Chapter 447. to amend the first subdivision of section twenty-five hundred and sixty eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title thirty-four, collection of duties on importsAugust 7, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble
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CHAP. 447.— An Act to amend the first subdivision of section twenty-five hundred and sixty eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title thirty-four, collection of duties on importsAugust 7, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,R. S. 2568, 508, amended.Collection district of New Orleans. That the first subdivision of section twenty-five hundred and sixty eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by striking therefrom the words “in Missouri” following the words “Saint Louis,” and by adding to said 350 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. On. 447, 448. 1882. subdivision of said section as follows: “Saint Louis as used in this section,Saint Louis, Mo., to include East Saint Louis, Ill. shall include Saint Louis, in Missouri, and East-Saint Louis, in Illinois; and the surveyor and acting collector for the port of Saint Louis may receive goods, issue landing certificates to carriers, and issue orders to inspectors of customs to open cars containing goods and packages, and generally do and perform all acts necessary to be done and performed by him in East Saint Louis, in Illinois, as well as in Saint Louis in Missouri.
” Approved, August 7, 1882.