Chapter 814.
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CHAP. 814.— An act to reorganize and establish the customs collection district of Puget Sound.August 28, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Puget Sound customs collection district, reorganized, etc.To comprise State of Washington.Port Townsend, port of entry.Tacoma and Seattle, subports of entry and delivery with Immediate transportation privileges.Vol. 21, p. 174. That the customs collection district of Puget Sound be, and the same hereby is, reorganized and established to comprise the State of Washington, in which Port Townsend shall be the port of entry.
Sec. 2. That Tacoma and Seattle, in said collection district, each of them be, and hereby is, constituted a subport of entry and delivery in said collection district, 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; that a deputy collector andDeputy collectors, etc. such other officers of the customs as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be appointed to reside at each of said subports and that, subject to the supervision of the collector of customs at Port Townsend, the deputy collector at each of saidFunctions of deputies. subports is hereby authorized to enter and clear vessels, receive entries, collect duties, fees, and other moneys, and generally to perform the functions prescribed by law for collectors of customs, and Port Angeles and some suitable place on Bellingham Bay, and Gray’sPort Angeles, and other ports to be designated by Secretary of Treasury, to be subports of entry.
Harbor (to be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, as the interests of commerce may require), and such other ports as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time designate, shall be subports of entry; and customs officers shall be stationed at suchCustoms officers at subports of entry.Their duties. subports with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys and perform such other services and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the Secretary of the TreasuryCompensation. the exigencies of commerce may require.
Sec. 3. That the salary of the collector of customs for the districtPay of collector. of Puget Sound shall be three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and that of the deputy collectors at Tacoma and SeattlePay of deputy collectors. each two thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 4. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisionsRepeal.[R.S., sec. 2586, p. 512](/us/rs/s2586/p512). of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, August 28, 1890. Chapter 815: to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four Chapter 815 26 Stat. 363 1890-08-29 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.
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