278 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 267, 268, 269, 270. 1870. sent of the Senate of the United States, or during the recess thereofQ and until the end of the next ensuing session, a reg1ster and recenver for each Residence, of said land districts, who shall be reqmred to I‘€B1dO at the s1te of their ‘l“*‘°’»“d f°°“· respective offices, who shall be subject to the same laws and responsibilities, and whose compensation and fees shall be respecuvely the same per annum as are now allowed by law to other land offices in said State. Approved, July 14, 1870. July 14 1870. CHAP. CCLXVIII. —An Ar: to establish a Port ry' Deli at Kansas Ci , Lhssouri. I W yy Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United L K¤·¤¤¤¤ City, States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Kansas, in the l°""?“d° ”f pm State of Missouri, shall be, and is hereby, constituted a port of delivery, of delivery m . . . the collection annexed to and made a. part of the collection district of New Orleans, and gjg:y=¤fN¤w shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of 1g8E13h_ 8; delivery in the United States; and all the privileges and facilities ePforded Vol. iv. p. 480. by the act of Congress of the second March, eighteen hundred and thirty- one, entitled “An act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, Saint Louis, Nashville, and Natchez to be secured and paid at those p1aces," shall be extended to said port. A surveyor of customs shall be appointed to reside _ Surveyor, res- at said port and perform the duties prescribed by law, who shall receive
- 2 ““°”- the same compensation now provided or which may hereafter be provided
y' by law for surveyors of the same grade. Approved, July 14, 1870. July I4, 1870- CHAP. CCLXIX. —- An Act to create a Port of Delivery at Houston, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q" Representatives of the United Houston, Tex- States of America in Omzgress assembled, That Houston, in the State
- fl'(Q?€§r; f,f"° ofTexas, shall be, and is hereby, constituted a port of delivery within the
collection dis. collection district of Galveston, and there shall be appointed a surveyor 3);** °f G¤l'°¤‘ of customs, to reside at said port, who shall perform the duties and receive gu,,,,, 0,._ my the compensation and emoluments prescribed in the act of Congress apidoncc, duties, proved March two, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, being "An act allow- P"{'é81’ 6h_ BL inf; the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Vol. iv. p. 480. Cxgcinngti, Louisville, Saint Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured an pai at those places." Approved, July 14, 1870. .‘I‘;‘l¥,dflL1§.@;_ CHAP. CCLXX. ~·An Act to amnul a Portion nf a certain Statute of the Territory qf New Mexico, cmd for other Purposes. Acmw Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y" the United portion Off mb usfalca ofximcnca in Congress assembled, That the following recited porute of the Terri- hon of 0. statute of the Territory of New Mexico, approved February $"YPf N°'” Sédonrl, eirrhteen hundred and sixty-five viz. : "And no writ of execution qxnco declared h H ° ’ . wd_ B R on any account be executed on the real estate of any person, 1f there be no mortgage made by the husband and wife owning the said property, and the mlortgage must have been executed with all the fornmlities re— qmre by w" be and the same is hereby disapproved and declared null thegmgtgitfd W und void: Prlnvideid, That there shall beiexempt from levy and forced 5;_000 exempt sale under any process or order from any court of law or equity in said from levy, &c. Territory the lot or parcel of ground and the buildings thereon occupied as a residence and owned by the debtor being 2. householder and havin w;{_&*‘°n*;j:g1l;¥;‘¤ at family, to the value of one thousand ldollars. And if} in the opirliog 3mm_ ° of the creditors, the premises claimed by such debtor as exempt are worth more than one thousand dollars, then it shall be lawful for the ofilcer to advertise and sell the said premises and out of the proceeds of
