Southern shield., 1850-11-16
LAWS OF THE UNIFIED STATES.
By Authority.
PUBLIc-N N o. A.

PUBLIc- Mo- A.
 ] AN. ACT to create additional districts r California, and to change the existing
 district therein, and 10 modify the exis I ting collection districts in the United
 States.
 Be H enacted Jy the Senate and House Q Representatives. of the Unifed Stotes of .4meri co us Congress assembled, That there shal be in the State of California six collection districts, to wit: San Francisco, Monterey San Diego, Sacramento, Sonoma, and San Joaquin. The district of San Francisco shall include all the territory. bays, harbors rivers, and shores embraced within the coun- ties of San Francisco, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, Mondocino, and Trinidad and a collector, naval officer, and surveyor for inc district shall be appointed to reside at the city of San Francisco, which shall be the sole port of entry for the district.
 The district of Monterey shall include all the territory, bays, harbors, rivers, and shores embraced within the counties of Monterey, San Luis, Obspo, and Santa Cruz; and d collector shall be appointed for said district, to reside at the town of Mon terey, which shall be the sole port of entry {. for the district.
 The district of San Diego, shall include all the territory, bays, harborS, rivers, and shores of the counties of San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara; and collec- tor shall be appointed for said district, to reside at the town of San Diego, which shaI be the sole port of entry for said district. . The district of Sacramento shall include all the territory, bays, harbors. rivers, and shores of Sacramento, Sulter, Fl DoraGo Iuba, Bulte- yole, Coluse, and Shasta; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Sacramento city, which shall be the sole port of entry for the district.
 The district of Sonoma shall include all the territory, bays, harbors, rivers, and shores embraced within the counties of So- non1a, Massa, and Solano; and the collector shall be appointed for said district, to reside at the town of Benicia which, together with the town of Ballejo, shall be the sole port of entry for the district.
 The district of San Joaquin shall include all the territory, bays, harbors, rivers, and [shores] embraced within the counties oi Calaberas, San Joaquin, Tualumna, and 1Maripoza, and a collector of the district shall be appointed to reside at the town of Stockton, which shall be the sole port of entry for the period And the towns of Santa Barbara and San Pedro, in the colIec, ton district of San Diego, shall be, and are hereby, constituted ports of delivery for said districts, and surveyors shall be ap- pointed to reside at each, with such other officers as the Secretary ot the Treasury may deem necessary for the public service. SEC. ?. find De 4 further enacted, That in addition to the officers hereinbe before pro- vided for at the port ofSan Francisco there shall be appointed two principal and two assistant appraisers for said port, and the compensation of the officers provided for in this act shall be as follows, to wit: the col loctor of the district of San Francisco shal! De allowed a compensation not exceeding ten thousand dollars per annum: the naval officer compensation not exceeding egh, ] thousand dollars per annum; the surveyor a compensation not exceeding seven thou sand dollars per annum, the principal ap- praiSerS a compensation not exceeding six thousand each per annum, and the assist ants each a sum not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars per annum. The col 1 ectors of the districts of Monterey, San | Diego, Sacramento, Sanoma, and San Joa- qun shall be allowed three thousand dollars each per annum, with additional maximum compensation of two thousand dollars each per annum, should their official emoluments and fees provided by existing laws amount 10 that sum respectively. The surveyors al Santa Barbara and San Pedro shall be allowed, in addition to the fees authorized by existing laws, compensation of two thousand dollars per annum, and the depu- ty collector appointed in pursuance of ihe existing laws at the port oi San Francisco shall be allowed compensation not to ex- ceed five thousand dollars per annnm-
 SEC. 3. find De a further endcfed, That until otherwise directed by CongreN%, the 1 provisions of law in relation to the payment of expenses incidental to the collection ot the revenue from customs, existing prior lo the act of third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act requiring all moneys receivable from customs and from all other sources 10 be paid immedi- ately into the Treasury without abatement or reduction, and for other purposes" shall be and are hereby made applicable to the several collection districts in the State of California and the territory of Oregon, any thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary