STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 393 



as aforesaid, on board such ship or vessel, and before such entry and 

 report shall be made by the Owner or Consignee as aforesaid, the said 

 articles shall not be permitted to be landed from on board such ship 

 or vessel. 



V. And be it further enacted that for the recovery of all such 

 duties as are imposed by this Act and shall not be paid at the several 

 times limited for the payment thereof respectively as aforesaid, the 

 said Treasurer or his deputy of the Port or Place in which such 

 Bonds may have been taken, is hereby directed to cause process to be 

 issued against all and every person and persons so standing indebted, 

 and to pursue the same if necessary to final Judgment and execution : 

 And if the said Treasurer or either of his deputies as Aforesaid shall 

 not, within one month after the time limited for the payment of any 

 sum so becoming due as aforesaid, cause process to be issued as afore- 

 said; the said Treasurer or such deputy so neglecting shall be an- 

 swerable for and chargeable with the same. 



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[The above provisions were continued by sundry Acts until 1818 

 and were re-enacted by the Act 58 Geo. Ill, Cap. 00.] 



236 UNITED STATES. 



No. 17. J799, March %: Extract from United States Statute, Cap. 



CHAP. XX.II. -An Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports 



and tonnage. 



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 " SEC. 65. And be it further enacted, That where any bond for the 

 payment of duties shall not be satisfied on the day it may become due, 

 the collector shall, forthwith and without delay, cause a prosecution 

 to be commenced for the recovery of the money thereon by action 

 or suit at law, in the proper court having cognizance thereof ; and in all 

 cases of insolvency, or where any estate in the hands of the executors, 

 administrators or assignees, shall be insufficient to pay all the debts 

 due from the deceased, the debt or debts due to the United States, on 

 any such bond or bonds, shall be first satisfied; and any executor, 

 administrator, or assignees, or other person, who shall pay any debt 

 due by the person or estate from whom, or for which, they are acting, 

 previous to the debt or debts due to the United States from such 

 person or estate being first duly satisfied and paid, shall become 

 answerable in their own person and estate, for the debt or debts so 

 due to the United States, or so much thereof as may remain due and 

 unpaid ; and actions or suits at law may be commenced against them 

 for the recovery of the said debt or debts, or so much thereof as may 



Other sections of this Act are printed in the appendix to the British Case 

 at pages 782-3. 



