Chapter CCLIII. to make San Diego, in the State of California, a Port of Entry
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CHAP. CCLIII.— An Act to make San Diego, in the State of California, a Port of Entry.March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatCollection district of San Diego established. the counties of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardo, and San Diego, in the State of California, are hereby detached from the collection district of San Francisco; and all the territory, ports, harbors, rivers, and waters of said counties shall constitute a collection district by the name of the San Diego district;San Diego made a port of entry. and the city of San Diego, on the bay of San Diego, is hereby established as the sole port of entry for said district; and the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,586FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 254, 255. 1873. shallCollector, residence and pay. appoint a collector, to reside at said port, whose compensation shall be three thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 2. ThatInspectors, weighers, gaugers, &c.; the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to appoint such inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, and other officers as may be necessary for the collection of the revenue at said port; and the collector of said port may, with the approbation of said Secretary,Inspectors for San Pedro and Santa Barbara. appoint inspectors, whose compensation shall be one thousand dollars each per annum, for each of the ports of San Pedro and Santa Barbara, which shall continue to be ports of delivery.
Approved, March 3, 1873.