Chapter CXXVII. *to establish the Collection District of Willamette, in the State of Oregon*
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CHAP. CXXVII.— An Act *to establish the Collection District of Willamette, in the State of Oregon*. June 14, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Willamette customs collection district established in Oregon. That all that portion of the district of Oregon, situated above the junction of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, and drained by said rivers and their tributary waters, is hereby constituted a collection district, to be called the Willamette district, where-FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 127, 128, 129. 1870.151of Portland shall be the port of entry; and a collector shall be appointed,Portland to be port of entry.Collector; residence, salary, &c.Vol. xvii. p. 16. for said district, to reside at Portland; and said collector shall be allowed a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, with the fees allowed by law ; such salary and fees not to exceed in any one year three thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the master of every vesselMasters of vessels entering the Columbia river from theses, end bound for Portland, to do what. entering the Columbia river from the sea, and bound for Portland, shall exhibit his papers to the collector of the port of Astoria and deposit with him a sworn copy of the manifest of cargo; and if said vessel be laden with domestic merchandise or merchandise in bond for Portland, the collector at Astoria shall permit her to proceed to her place of destination ; but if she shall have dutiable merchandise on board not bonded, he shallCustoms officer to go on board, if, &c. cause a customs officer to proceed on board said vessel to Portland, who shall see that no goods are landed from such vessel before her arrival and entry at the latter port.
And the necessary expenses, including the perExpenses. diem of such officer and the expense of his return to Astoria, shall be paid by the master of such vessel to the collector of customs at Portland, for the use of the United States, before permit shall be given to unload. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That all vessels clearing from Portland,Vessels clearing from Portland and bound to sea. and bound to sea, shall on arrival at Astoria report to the collector, and the master of every vessel so reporting shall leave a copy of his manifest, including any additional cargo taken on board after leaving Portland, with the collector at Astoria, and thereupon shall be allowed to proceed to sea.
And the master or other person in charge or commandPenalty upon those in charge of vessel for neglect, &c. of any vessel entering the Columbia river from the sea, or clearing from Portland and bound to sea as hereintofore described, who shall neglect to exhibit his papers or to report to the collector or to deposit his manifest as herein required, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That when a vessel shall arrive atVessels arriving at Astoria from sea with merchandise for that place and Portland.
Astoria from sea having merchandise on board for that place and also for Portland, such vessel shall enter at Astoria and discharge such portion of her cargo as is destined for that place, whereupon the collector shall cause her hatches to be closed and sealed, and shall then permit her to proceed to Portland in charge of a customs officer as hereinbefore provided. Approved, June 14, 1870.