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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106, 107. 1854. 311 Dunkirk, and the ports of Barcelona, Silver Creek, and Cattaraugus Creek The pom of shall be ports of delivery. d¢liV¤1‘y· Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in Collectortobe the manner prescribed by law, a Collector of Customs for the aforesaid ”·PP°l“°°d· district, who shall thereafter and during his continuance in office reside at the port of entry created by this act, together with such other subordinate officers of the customs as are provided for by law, and the compen- ms compoma,. sation of said collector shall be such sum as shall be designated by the *¤i<>¤· Secretary of the Treasury in the classification of the compensation of collectors of customs, not to exceed one thousand dollars per annum: Provided, That in case no classification of the compensation of collect- proviso, ors of customs shall be made, then the compensation of the collector for the port of entry established by this act shall be five hundred dollars per annum, together with such fees and emoluments as are authorized by existing laws. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That deputy collectors of customs Deputy ¢<>U¤¤'>- for the several ports of delivery constituted by this act shall he appointed g'f’dg§:gfyIft“ and compensated for their services in the mode prescribed by existing their powers, laws, and said officers shall exercise all the powers and duties vested in dutiesé md °°m' deputy collectors of customs under existing laws. mma 0n' Approved, July 27, 1854. CHAP. CVI. -An Act making Appropriations to Denay the Expenses of the Cayuse War. July 27, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and Abuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Appropriation appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropri- glgggigoggsisgfy ated, the further sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, to pay the actual the Cfyusg vvu and necessary expenses incurred by the Provisional Government of Ore- i¤¤¤1‘¤¤di¤J’€¤f¤ gon in defending the people of the said Territory from the attacks and 1847’1848" hostilities of the Cayuse Indians, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and for such allowances Commissionfor the expenses of adjusting the claims on that account as the Secretary ws f"°s· of the Treasury may deem proper, not exceeding five dollars per day to each commissioner; and that the Secretary of the Treasury pay out of _ Mode of pay- said appropriation so much thereof as may be necessary to liquidate said mg "h° m°”"Y· claims according to the reports of the commissioners heretofore appointed for-ascertaining said amounts and of the Governor of said Territory, that have been communicated to Congress. And no claims shall hereafter be Th¤_*¤im¤_ allowed on account of this war which are not presented at the Treasury;};°f§‘§B°;’§?;_ Department of the United States within the next fiscal year. ed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all of said claims and accounts Place and not heretofore adjusted, shall be settled and adjusted at such place and in S;€d"d` such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. And the claims. Secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered to reexamine any award b A‘Y3¤dS meg that has been or may be made of said claims, and to reduce the amount, ,;£°;§;gQ13° ih in his judgment, thunded on proof, it should be too much. Approved, July 27, 1854. CHL'?. CVII.-An Act to Increase the Salaries of Executive and Judiciary Ojiccrs in July 27. 1854- Oregon, New Mexico, Washington, Utah, and Minnesota. M Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the Cnited jug?'-Yasjgshggf States of America in Congress assembled, That the annual salaries of cimjudgos of the Chief Justices and Associate Judges of the Territories of Oregon, ¤9mi¤ ¥¤¤i°°· Washington, Utah, and New Mexico, be, and the same are hereby, in- ms' creased to the sum of two thousand Eve hundred dollars each; and that $al¤¤;,‘§ €°· the salary of the Governor of New Mexico be, and the same is hereby, ew