Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
Approved, June II, 1864.
PrgLIC-No. IO7 I

TUBlIC-NO. IUt
AN ACT to regulate the foreign coast
ing trade on the northern, north
eastern, and northwestern frontiers
of the United States, and for other
purposes.
BE IL enacted by the Senqte and House
Of Representatives. of the United States of
America an Congress assembled, That any
boat, sloop, or other vessel of the Uni
ted States. navigating the waters on
our northern, northeastern, and north
western frontiers, otherwise than by
sea, shall be enrolled and licensed in
such form as other vessels which en-
rolment and license shall authorize
any such boat, sloop, or other vessel
to he employed either in the coasting
or foreign trade on said frontiers
and no certificate of register shall be
required for vessels SO employed on
said frontiers: Prorided, That such
boat, sloop, or vessel shall be, in every
other respect, liable to the rules, reg
ulations, and penalties now in force
relating to registered and licensed
vessels.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted,
That in lien of the compensation pro-
vided by the fourth section of the act
of March second, eighteen hundred
and thrty-one, entitled " An act to
regulate the foreign and coasting
trade on the northern, northeastern,
and northwestern frontiers of tie Uni
ted States, and for other purposes"
each of the several collectors of Gus
toms in the following districts on the
said frontiers, TO wit Pembina, Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Sault Sainte Marie,
Detroit, Miami, Sandusky. Cuyahoga.
Presque Isle. thereafter to be called
Erie, Dunkirk, Buffalo. Niagara, Gen
esee, Oswego, Cape Vincent. Oswe-
gatchie, Champlain, and Vermont,
shall receive an annual compensation
of one thousand dollars, and, in addi-
tion thereto, the fees now collected
under the general regulations of the
Treasury Department of February,
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and
commission of three per centum on
all moneys collected and accounted
for by them respectively: Prorided,
That the aggregate compensation de-
rived from salary, fees, and commits
sions, shall not in any case exceed
the sum Of twenty-five hundred dol.
lars per annum, subject to the provis.
ions of the act entitled An act rela.
tive to collectors and other officers oi
the CUSTOMS" approved February
eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty.
six. And whenever the aggregate OF
salary, fees, and commissions shall in
any case exceed the said sum of TWEEN
ty-fve hundred dollars, after deduct
ing the necessary expenses incident
to the said office, for and during the
same period for which said compensa
tion is allowed, the excess shall, il
every such case. be paid into the
Treasury of the United States. Tho
fees and emoluments of all kinds to bt
accounted for as provided by the
twelfth section of the act of the sew
enth of May, eighteen hundred ant
ltNtuty -t"o
| Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted
That the collectors and other officer,
of customs on the said frontiers shall
be authorized to charge and collec
the same fees as are now allowed b,
law to be charged and collected b,
the collectors and other officers of Gus
toms
Sec. 4. And be II further enacted
That all the territory. harbors, and wa
ters on the eastern shore Of the Stat
of Wisconsin, bordering on LAX
Michigan, heretofore embraced in tn
district of Michilimackinac, and lyin,
within the limits OF the State of Wis
consin, shall be, and the same ar
hereby. attached to and made part Q
the collection district Of Milwaukee
. in the State of Wisconsin.
Sec 5. Ayd be Il further enacted
T That all bonds given by collectors q
customs, naval officers, surveyors, an
by all officers Of the customs through
out the United States. shall be appro,
, ed by the Commissioner Of Custom.
} in whose Office they are now require
/ to be filed.
: Sec. 6. And Be 1t further eaacteo
| That this act shall take effect fror