Washington telegraph., 1850-12-11

States Of Wisconsin ami Iowa and east Of the
Rocky Mountains is hereby created a collection
district, to he called the Minnesota District where
of Pembina shall be the port Of entry; and COL
iector shall be appointed who shall give the usual
bond required of such officers, and who shall be
entitled 10 a salary of twelve hundred dollars per
snnum. and who s,sll sot receive any other com
PensatioR whateveri in tho shape OF ext allswan
Or lees Of any description Whatever =
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
secretary OF the Treasury is hereby authorized at
ms discretion to appoint deputy collector or an
Inspector OF the customs for said district rate
| of compensation not to exceed three dollars per
| day when he is employed.
| DEG H. And be 1t further enacted, That the
town Of Jeffersonvilie in the State Of Indiana shall
5e attached TO, and made part OF the port Of de-
livery as now existing at Louisville in the State
ot hentucky, and goods imported into the port of
LOUISVILLE IN pursuance OF existing laws, and des-
| tined ior Jetersonvlle, may be landed and ware
housed under the provisions Of tue warehousing
act OF the sixth, Of August eigh,een hundred auo
forty six, at Jefersonvie under the coutro OF the
! surveyor vi the port OF Louisville.
| SEC. Ii. Aud be it further enacted, Tha: the
| town Of Memphis in the State of tennessee shall
be port of delivery, and shall be subject 10 the
same regulations and restrict other ports OF
delivery IN the United States; snd there shall be
appointed a surveyor Of the customs to re side at
the said port, VINO shall ia addition to his
|
! ary aud emoument Of surveyors prescribed by the
| az. 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 being entitled
| IAN act allowing the duties ON foreign lnerchan-
disc imported into Pittsourg, Wheeling, Cincin-
natl, Louisville, St Louis, Nashville and Naichez,
! to be received and paid at those places and the
said town of Memphis and The said port of delivery
be, and the same is hereby annexed to and made
part of the collection district of New Orleans aud
all the privileges and facilities afforded to Pttsburg
and Wheeling and Cincinnati &c. by the act Of
Congress of second March, eighteen hundred and
thirty -one, be ana the same hereby extended
| to the said port of Memphis.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That tae
port of entry now existing by law, the port oi
entry in the collection district OF Miami, OHIO, be
and the same is hereby changed aud transferred
| TO the town of Toledo, in the State of Ohio, and
all the laws in force in regard to said port OF
entry in the said collection district of Miami be,
aid the are hereby declared to be in full
force, and TO apply to the new port Of entry of
Toledo, and the Secretary OF the Treasury be
and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause
| the archives and custom house of said district Of
| Miami to be transferred to the town Of Toledo
| Sec. l3. And be it further eaacfed, That the
| town of Chelsea in the State of Massachusetts,
shall be attached to aud made part o: the port of
|
CharlestOwn ia the State OF Massachusetts, as
now existing by law, and goods i'm ported into the
port of Boston and Charlestown and destined for
the port of Chelsea may be landed and ware
housed under the provisions OF the Warehousing
act of sixth of August eighteen huadred aud forty
six, at Chelsea, under the custody and control of
the collector of Boston and CharIestown, and the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby
authorized to appoint Inspector o. customs for
said port Of Chelsea.
| Ssc. Ia and be it further enacted, That the
towns Of Evansville aud New Albany shall be
ports Of delivery, and shall be subject to the
same regulations and restrictions other ports OF
| delivery in the United States: and there shall be
appointed a surveyor Of the customs to reside at
each of said ports, who Shall, in addition to their
| own dutes also perform the duties and receive
| the salary and emoiament of surveyors prescribed
| by tie act of Congress, passed on the second Of
| March, eighteen hundred and thirty lone, provi-
| ding for the payment of duties on imported goods
at certain ports therein mentioned, the same be,
| ing entitled "An act allowing the duties for
| egn merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheel
| ing Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis, Nashville,
| and Natchez, to be received and paid at those
! places" and the said towns of Evansville and
| New Albany and the said ports of delivery, be,
| aud the same are, hereby annexed TO, aud made
| part Of, the collection district OF New Orleans;
and al! the privileges and facilities afforded to Pitts
burg, aud Wheeling. and Cincinnati, &c, by the
act Of Congress of second Of March, eighteen
| hundred and thirty -oue, be, and the are,
| hereby extended to said ports OF Evansville and
| New Albany.
| SEC. Is And be it further enacted, That So
much of an act entitled ''An act TO establish
! port Of eutry at SAUNA. in the state OF frxas
| and for other purposes, approved the third day Of
| March, eighteen hundred aud forty seven, as fixes
the said port of entry at SAUNA, and requires the
| 4 fl,a N he here Sb All he
| and the same is hereby repealed and hereafter
the port of entry and the residence of the collec
tor shal, be La Sale, in said district.
! SEC l6 And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of the seventh section of the act enti-
| tleC Gan act allowing drawbacks upon foreign
mercha ndise, exported in the original packages to
| Chihuahua and Santa Fe, i'll Mexico. aud to the
British, North American provinces adjoining the
! United States" approved third Of March, -igh-
teen hundred and forty -five be and the same are
he reby, so far modified to allow any foreign
| imported merchandise in the original pack ages,
which has been entered and the duties paid
| cordiug to law to be transported with benefit
| of drawback by land by water, or partly by
! land and partly by water, to either Of the por!s
| designated in said sectiOp such ports may
have been, or may hereafter be designated, in
pursuance Of the authority conferred therein, and
| any such merchandise may he exported from
either of the aforesaid ports, from such ports
| the seaboard, from which merchandise may, un-
der existing laws be exported for benefit OF draw
| back and be transported thence in like manner to
ports in the adjoining British provinces. aud the
ports and places in Mexico, under such rules and
regulations, not Inconsistent with law as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Proci-
| ded That so much Of tine eighth section Of said
act as requires the production of the affidavit OF
| the master of the vessel in which any such goods
NAV be exported, may be dispensed with when
such goods are not exported in vessels; aud the
residue Of the provisions OF said section are here
| by extended to cases arising under this act
SEC. II. And be 1t further enacted. That So