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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · July 11, 1862 · Chapter CL

Chapter CL. *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a Deputy Collector of the Customs at Chincoteague Island, in the State of Virginia.* July 11, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Trea

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Chap. CL.— An Act *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a Deputy Collector of the Customs at Chincoteague Island, in the State of Virginia.* July 11, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the TreasuryDeputy collector at Chincoteague Island. be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, according to law, a deputy collector of customs to reside on Chincoteag[u]e Island, in the State of Virginia, and to exercise such powers, under the revenue laws, as he, the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe; the compensation of the saidPay. deputy collector to be the legal fees on the business he may transact, and no more.
Approved, July 11, 1862.
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