Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14
Reduction Of Revenue Districts.

WASHINGTON. June 20.
The President has issued an order cutting
down the number Of collection districts from
one hundred and twenty-siX to eighty-two.
The new order Of things begins July l, Or as
soon thereafter as practicable. Illinois loses
two districts. The Second and Third will
be consolidated, and will be known as the
Second. Lucien Croker will be Collector,
with headquarters at Aurora. The Seventh
and Eighth Districts will be merged under
the name of the Eighth, with John w. Hill
as Collector.
W1scoNsIN-An east of the dividing line
is to be known as the First District, with
Irving NJ. Bean, Collector. His headquar-
tiers will probably be at Milwaukee. All
west of the dividing line will be known as
the Second District, with Leonard Lottridge,
Collector.
INp1ASA-Tie Tenth and Eleventh Dis
trlcts are consolidated to be known as the
Eleventh, with Thomas NJ. Kirkpatrick,
Collector. The First and Seventh are con-
solidated to be known as the Seventh, with
William w. Carter. Collector. He will
probably continue his headquarters at Terre
Haute. The Fourth and Sixth are console
dated under the name of the Fourth, with
Horace Mckay as Collector. He will prob
ably have his office at Indianapolis.
lowA-Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones,
Linn, Muscatine, Scott, Louisa, Washing.
ton, johnson. Keokuk, Iowa, Benton, Ma
haska, Powesheik, lama, Marion, Jasper,
Warren, Polk, Madison, Dallas, Adair,
Guthrie, Cass, Audubon, Pottawattamie.
Shelby and Harrison Counties are CONSOLE
dated into one district, to be known as the
Second, with John w. Green. Collector.
All that portion of the State south of the
counties named is consolidated into one dis
trict, known as the Fourth, with j. w. Bur-
.dette, Collector-a new appointment. All
that portion of the State north of the coun-
ties named is constituted one*district, known
as the Third, with James E. Simpson, Col.
lector.
M1cH1GAN-The State is to be divided by
allne running north and south which now
marks the boundaries of the United States
Judicial districts. All east of the line is to
be known as the First District. James IT,
Stone is Collector. He will probably have
headquarters at Detroit. All west of the
line will be known as the Fourth District
with Charles w. Watkins, Collector. He
will probably be located at Grand Rapids.
MlssouRI-The First and Second Districts
are consolidated, with Isaac H. Sturgeon
Collector. He will probably make St,
Louis his headquarters. The Fifth and
Sixth are consolidated, with Philip Doppler,
Collector.
M1NNEsorA-The First and Second an
consolidated, with William Bickel, Collector.
He will probably be located at St. Paul.
OHIo-The Third and Sixth Districts art
consolidated, with George P. Durham, Col.
lector. His headquarters will probably BIZ
Dayton. The Seventh and Eleventh arr
consolidated, with Marcus Boggs, Collector.
His Headquarters will probably be at Chilli
cothe: The Fourth and Tenth are consol
idated, with John P. Kumler, Collector.
The Fifteenth and Eighteenth are CONSOLE
dated, with Worthy S. Streator, Collector.
His office will probably be in Cleveland.
Changes were also made in Alabama,
California and Nevada, Georgia, Nebraska
and Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming, Ari.
iona and New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New
York, Oregon and Washington, Montana,
Idaho and Utah, Tennessee, Kentucky,
West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland and
New jersey.