PASSED AT ખાસ સ ી THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ALL PUBLIC TREATIES MADE AND RATIFIED SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD, THAT AFFECT ANY LAW OR TREATY OF THE UNITED STATES. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. WASHINGTON: JOHN T. TOWERS, PRINTER. ACTS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION, WHICH WAS BEGUN ANd held at THE CITY OF JAMES K. POLK, President. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Vice President. JOHN W. 1945. CHAP. 1-AN ACT to extend the laws of the United States over the State of [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- U. S. extended SEC. 2. And be it fur her enacted, That the said State of The State of of District Attor- ney & Marshal SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, That there shall be ap- Salary and fees each of whom shall receive an annual salary of two hundred dollars, and also such compensation and fees for official services as have been or may be provided by law for United States district attorneys and marshals; and the judge of said Clerk of said Court shall appoint a clerk therefor, who shall receive like comcourt to be ap-pointed. pensation and fees as have been or may be allowed by law to clerks of the district and circuit courts of the United States. JOHN W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States Approved, December 29, 1845. " and President of the Senate. JAMES K. POLK. trict,and Galves. CHAP. 2.-AN ACT to establish a collection district in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. The State of SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreTexas made one sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asCollection Dissembled, That the State of Texas shall be one collection diston the port of trict and the city of Galveston the only port of entry, to which shall be annexed Sabine, Velasco, Matagorda, Cavallo, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, as ports of delivery only. entry. Ports of delivery. A collector to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a collector for the be appointed. district of Texas aforesaid shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold his office upon the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. collector shall reside at the city of Galveston, and he shall be 20 s Salary of col- entitled to a salary not exceeding two thousand dollars, inclu Tector. Surveyors to each of the ports The said ding in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any one year for fees exceeding the said sum of two thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, That a surveyor for each be appointed for of the aforesaid ports of delivery, to wit: Sabine, Velasco, of delivery. Matagorda, Cavallo, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, shall be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold their offices respectively upon the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. The said surveyors shall be entitled each to Their salaries a salary not exceeding one thousand dollars, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount collected by any of said surveyors in any one year for fees exceeding the said sum of one thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. and fees. Approved, December 31, 1845. |