Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-06-23
BY Authority.


laws 81 the United states passed
n the second session Of the
a0th Congress,
IPuBLIc-No. 81
AN AC'rt to establish port Of entry at saluria,
in the state Of Texas, and for other pur-
poses. 4.
rSrc IL Be it enacted by the Senate and
Honse Of Representatives Of the United States OF
America IN Congress assembled, That all that
,,.rt ne the State of Texas south and west OF the
Counties Of Matagorda and Wharton, and IN
Guiding said counties, shall be detached from the
district Of Texas, and shall constitute a coiiec-
tiop district: That Saluria, on the north,
easterlv part Of the island of Matagorda, snaii
be the port of entry for said district, and that
Matagorda, Arkansas, sCopanso, ana corpus
Christi as ports Of delivery only.
SIC. 2 And be it further enacted, That a
collector for the district of Saluria aforesaid
shall be appointed by the President, with the adj
yise and consent Of the Senate Of the United
States, who shall hold his Office for the terms
and for the time prescribed by law for the like
Office in other districts. The said collector
shall reside at Saluria aforesaid and he shall be
entitled to salary not exceeding twelve hum
bred and fifty dollars per annum, including m
that sum the fees allowed by law, and the
amount he shall collect in any one year for fees
exceeding the said sum of twelve hundred and
fifty dollars shall be accounted for and paid into
the treasury Of the United States.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That sur
veyors for the aforesaid ports of delivery, to wit:
Matagorda, Labaca, Corpus Christi, and Copano
shall be appointed by the President with the az
vice and consent ofthe Senate, with the authori-
ty to exercise all the powers conferred by law
on such officers and that the salaries of said
surveyors at Matagorda and Labaca shall be at
the rate of six hundred dollars per annum and
of those at Capano and Corpus Christi shall
be at the rate of FIVE hundred dollars per annum;
and that there shall be deputy collector ap-
pointed according to law, to reside at Arkansas,
and 10 exercise such powers under the revenue
laws as the Secretary Of the Treasury may pre-
scribe; the compensation Of said deputy collec-
tor shall be the legal fees on the business he may
transact, and no more; and that the surveyor
for the port of Cavallo shall be discontinued.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the
surveyor for the port of Sabine shall be discon-
tinued, and deputy collector shall be appoint
ed for said port of Sabine, with the same powers
as the deputy collector of Arkansas, provided for
in the third section of this act, whose salary
shall be at the rate of one thousand dollars per
annum.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
salary Of the collector for the district of Texas,
residing at Galveston, shall be, from and after
the thirtieth day of June next, not exceeding
seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, including in
that sum the fees allowed by law, and that the
amount he shall collect in any one year for fees
exceeding the said sum Of seventeen hundred
and fifty dollars shall be accounted for and paid
into the treasury OF the United States.
Approved, March 3, ls47.
lprBIur-sNsp Mas, l----4-------.----.---
AN ACT relinquishing to the city of Madison,
in the State Of Indiana, all the right and title
of the United States to certain strip Of un-
surveyed land lying within the limits Of said
city, and bordering on the Ohio river.
[SEc. IL Be II enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all the
right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to all that unsurveyed strip parcel of land
lying and being in the county of Jeffer son, and
State Of Indiana, bounded as follows, wiz: Be-
ginning at the southeast corner of fractional Sec
ton number one; thence westwardly, along the
south line of fractional sections, one, two. and
three, all in township sthree'' north, of range
s'ten" east, until said line strikes the southwest
"three;o thence from the corner last mentioned.
due south, to low-water mark on the Ohio riv-
er; thence eastwardly, up and following the
meanderiugs of the river at low water mark, to
point directly opposite the southeast corner Of
said fractional section numbered one; thence
north, from the point last aforesaid, to the place
of beginning of the lands, lying and being in the
Jacksonville land district. be, and the same is
hereby, vested in the city Of Madison, for the
sole uso and benefit of said city.
Approved, March 3, 1s47.
PUBLlc-No. 80. ssss- ue.t
AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to
raise for limited time an additional military
force, and for other purposes.
[SEc. IL Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That under
the provisions of the ninth section of the act APP
proved February eleventh, eigteeensh undred and
1orty-seven, entitled g An act TO raise for a
limited tune an additional military force, and
for other purposes" it shall be the duty Of the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue Treasury
scrip therein provided, on the certificate of the
Secretary of War, showing the claimant entitled
thereto, and not otherwise and that the stock
thus issued shall bear interest from the day of
presenting to the Treasury De; artment such
HeeItniCdtc VI Tue OeCFetdfy Oh war IN que form,
and the Interest thereon shall be payable on the
first days of January and July in each year, and
shall be transferable on the books of the Trea-
sury Department kept in the Registers Office.
Such certificates of stock shall be signed BY the
Register of the Treasury, under the direction
OF the Secretary, who shall cause the seal of the
Department to be affixed thereto, and no other
signature seall be required to said stock
Approved, March 3, 1S47. sse
~ PUcL1c-No. 401
AN ACT creating a collection distrctin Maine,
and constituting Bangor, in said district, port
Of entry and delivery.
[SEc. IL Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United States
OF America in Congress assembled, That the
counties Of Penobscot and Fiscataq1is, and the
town Of Frankfort, in the county Of Waldo, be,
and they hereby are, created a collection dis
rict, which shall be known and called the dis
rict OF Bangor; and Bangor, within said county
.of Penobscot, is hereby made port of entry
and delivery for said district.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That there
shall be a collector Of customs appointed for
said district, together with such officers as are
provided for by law; and the compensation of
said collector shall be such fees and commits
sions as he by law may be entitled to.
Sec. 3. And be it further euacted, That Frank
fort, in the county of Waldo, shall form part
Of said district Of Bangor, in the same manner
that it now forms part of the district of Bel
last and there shall be deputy collector at