Chapter 227. to amend sections twenty-five hundred and ninety-five and twenty-five hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide a collector at the port of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 227.— An Act to amend sections twenty-five hundred and ninety-five and twenty-five hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide a collector at the port of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and for other purposes.May 2, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Minnesota.Customs districts. That sections twenty-five hundred and ninety-five and twenty-five hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 2595. That there shall be in the State of Minnesota two collection[R. S., sec. 2595, p. 513. amended](/us/rs/t/s2595/p513). districts, as follows: “First. The district of Minnesota: to comprise all the territory of the United States east of the western line of the State of Minnesota, and west of the westerly line of the State of Wisconsin, except the waters and shores of Lake Superior and the rivers flowing into the Saint Paul to be a port of entry.same, in which Saint Paul shall be the port of entry, and Saint Vincent a subport of entry and delivery.
“Second. The District of Duluth: to comprise all the waters and shores of Lake Superior and the rivers connected therewith, Immediate transportation privileges to Duluth.Vol. 21, p. 174.within the State of Minnesota, in which Duluth shall be the port of entry and delivery, with the privilege of immediate transportation as defined by section seven, of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled ‘An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,’ being chapter one hundred and ninety, volume twenty-one, of the Statutes at Large.
” “Sec. 2590. There shall be in the collection districts of the State[R. S., sec. 2596. p. 513, amended](/us/rs/t/s2596/p513). of Minnesota the following officers: “First. In the district of Minnesota, a collector, who shall resideCollector to reside at Saint Paul. at Saint Paul and whose compensation shall be the same as that provided for the collectors named in section twenty-six hundred and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and a deputy collector who shall reside at Saint Vincent.
“Second. In the district of Duluth, a collector, who shall reside at At Duluth.Duluth.” " Approved, May 2, 1888.