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THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 43, 44. 1850. 445 Cgar, XLIII.-An Jlct supplementary to the Ad entitled **.6n. Hot providing August 3U_ 1g5D_ for the taking of the seventh and subsequent Ccnsuscs of the llmlted States-, and -———~—-——— fg jx the Number of the Mzrnbcrs of the House of Rzrrsscntatwes, and za pro- 1850, ch- U~· vide for their future Appartzonment among the sever States." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Compensation of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the compen. £*;;Sg:l;;“(§a1i:(};f mimi allowed the marshals or agents, and their assistants, for taking ,,;,,,,,cpi,,c,,,,- the seventh census in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, so as 5d- to secure the prompt and faithful execution of the work. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in enumerating persons re- Pei-sons residing in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, the several as- $:;;*; :5; sistant marshals or agents shall include those who may have removed ry of gums from their residence in any State or Territory of the United States §_•¢¤*¤¤ {¤i<>1i85B> prior to the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, u:Q°mSi{Hug hg and settled subsequent to that date in either of the said countries. California, etc., Srgc. 3. And be it further muted, That each assistant marshal or gl b° °"“-‘“°’“‘*` agent shall be paid for making out and returning complete copies of kgompemugcu the original census returns, as required in the eleventh section of the fir mekins <><>¤¤£ act to which this is a supplement, eight cents for each page of the two §e;';S°f§§;,Sf° copies of the original census returns required to be furnished by the 1850, en. 11. eleventh section of the act to which this is a supplement. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in any of the districts of the United States where causes beyond the control of the marshal shall have tended to delay the taking of the census, so that the same could not be taken, and return thereof made, within the time prescribed by Extension of the act of twenty-third May, the Secretary of the Interior may, if he time granted, sees proper, extend the time to any day not later than the first January, 185°·_<=h- U- eighteen hundred and fifty-one: Provided, That the said Secretary may 1°‘°""° extend the time for completing the census in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, to such time as, in his discretion, may be deemed advisable. Approved, August 30, 1850. Cm!. XLIV. -.61:. Act to amend the dd entitled "An Act to axmmd, in the Cases August 30, 1850. therein mentioned, the ¢ Ae: to regulate the Duties on Imports and Tonnage.' " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after h.C°“Fgi°¤ df the passage of this act, the collection district of Ocracoke, in North dQg;,;d_ mm ° Carolina, shall embrace all the waters, shores, harbors, rivers, creeks, and inlets, within the limits hereinafter described, to wit: Commencing at Drum Inlet, on the sea.-shore, twenty miles south of Ocracoke, thence running in a northerly direction to the Thoroughfare, so called, and through said Thoroughfare to Point Marsh, near the mouth of the Neuse River, thence to the point of Long Shoal in Pamlico Sound, thence across said sound in a south-westerly direction to the outer bar of Cape Hatteras Inlet, twelve miles north-east of Ocracoke, and thence along the sea·coast to Drum Inlet. _ Src; 2. And be it further muted, That all acts and parts of acts _ Acts iuconi: l¤¤0151?cntwith the provisions of this act be, and the 83.1116 are heféby, mum r°P°° ° repe e . Approved, August 30, 1850.