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trary notwithstanding. And if any person or persons to whom suchwrit of habeas corpus may be directed, shall refuse to obey the same, orshall neglect or refuse to make return, or shall make a false returnthereto, in addition to the remedies already given by law, he or they shallbe deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con-viction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by fine,not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, not exceed-ing six months, or by either, according to the nature and aggravation ofthe case.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the several provisions containedin the first and fifth sections of this act, shall be in force until the end ofthe next session of Congress , and no longer.

Approved, March 2,1833.

Penalty forneglect or refu-sal to obey thesame.

Provisions ofthe first and fifthsections limit-ed.

Chap. LYI1I. — An Act to explain and amend the eighteenth section of “ An act to

alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports ,” approved the four-teenth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That all articles upon which theduties were reduced by “An act to alter and amend the several actsimposing duties on imports,” approved the fohrteenth July, one thousandeight hundred and thirty-two, and which may not have been depositedunder the provisions of the eighteenth section of the act aforesaid,whether the said articles were imported, or the duties thereon weresecured or paid, before or after the passage of said act, may, to obtainthe benefit of said act and this amendment thereto, be deposited atany lime before the first of April next in the custom-house stores,or in the manner prescribed in the following section, by the importer,consignee, or any subsequent purchaser or owner, and all wines nowin bond, or which may be imported at any time previous to the fourthday of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and whichmay remain in the custody of the customs on that day, shall be en-titled to the benefit of this act, and of that to which it is an amend-ment: Provided, That no merchandise imported in packages, bales,or casks, shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, or of that, to whichit is an amendment, unless they are as originally imported: and thatall articles placed in the custody of the customs under this act shallso remain, for inspection and examination, till the fourth day ofMarch next: Provided, also, That nothing contained in this act shall beso construed as to extend the provisions thereof to any merchandise,which, under the existing laws, would not be entitled to the benefits ofdrawback.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the quantityof merchandise, entitled to the benefits of the acts aforesaid shall exceedten packages, bales, or casks, or where the article may be in bulk, orotherwise than in packages, bales, or casks, the collector of the districtwhere the same may be, is hereby authorized to direct that the said mer-chandise shall not be removed from the warehouse of the owner, butthat the same shall be there placed in the custody of a proper officer ofthe customs, who shall examine the same, and keep them under the keysof the custom-house, till the first of April, as aforesaid: Provided, Thecollector shall consider the same a safe place of deposit, and that appli-cation be made to him for that purpose on or before the twenty-fifthMarch next.

Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That all articles remaining underthe control of the proper officer of the customs, according to the provi-sions of this act, on the first April next, and all wines which shall re-

Statute II.March 2, 1833.

Act of July 14,1832, ch. 227.Certain articlesimported beforeor after July 14,1832, may bedeposited in thepublic stores.

Wines entitledto the benefit ofthe act.

Proviso.

Proviso

When goodsmay remain inwarehouse ofowner, &c.

Proviso.

Articles undercustody of offi-cer of customs,as aforesaid, to