Chapter 1093.
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CHAP. 1093.— An act to amend an act approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, changing the boundaries of the fourth collection district of Virginia.October 12, 1888 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Customs districts, Virginia. That an act entitled “An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and fifty-two of the FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 1093, 1094. 1888.553 Revised Statutes, and to change the boundaries of the fourth collection[R.
S., sec. 2552, p. 503, amended](/us/rs/s2552/p503).Vol. 22, p. 103. district of Virginia,” approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, further amended so that it shall read: " “That the district of Newport News shall comprise all the watersNewport News District. and shores from the point forming the south shore of the mouth of the Rappahannock River, along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay, to Back River lighthouse; thence to a point south of Old Point Comfort midway in the channel of Hampton Roads; thence in a southwesterly direction to Pig Point lighthouse; thence along the south shore of the James River to a point on the peninsula formed by the James and York Rivers opposite Williamsburgh, and thence across said peninsula to the south bank of York River, so as to embrace in said district, in addition to the ports heretofore included, Hampton and Newport News; in which Newport News shall be the port ofPorts of entry and delivery. entry, and Yorktown a port of delivery.
” " Sec. 2. That section two of the said act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read: " “Sec. 2. The district of Norfolk and Portsmouth to comprise all theNorfolk and Portsmouth district. waters and shores within the State of Virginia southward of the District of Newport News, as above described, and not included in the districts of Petersburgh and Richmond; in which Norfolk and PortsmouthPorts of entry and delivery. shall be the sole ports of entry, and Suffolk and Smithfield the ports of delivery.
” " Approved, October 12, 1888. Chapter 1094: concerning the settlement of the boundary-lines between Connecticut and Rhode Island. Chapter 1094 25 Stat. 553 1888-10-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public
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