The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-04

sand dollars per annum; the principal appraisers
Uv.. nensation not exceeding sA thousand each peI
| annum ana tnS assistants each sum not exceed
| ing the sum of five hundred dollars per annum
| The collectors Of the districts of Montcioy: San
Diego, Sacramento, Sonoma, and San Joaquin shall
be allowed three thousand dollars each per annum,
with additional maximum compen ton Of two
thousand dollars each per ahnnml should their Off
cial emouments nd fees provided by existing laws
amount to that sum respectively. The surveyors AT
Santa Barbara and San Pedto shall be allowed, in
addition TO the fees authorized by existing laws a
compensation of two thousand dollars per anuum,
and the deputy collector appointed in pursuance Of
existing laws at the port Of San Francisco shall be
allowed compensation not to exceed five thousand
dollars per annum.
otherwise directed by Congress. the provisions of
law In relation to the payment of expenses incl
dental to the collection of the revenue from Gus
toms, existing prior to the act Of Sd March, eigh-
teen hundred and forty nine, entitled I" An act
requiring all moneys receivable from customs and
from all other sources to be paid Immediately
into the Treasury without abatement reduction
and for other purposes" shall be and are hereby
made applicable to the several collection tdistrctsl
in the State OF California and the territory Of Ore
gon, any thing in the Aforesaid act to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SEC. 4. 44nd be IL further enacl.s, That in all cases
OF fine, penalty or forfeiture, mentioned d.:d EN-
braced, in the act entitled "An act to provide tor
mitigating rcmitting the forieitures, penalties,
and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein
mentioned or in any act in addition to amend
a.ory of said act, that have occurred may in
the collection districts in the State Of California and
territory of Utegonj the Secretary Of the Treasury
be and he is hereby authorized, If IN his opinion
the SAID fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred,
without wiful negligence intention OF fraud,
to prescribe such rules modes of proceeding to
ascertain the fact5 as in his opinion may be con-
venient and proper, without regard to the prov-
sions OF the ct above referred to- and upon the said
facts 30 to be ascertained aforesaid the said Sec
rotary may exercise all the power conferred upon
hin ia and by said full he mi ght have done,
had said facts been accsrtr'ned under and accord
ing 10 the provisions of said act; Proeided, That
where any ships or vessels, or any goods, Wares,
and merchandise may have been subjected TO seir
ure or conhscation or detention by any officer of
the customs in the collection district of Upper Cal
fornia the district of Oregon, prior the pass
age OF this act, and II shall be made 10 appear to
the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury
that the owner or owners OF any such ships ves-
sels, or the owner or owners, importers Of any
such goods, wares, and merchandise, has or have
sustained damage or loss by reason Of any mpro-
per seizure, contscation detention thereof, the
said Secretary is hereby authorized 10 extend such
relief in the respective cases, he may deem just
and proper.
SEC. 5. And belt further enacted, That all the ter
rltory, harbors, rivers and waters on the eastern
shore Of the State Of Wisconsin bordering on Lake
Michigan, lying south Of the forty fourth parallel
of north latitude, heretofore embraced in the dis
trict of Chicago, contained within the limits
and jurisdiction of the State Of Wisconsin, shall be,
and hereby. consttuteda collection district obe
called the district Of Milwaukee, and the port fcntry
for said district is hereby established at Milwaukee;
and Southport, Racine, Sheboygan. e recn Bay and
Dcpre, shall be rorts If delivery only; and the
town OF Wawkegan, in the State of Illinois, in the
collection district of Chicago, shall be port OF de-
livery also And all the territory, harbors, rivers,
and waters the eastern shore of the State OF Wis
consn, bordering on Lake Michigan and Green
Bay lying north of the said forty parallel of
latitude. shall be. the he'd nd
made part of the collection district cf Mackinac.
SEC. o. Ind be IT. further enacted, That there shall
he appointed, in pursuance of law, Collector Of
Customs for the Aforesaid district, who shall reside
al the port Of entry created by this act, together
with such cthcr subordinate officers of the customs
provided for By law, and the compensation
of said Collector shall be two hundred and fifty DOL
lars per annum, together with such cou1fDlsrions
and tees authorized by existing laws
SEC 7. indie IL further enacted, That Deputy Col
lectors OF the Customs shall be appointed and com
pensatcd for their services in the mode prescribed
ry existing laws, to reside at the respective ports
OF delivery constituted by this act and said officers
shall exercise all the powers snd duties vested in
Deputy Collectors under existing lava
Src. =. And be II further enacted, That all that
part Of the territory OF tie United States lying north
Of the northern boundary hue Of the States Of Wis
consin and Iowa and cast of the kO5ky Mountains s
hereby created collection district, TO be caiiSd the
Minnesota District, whereof Pembina shall be the
port of entry; and Collector shall be appointed
who sha give the usual bond required Of such ofii
GERS and who shall be entitled 10 salary of twelve
hundred dollars per annum and who shall not re-
ccve any other compensation whatever in tho shape
of extra allowance or fees Of any description what
SEC. 9. And be httutLer enacted, That the secre-
tary Of tho Treasury is hereby authorized, at his
discretion TO appoint Deputy Collector or an In.
spector OF the Customs for said district at rate Of
compensation not "a exceed three dollars a day
when he is employed.
SEC. TO- dnd be IL furfher enaeiei, That the town
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attached TO and made part of the port OF delivery
now existing at Louisville in the State Of Ken
tuckyj and goods imported into the port Of Louis
vile, IN pursuance of existing laws and destined
for Jeiiereonville, may be landed and ~arehopsed
under the provisions Of the warehousing act Of the
9TH of August, lS46, at Jcffersoneille, under the
control Of the surveyor Of the port Of Louisville
SEC. IL. Ind be u further enacted, That the town
Of Memphis, in the State Of Tennessee, shall be
port of delivery, and shall be subject 10 the same
regulations and restrictions other ports Of de
livery in the United States; and there shall be sp.
pointed surveyor Of the customs to reside al the
said port, who shall in addition 10 his duties,
ALEC 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 aud thirty one providing for the payment
OF duties on imported goods at certain ports there
in mentioned, the came being entitled "An act al.
lowing the duties on foreign merchandise import
cd into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louis
ville st. Louis, Nashville, and Natchoz to be ro-
town Of Memphis and the said port Of delivery be,
and the ssrne is hereby, annexed to and made part
Of the collection district OF New Orleans and all the
privileges and facilities afforded 20 Pittsburg and
Wheeling, and Cincinnati, &c, by the act OF Con-
gross, eighteen hundred and thirty one. be, and
The same are hereby, extended to the ssid port Of
Memphis.
sSo. IL. Ind BE- IL further enacted. That the port
Of entry now existing by law the port Of entry
in the collection district of Miami Ohio, il hereby
changed and transferred 10 the town Of Toledo, i'm
the State Of Ohio, and all the laws now in force in
regard 10 said port of entry in the said collection
district Of Miami, be, and the same is hereby de-
carcd to be in full force, and 20 apply TO the
port Of Toledo, and the Secretary Of the Treasury
be, aud me j. hereby authorized and directed ~
cause the archives and custom house Of said die
trict Of Miami to be transferred to the district Of
Toledo.
ssc. 10. And BE- IL further enacted. That the town
OF Chelsea, in the State Of Massachusetts,, shall be
attached 10 and be part Of the port of entry and
collection district of the town OF Charlcstown, in
the State of Massachusetts, as existing by law,
and goods imported into the port Of Boston and
Charlestown, and destined for the port OF Chelsea,
may be landed and warchoused under the pruvi
sions Of the Wsrchousing act Of the sixth Of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and forty six at Chelsea,
under the custody and control Of the Collector OF