Chapter 88. to amend sections twenty-five hundred and eighty-six and twenty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States by creating the collection district of Yaquina in the State of Oregon and authorizing the appointment of a collector therein
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CHAP. 88.— An Act to amend sections twenty-five hundred and eighty-six and twenty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States by creating the collection district of Yaquina in the State of Oregon and authorizing the appointment of a collector therein.Apr. 25, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Collection districts, Oregon.[R. S. 2586, 511, amended](/us/rs/t/s2586/511).Five collection districts.
That section twenty-five hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 2586. There shall be in the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington five collection districts, as follows: “First. Boundaries prescribed.Southern district of Oregon. The southern district of Oregon; to comprise all of the waters and shores of that part of the State of Oregon lying south and east of the north bank of the Siuslaw River; in which Coos Bay, in Coos County, shall be the port of entry, and Ellensburg, at the mouth of Rogue River, Port Orford, and Gardner, on the Umpqua River, ports of delivery.
“Second. Yaquina. The district of Yaquina; to comprise all the waters and shores lying north and east of the north bank of the Siuslaw River to the north bank of the Salmon River, and west of the summit of the Cascade Range of mountains; in which Yaquina shall be the port of entry and Newport a port of delivery. “Third. District of Oregon The district of Oregon; to comprise all the waters and shores lying north and east of the north bank of the Salmon River to the forty-sixth and one-half degree of north latitude, and west of the Coast Range of mountains to the forty-eighth degree of north latitude, except that portion situated above the junction of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers and drained by those rivers and tributary waters; in which Astoria shall be the port of entry.
“Fourth. Willamette. The district of Willamette; to comprise all the waters and shores lying north and east of the north bank of the Salmon River to the forty-sixth and one-half degree of north latitude, and west of the Coast Range of mountains to the forty-eighth degree of north latitude, above the junction of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, and drained by those rivers and their tributary waters, and all other portions of said State drained by said Willamette River or its tributaries; in which Portland shall be the port of entry.
“Fifth. Puget Sound. The district of Puget Sound; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington not included in the districts of the southern district of Oregon, Yaquina, Oregon, and Willamette; in which Port Townsend shall be the port of entry.” " Sec. 2. [R. S. 2587, 512, amended](/us/rs/t/s2587/512). That section twenty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 2587.
Officers’ residence; compensation. There shall be in the collection districts in the State of Oregon and the Territory of Washington the following officers: “first. In the southern district of Oregon, a collector, who shall reside at Empire City, and three deputy collectors, who may be appointed by the collector, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and of whom one shall reside at Ellensburg, one at Port Orford, and one at Gardner. “Second. In the district of Yaquina, a collector, who shall reside at Yaquina, and who shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars a year, with the fees allowed by law, and a commission on all customs money collected and accounted for by him, such salary, fees, and commissions not to exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars per year.
“Third. In the district of Oregon, a collector, who shall reside at Astoria. “Fourth. In the district of Willamette, a collector and an appraiser, who shall reside at Portland. “Fifth. In the district of Puget Sound, a collector, who shall reside at Port Townsend.” " Approved, April 25, 1882.