Chapter 29. to change the name of the customs collection district and port of Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 29.— An Act to change the name of the customs collection district and port of Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles, and for other purposes.March 31, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,March 31, 1892. That the customs collection district of Wilmington, California, shall hereafter be designated and known as the district of Los Angeles, in which the city of Los Angeles shall be the port of entry, and at which place the collector of customs for said district shall reside.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, from timeCalifornia. Customs district changed from Wilmington to Los Angeles. R. S., sec. 2382, p. 511; Vol. 22, p. 105. to time, places within said district at which customs officers may be stationed, with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services as in his judgment the interests of commerce may require. Sec. 3. That the provisions of the first and seventh sections of theStations of officers. act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An Immediate transportation privileges to Los Angeles.
Vol. 21, pp. 173, 174.act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, extended to the said port of Los Angeles. Sec. 4. That the port of Wilmington, in said district, is hereby abolished.Port of Wilmington abolished. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 31, 1892.