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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 10 STAT. · August 2, 1854 · Chapter CXCIII

Chapter CXCIII. creating a Collection District in Texas and New Mexico

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Chap. CXCIII.— An Act creating a Collection District in Texas and New Mexico. August 2, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, The county at El Paso created a collection district, called the district of Paso del Norte.Frontera made a port of entry and delivery.Collector and other officers to be appointed.Collector—residence and salary.Fees exceeding $2,000 to be paid into U. S. Treasury.District court for territory of New Mexico to have jurisdiction over all cases arising in said district under revenue laws.
That the county of El Paso in the State of Texas and the Territory of New Mexico be, and they are hereby created a collection district, which shall be called the District of Paso del Norte, and Frontera within said county of El Paso is hereby made a port of entry and delivery for said district. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be a Collector of Customs appointed for said district, together with such other officers as are provided for by law. The said collector shall reside at Frontera aforesaid, and he shall be entitled to a salary, not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any one year for fees, exceeding the 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 the District Court for the Territory of New Mexico shall have and exercise jurisdiction over all cases which shall arise in the Collection District of Paso del Norte, in the administration of the revenue laws, in the same manner, as if the said district was entirely within the Territory of New Mexico. Approved, August 2, 1854.
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