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510 THIRTY-—FlRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1850. gan, Green Bay, and Depére, shall be ports of delivery only. And the town of Waukegan, in the State of Illinois, in the collection dis- Extension of the trict of Chicago, shall be a port of delivery also. And all the territory, ilimict °f M¤°k· harbors, rivers, and waters on the eastern shore of the State of Wis. mM' consin, bordering on Lake Michigan and Green Bay, lying north of the said forty·fourth parallel of latitude, shall be, and the same are hereby, attached to, and made part ot, the collection district of Mackinac, in the State of Michigan. Collectorto be Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That there shall be appointed, "¥’P°l¤°°d· in pursuance of law, a collector of the customs for the aforesaid dis. trict, who shall reside at the port of entry created by this act, together with such other subordinate officers of the customs as are provided for Compensation. by law; and the compensation of said collector shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, together with such commissions and fees as are authorized by existing laws. Deputy oolleo- Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That deputy collectors of the ‘°”· customs shall be appointed and compensated for their services, in the mode prescribed by existing laws, to reside at the respective ports of delivery constituted by this act, and said omcers shall exercise all the powers and duties vested in deputy collectors of the customs under existin laws. The collection Scc§8. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory ¢liS**i¤* ¤*`Mi¤¤<*· of the United States lying north of the northern boundary line of the wm °r°md‘ States of Wisconsin and Iowa, and east of the Rocky Mountains, is hereby created a collection district, to be called the Minnesota Dis- Collector to be trict, whereof Pembina shall be the port of entry; and a collector shall “PP°l“*°d· be appointed who shall give the usual bond required of such officers, Compensation. and who shall be entitled to a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, and who shall not receive any other compensation whatever in the shape of extra allowance or fees of any description whatever. Deputvcollec- Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the

3; °' “““P°°‘ Treasury is hereby authorized at his discretion to appoint a deputy

I collector or an inspector of the customs for said district, at a rate of compensation not to exceed three dollars per day when he is employed. Jeifersonville, Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the town of Jeilersonville, §?‘;h‘;‘°‘l°,“ fg'? in the State of Indiana, shall be attached to, and made a part of, the POT O S . . . . . . y livery of mm. port of delivery as now existing at Louisville, in the State of hen- Vil·l¤» KY- tucky ; and goods imported into the port of Louisville, in pursuance of existing laws, and destined for Jeffersonville, may be landed and warehoused under the provisions of the warehousing act of the sixth of 1846, eb.84. August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, at Jeffersonville, under the custody and control of the surveyor of the port of Louisville. Memphis made Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the town of Memphis, in fml’;" °f ‘i°' the State of Tennessee, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be sub- ` ject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery Stnweyortobe in the United States; and there shall be appointed a surveyor of the ‘l’P°““°‘r customs, to reside at the said port, who shall, in addition to his own duties, also perform the duties and receive the salary and emolument of surveyors prescribed by the act of Congress passed on the second of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, providing for the payment of duties on imported goods at certain ports therein mentioned, the same 1831, oh. 87. being entitled "An Act allowing the duties on foreign merchandize imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be received and paid at those places," and Memphis at- the said town of Memphis and the said port of delivery be, and the {ggés, gg 1,;;*; same is hereby, annexed to and made part of the collection district of 0,;,,,,,, New Orleans, and all the privileges and facilities adorded to Pittsburg. and Wheeling, and Cincinnati, &.c., by the act of Congress of second