In prosecutions for, in the District of Columbia, the truth may be given in evidence, 198, 186. LIBERIA. Appointment of commissioner to, 32, & 3. LIBRARY. LIEN. Copyright publications to be sent to congressional, 140, 4. To be free of postage, 147, 8. Duplicate and imperfect books, &c., to be disposed of, 404, 2 1. Of excise duties, 301, 42; 315, 96. May be enforced, in equity, 315, 894. 2. Proceedings to enforce, in the District of Columbia, 191, 138. Of freight, on imports, how secured, 261, 128. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. When permanent lighthouses may be substituted for light-vessels, 404, 8 1. When lights may be discontinued, 405, 2. Secretary may re-establish lights, 405, § 3. Salaries of keepers of, 405, % 4. Power to purchase sites for, 405, 25. Warnings of temporary obstructions, 405, 6. LIGHTS. See Navigation. LIMITATION. Of actions for penalties, under the revenue laws, repealed, 210, 3. Of certain suits for fraudulent practices, 212, 8 7. Of suits for acts done by order of the president, 405, 1. Limitation of suits against sureties of postmasters, not to apply to states in rebellion, 492, § 3. Of suits against postmasters' sureties, 494, 17. Burden of proof, 327, 137. Penalty for illegal removal of, 328, 138. Not to be removed in the night time, 328, 139. Penalty for adulteration, 328, 140. Officers may detain, on suspicion that tax has not been paid, 328, § 142. Books of rectifiers, dealers, &c., how kept, 330, 146. Penalty for making false entries, 330, 146. Dealers, &c., not to purchase more than 20 gallons, except from distillers, 330, 147. Withdrawal of, in bond, 331, 150. Not to be made, for carrying foreign mails, for longer than two years, 496, ₹ 39. 39. Postmaster-general may contract for carrying mails by sea, 496, 40-1. Publication of letting contracts, in Washington, dispensed with, 497, 8 49. Contracts for transportation by sea, between home ports, 497, 50. 51. Publication of advertisements, 497, 8 52. MAILS. Great southern mail to be expedited, 494, 22. Arrangements to be made for that purpose, 494, 22. What to be mailable matter, 494, 23-4; 495, 28. When postmaster-general may discontinue mail routes, 494, 25. Mails on the Pacific coast, 496, 37-8. What amount may be carried in the mails, 501, § 79. Classification of mailable matter, 501, 82-3. Publishers may enclose subscription bills, 503, 100. Exchanges, 504, 105. Penalty for falsely advertising conveyances as mail coaches, &c., 495, 29. Duties on imported, 230, 37. MALT LIQUORS. See Brewers. Duties on imported, 242, % 63. Excise duties on, 333, 156. Forfeiture in case of non-payment of duty, 335, 165. Penalty for bottling, when duty has not been paid, 335, 166. MANIFESTS. To be filed, by masters of coasting vessels on the northern frontier, 229, § 26. Blank manifests and clearances to be furnished, 229, 27. Acts relating to, to apply to foreign vessels, 229, 31. Act of 1821 to include all goods, wares and merchandise, 258, 111. Penalty for neglecting to file manifest and report, 266, § 158. Stamp duties on, 379, § 370. Not to apply to vessels to and from British North America, 380, ? 376. Manufacturers to furnish sworn statement to assistant assessors, 354, 269. Manufacturers to pay tax on excess of sales over $5000, 356, 276. Distillers and refiners of mineral oils to be deemed manufacturers, 356, 277. MARBLE. Duties on imported, 249, 74. On manufactures of, 232, 39. MARE ISLAND. Compensation of officers in the navy yard at, 458, § 2, 4. MARIETTA. Terms of the district court transferred from, to Atlanta, 213, 1-2. MARINE HOSPITALS. May be rented to municipal authorities, 216, § 13. Collection of hospital dues from vessels sold in foreign ports, 26, 14; 535, 2 15. MARINES. See Retired Officers. Increase of marine force, 407, 2. Right of, in their separate property, in the District of Columbia, 195, 163. MARSHALS. Attorney-general to have superintendence of, 55, % 2. 36. To have the powers of sheriffs in executing the laws of the federal government, 408, 1. Fees, in bankruptcy, 99, 102. Duties of, under the civil rights bill, 119, 8 4-5. 74; 520, % 7. Compensation in prize cases, 523, 18. Limitation, 524, 19. Supreme court to appoint a marshal, 541, 3. His powers and duties, 541, 2 3. How vessels to be measured, 532, 4, 6; 534, 29. Charges for measurement, 534, 8 7. Certain vessels excepted, 534, § 8. MECHANICS' LIENS. Debts contracted for erecting or repairing, in District of Columbia, to be a lien, 192, 139. Notice to be filed in the circuit court, 192, Within three months, 192, 140. 140. Such notices to be recorded, 192, 140. |