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432 THIRTY—-SEVENTH CON G-BESS. Sess. II. Ch. 110-112, 116, 119. 1862. and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for postal service on such mail routes established by the present Congress as the Postmaster General may deem necessary and expedient. APPROVED, June 18, 1862. ·7¤¤° 19, 1862- Can. CXI.—-An Act to secure tg all Persons within the Territories of the """'"“““' nited tales. , Frqedqm i¤ *11* Be it enacted by tlw Senate and House of Representatives of the United

`;_:m°¤°° S°°u` States 1y' America in Congress assembled, That froui and after the passage of this act there shall be neither slavery nor mvoluntary servitude

PM P·81r in any of the Territories of the United States now existing, or which may at any time hereafter be formed or acquired by the United States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. .Ar1>1z0v1:1>, June 19, 1862. June 19, 1862. Cun·. CXII.—An Act to change the Location of the Port of Entry jbr the Puget "‘_"""""‘ Sound Collection District. Port of entry Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ?)‘,,;‘;§;f §,‘;‘]“d States of America in Oongress assembled, That from and after the first trict. day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the port of Port Townsend, in the district of Puget Sound, in Washington Territory, is hereby abolished as a port of entry; and that Port Angelus be and is hereby established as the port of entry and delivery for the said district from and after the said date. Approved, June 19, 1862. June 20, 1862- Cxur. CXVI. —An Act to change t}izPm·t of Entry for the District ty Brunswick,

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Port qt ¢}1¤‘}' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §g::;‘;w°};i"E;§; States ey" America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first gis. ° day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the port of entry for the district of Brunswick, Georgia, shall be Brunswick, and that Darien shall be abolished as the port of entry. Deputy_collec- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a deputy col-

  • °' °* D*‘“°“· lector appointed, according to law, to reside at Darien, and to exercise

such powers as the Secretary of the Treasury, under the revenue laws, may prescribe. Arrnovxan. June 20. 1862. July 1, 1862- Cmlr. CXIX. ·-—An Act to provide Internal Revenue 10 support the Government and to -13.;:1 eh_ 163, § pdy Interesl on the Publab Debt.

é}_P”"¤ PP- W1: Be it enacted by the Senate and House ey" Representatives of the United

186;;, Cb_ ·;4_ States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of super- PM p- 713- intending the collection of internal duties, stamp duties, licenses, or taxes 9*F°° °*` C°“‘· imposed by this act, or which may be hereafter imposed, and of assessinv nnsswncr of In- . . ¤ m,,,,; Revenue, the same, an office is hereby created m the Treasury Department to be ¤¤¤¤i¤d· called the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to nominate, and, Cvrnmissivncr, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint, a Commissioner of Sn;*aIg*f¤:£;¥g;)§¤&;»c` Internal Revenue, with an annual salary of four thousand dollars, who to prgpm ;um· shall be charged, and hereby is charged, under the direction of the Secre- ,.0ms, bianks, · tary of the Lreasury, with preparing all the instructions, regulations, sw., directions, forms, blanks, stamps, and licenses, and distributing the same,