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Trruz Lxrx.—INSURR.E(J'l`ION. 1031 think most conducive to the public interest; and, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. SBC. 5305. The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint such officers at APP°i¤tmQ¤* places where officers of the customs are not now authorized by law as g?g,§2;"p°""t‘°" may be needed to carry into effect such licenses, rules, and re ulations. ~—-iiié In all cases where officers of the customs, or other salaried ogcers, are 13 ·l“l>’· 186r S- appointed by him to carryinto eifcct such licenses, rules, and regulations, 3'§},5j:h;2’,§6i5é' such officer shall be entitled to receive one thousand dollars a year for 17], S, 2g,§_ 13,],; his services, in addition to his salary or compensation under any other 218. law. But the aggregate comdpcnsation of an_y such officer shall not exceed the sum of five thousan dollars in any one year. S1-1c. 5306. Every officer of the United States, civil, military, or naval, _ Trading without and every sutler, soldier, marine, or other person, who takes, or causes l“`°“°°· &°·. to be taken into a State declared to be in insurrection, or to any other 2 July, 1864, c. point to be thence taken into such State, or who transports or sells, or 2§§. ¤· 10.**- 13. p· otherwise disposes of therein, any goods, wares, or merchandise what- 3’ ’· soever, except in ripursuance of license and authority of the President, as provided in this itle, or who makes any false statement or representa~ tion upon which license and authority is granted for such transportation, sale, or other disposition, or who, under any license or authority obtained, willfully and knowingly transports, sells, or otherwise disposes of any other goods, wares, or merchandise than such as are in good faith so licensed and authorized, or who willfully and knowingly transports, sells, or disposes of the same, or any portion thereof, in violation of the terms of such license or authority, or of any rule or regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the same, or who is guilty of any act of embezzlement, of willful misappropriation of >ublic or ppivate money or property, of keeping false accounts, or of willfully ma 'ng any false returns, shall be deemed uilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than five thousand gollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years. Violations of this section shall be cognizable before any court, civil or military, competent to try the same. Sec. 5307. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, from Investigationsto time to time, to institute such investigations as may be necessary to d°t°°tf"’·“d“· detect and prevent frauds and abuses in any trade or transactions which Ibid. may be licensed between inhabitants of loyal States and of States in insurrection. And the agents making such investigations shall have power to compel the atten ance of witnesses, and to make examinations on oath. [su 5 1s:.] Sec. 5308. \Vhenever during any insurrection against the Government Condscaticn of of the United States, after the President shall have declared by procla- P'°P°*'}Y <>¤!Pl¤Y· mation that the laws of the United States are opposed, and the execution glclantld °f msu" thereof obstructed, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by ——L—._ the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the power vested in 606 ’ii“8·iéS61é1;· the marshals by law, any person, or his agent, attorney, or employe, purchases or acquires, sells or gives, any property of whatsoever kind M¤·¤.Aicxa¤der’¤ or description, with intent to use or employ the same, or suffers the same G00foH. 2 WMI-. to be used or employed in aiding, abetting, or promoting such msurrec- :°4{,Ugi°’:,I$g;’· tion or resistance to the laws, or any person engaged therein; or being 759,A},,,,,,,.,,,, F; the owner of any such roperty, knowingly uses or employs, or cou- Fonndery,tlWaH,, sents to such use or emplbyment of the same, all such property shall be 706; M¤¤‘¤¤’ Cotlawful subject of prize and capture wherever found; and rt shall be the *6% 8”“g’;lk;_£°;i duty of the President to cause the same to be seized, confiscated, and C,,,,,},,]` Smck, 5 condemned. Blatch., 231. Sec. 5309. Such prizes and capture shall be condemned in the district Proceedings, or circuit court of the United States having jurisdiction of the amount, where ludor in admiralty in any district in which the same [may] be seized, or 6 Am, 1861, c_ into which they may be taken and proceedings first instituted. eo,¤_2,v,12,p,319_ 27 Feb., 1877, c. 69, v. 19, p. 253. Srco. 5310. No property seized or taken uplon ar;y of the inland waters Property taken of the United States by the naval forces thereo shall be regarded as °“ “‘ wd "’·“"°· s·r—03——70