the amount of United States notes and the circulation of national banks, and for other purposes. Be it resolved, &c., That the maximum amount of United States notes is hereby fixed at $400, 000,000. tion, in addition to such circulation now alSection 2. That $46,000,000 in notes for circulalowed by law, shall be issued to national banking associations now organized, and which may be organized hereafter, and such increased circulation shall be distributed among the several States as provided in section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the redemption of the three per centum temporary loan-certificates, and for an increase of national bank notes," approved July 12, 1870; and each national banking association now organized, or hereafter to be organized, shall keep and maintain, as a part of its reserve required by law, one fourth part of the coin received by it as interest on bonds of the United States, deposited as security for circulating notes or Government deposits, and that hereafter only one fourth of the reserve now prescribed by law for national banking associations shall consist of balances due to an association available for the redemption of its circulating notes from associations in cities of redemption, and upon which balances no interest shall be paid. 5.-June 13, 1874, the House, by a vote of 108 to 146, rejected the Maynard-Morton Compromise Inflation Bill, such inflationists as Butler, Coburn and Kelley voting against it as not farnishing adequate "relief" to the bus.ness community. See 5, Record of the Senate. 6.-June 20, 1874, the House, by a vote of 221 to 40, passed the Dawes Compromise Currency Bill, which, June 22, was signed by the President and became a law. It is given in full on another page of this ALMANAC, under the Abstract of the more important acts passed at the first Session of the XLIIId Congress. State. 123456 te.123 Mass. AYYYNY Tenn. YAYYY .S. C. YAYA Ala. NYNYNY Ill. AYYYYY Ind. AYYYNY .Pa.YYYYYY N.J.AYNYYY Mo. YYYYNY N.Y.NAAANY Cal. NNNAA Ill. YYYYYY .Pa. NNNNNY N.C.YAYYYY Kas. YYYYYY Ind. YYYYNY Mo. YYNYNY Mich. YYYYYY Ga. YYAYNY Ill. Iowa. NNN N.Y.NNN NY Mo. Mass. N .N.Y. NNNN Ky. YYAYNY Neb. AYYYYY Tenn. YYYYYY Pa, YYYYYY Ky. YANYNY Crooke, Philip S... .Mo. YNNYNY Crossland, Edward... Mass. NNNNNN Crounse, Lorenzo Ohio. YYYYYY Crutchfield, William.. Ill. NNYYYY Curtis, Carlton B.... Me. NNNNNY Danford, Lorenzo...........Ohio, YYNNNY Mich. Y AYYYY Darrall, Chester B......... La. NYYYYY |