Chapter LII. to annex a Part of the State of New Jersey to the Collection District of New York, and to appoint an Assistant Collector, to reside at Jersey City
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Chap. LII.— An Act to annex a Part of the State of New Jersey to the Collection District of New York, and to appoint an Assistant Collector, to reside at Jersey City.Feb. 21, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all that part of the StatePortions of New Jersey added to collection district of New York. of New Jersey which lies north and east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island, comprising the counties of Hudson and Bergen, be, and the same is hereby, annexed to the collection district of New York; that an assistant collector, to be appointed by the President of the United States, shall reside at Jersey City, who shall have power to enter and clear vessels inAssistant collector at Jersey city. like manner as the collector of New York is authorized by law to do, but such assistant collector shall, nevertheless, act in conformity to such instructions and regulations as he shall from time to time receive from the collector of New York; and that the said assistant collector shall receive for his annual salary two thousand dollars in full for all services to be bySalary. him performed, and in lieu of commissions and fees.
Approved, February 21, 1863.