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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 10 STAT. · August 3, 1854 · Chapter CXCIX

Chapter CXCIX. constituting San Pedro, in the State of California, a Port of Entry and Delivery

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Chap. CXCIX.— An Act constituting San Pedro, in the State of California, a Port of Entry and Delivery. August 3, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, New collection district in California. That the counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino, in the State of California, be, and they are hereby made a collection district, to be called the District of San Pedro; and San Pedro in said district, shall be, and is herebySan Pedro made a port of entry. made the port of entry for said district.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That a collector shall be appointed for said district who shall reside at San Pedro. The said collectorCollector—his salary. shall be allowed three thousand dollars per annum, with additional maximum compensation of two thousand dollars per annum, should his emoluments and fees, provided by law, amount to that sum. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That Santa Barbara, in said district,Santa Barbara to remain a port delivery. shall remain a port of delivery therein in the same manner as it now constitutes a port of delivery in the District of San Diego.
Approved, August 3, 1854.
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