Chapter CIII. *relative to the Port of Camden, New Jersey.* Feb. 28, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the port of Camden, inPort of Camden annexed to the collection district of Philadelphia
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CHAP. CIII.— An Act *relative to the Port of Camden, New Jersey.* Feb. 28, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the port of Camden, inPort of Camden annexed to the collection district of Philadelphia.Assistant collector at Camden;to receive instructions from the collector at Philadelphia.Salary. the State of New Jersey, be, and the same is hereby, annexed to the collection district of Philadelphia, and that an assistant collector, to be appointed in accordance with the laws of the United States, shall reside at Camden, who shall have power to enter and clear vessels in like manner as the collector of Philadelphia is authorized 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 Philadelphia; and that the said assistant collector shall receive for his annual salary fifteen hundred dollars in full for all services to be by him performed, and in lieu of commissions and fees.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the assistant collector, appointedAssistant collector may enroll and license certain vessels engaged in the coasting trade and fisheries.Such licenses, &c. to be valid. under this act, be, and he hereby is, authorized to enroll and license, according to the laws of the United States, all vessels engaged in the coasting trade and fisheries, owned in whole or in part by residents of that portion of the Bridgeton district lying north of Alloway’s creek, in the county of Salem, in the State of New Jersey.
And all such enrolments and licenses shall be as valid and effectual as if they had been effected in any other port of the United States; and the said assistant 418 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 103, 143, 144. 1867. Responsibilities of collector.collector, in the enrolment and licensing of vessels, shall be subject to the laws of the United States, and liable to all the penalties and responsibilities imposed upon collectors in like cases. Approved, February 28, 1867.