St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
President Arthur Issues an Order Re-
ducing the Revenue Districts.
WASHINGTON. in

~ ~. WASh1NdION, June T.
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.
WIscoNs1N-All 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.
INDIANA-The Tenth and Eleventh Dis
tricts 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 TerTe.
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
IowA-Cedar, Clinton. Jackson, Jones,
Linn, Muscatine, Scott, Louisa, Washing
ton, johnson. Keokuk, Iowa, Benton, Ma
haska, Powesheik, Tama, Marion, Jasper,
Warren, Polk, Madison, Dallas, Adair,
Guthrie, Cass, Audubon, P0ttawattamie,
Shelby and Harrison Counties are consoli.
dated into one district, to be known as the
Second, with John w. Green. Collector
II fhof r,o,4inp nf ba Ctata south Of ina
counties named is consolidated into one dis
trict, known as the Fourth, with j. W. Bur
dette. Collector new appointment. AL
that portion of the State north of the coun-
ties named is constituted one district, known
as the Third, with James E. Simpson, Col
IectOr.
MICHIGAN-The State is to be divided by
line 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 II.
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.
M1ssoURI-The First and Second Districts
are consolidated, with Isaac FL. Sturgeon
Collector. He will probably make St.
ALOulo lliS 1IC Illell
Sixth are consolidated, with Philip Dopplsr,
Collector.
MINNEsoTA-The First and Second are
consolidated, with William Bickel, Collector.
He will probably be located tSt. Paul.
OHIo-The Third and Sixth Districts are
consolidated, with George p. Durham, Col
lector. His headquarters will probably be-
Dayton. The Seventh and Eleventh are
consolidated, with Marcus Boggs Collector.
His headquarters will probably be at Chilli
cothe. The Fourth and Tenth are consol-
dated, with John p. KumAer, 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