Chapter XXXIII. *to annex a part of the state of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of Collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St
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Chap. XXXIII.— An Act *to annex a part of the state of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of Collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sacket’s Harbor, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi to make two new districts, to be called the Districts of Sandusky and Teche; and for other purposes.*March 2, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Part of the state of New Jersey added to the district of New York.
That all that part of the state of New Jersey, which lies north and east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the district of New York; that an assistant collector, to be appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States, shall reside at the town of Jersey, who shall have power to enter and clear vessels in 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 and1799, ch. 22 sec. 5. 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 one thousand 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 all that part of the MiamiDistrict of Sandusky. district, lying east of the western cape of Sandusky bay, shall be a district, to be called the district of Sandusky: and the President is hereby1805, ch. 34. authorized to designate such place in the district of Sandusky, as he shall judge expedient, to be the port of entry of the said district; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at the port of entry. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That Cape Vincent in the districtCape Vincent made a port of delivery only. of Sacket’s Harbor shall, from and after the thirty-first day of May next, be a port of delivery only; and a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at the said port.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the collector’s office shall,Transfer of the collector’s office from Niagara to Lewistown, &c. &c. 1799, ch. 22, sec. 2. after the thirty-first day of May next, be removed from Fort Niagara to Lewistown, which last mentioned place shall in future be the residence of the collector: and also that the office of the collector of the customs, for the district of Buffaloe creek, shall be kept at such place or places in the town of Buffaloe as the President of the United States shall designate. 658 ELEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 34, 36. 1811. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatVessels from or beyond the Cape of Good Hope may enter at Plymouth. ships or vessels, arriving from and after the first day of May next from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to make entry at Plymouth and Nantucket ports of entry in the state of Massachusetts. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatBangor made a port of delivery. from and after the first day of May next, Bangor, in the district of Penobscot, in the state of Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby made a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Penobscot; and that a surveyor be appointed to reside at the said port of delivery.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* ThatDistrict of Teche established. all that part of the collection district of Mississippi, which includes the waters of the river Teche, and all the shores, bays and rivers, west of the Atchafalaya, be, and the same is hereby established as a new district, to be called the district of Teche; that Nova Iberia be the port of entry for the same; and that a collector be appointed to reside at the port of entry. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* ThatSurveyor to be appointed, to reside at the mouth of Rappahannock. a surveyor be appointed to reside at or near the mouth of the Rappahannock river, at such place as the President of the United States shall designate.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That the several collectors and surveyors,Compensations of the collectors and surveyors.1799, ch. 22. who may be appointed by virtue of this act, and whose salaries are not fixed by a preceding section, shall, in addition to the fees and commissions authorized by law, receive respectively the same annual salary which by law is allowed to the collectors and surveyors of the districts bordering on Lake Erie. Approved, March 2, 1811. Chapter XXXIV: to extend the time for completing the third census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States. 2 Stat. 658 1811-03-02 Chapter XXXIV Charles C.
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*to annex a part of the state of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of Collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St
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