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recovered in pursuance of information given to such collector, by any 

 person other than the naval officer or surveyor of the district, the one 

 half of such moiety shall be given to such informer, and the remainder 

 thereof shall be disposed of between the collector, naval officer, and 

 surveyor, or surveyors, in manner aforesaid: Provided also, that 

 where any fines, forfeitures and penalties, incurred by virtue of this 

 act, are recovered in consequence of anj 7 information given by any 

 officer of a revenue cutter, they shall, after deducting all proper costs 

 and charges, be disposed of as follows: one fourth part shall be for 



the use of the United States, and paid into the treasury thereof 

 238 in manner as before directed ; one fourth part for the officers of 



the customs, to be distributed as hereinbefore set forth; and 

 the remainder thereof to the officers of such cutter, to be divided 

 among them agreeably to their pay: And provided likewise, that 

 whenever a seizure, condemnation and sale of goods, wares or mer- 

 chandise, shall take place within the United States, and the value 

 thereof shall be less tnan two hundred and fifty dollars, that part of 

 the forfeiture which accrues to the United States, or so much thereof 

 as may be necessary, shall be applied to the payment of the cost of 

 prosecution. And be it further provided, that if any officer, or other 

 person entitled to a part or share of any of the fines, penalties, or for- 

 feitures, incurred in virtue of this act, shall be necessary as a witness 

 on the trial of such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, such officer or other 

 person may be a witness upon the said trial ; but in such case he shall 

 not receive nor be entitled to any part or share of the said fine, pen- 

 alty or forfeiture, and a part or share to which he otherwise would 

 have been entitled, shall revert to the United States. 



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APPROVED, March 2, 1799. 



