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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 29 STAT. · March 20, 1896 · Chapter 62

Chapter 62. To extend the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans

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CHAP. 62.— An Act To extend the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans.March 20, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*New Orleans customs district.Limits extended.R. S., sec. 2568, p. 507, amended.Vol. 25, p. 339. That the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans shall be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to include that portion of the parish of Jefferson on the west bank of the Mississippi River lying between the upper line of the parish of Orleans, west bank, the west bank of the said river to a point opposite the upper boundary line of the parish of Orleans, east bank, a line drawn thence back four thousand feet, perpendicular to said river, and a line drawn thence parallel to the Mississippi River until it intersects said upper parish boundary line, west bank; and so as further to include that portion of the parish of Saint Bernard lying between the lower boundary line of the parish of Orleans, east bank, the east bank of the Mississippi River to a point three miles below said lower boundary, a line drawn thence back four thousand feet parallel to said lower boundary line, and a line drawn thence parallel to the Mississippi River, until it intersects said lower boundary line of the parish of Orleans.
Approved, March 20, 1896. Chapter 63: To authorize the First National Bank of Sprague, Washington, to change its location and name. 29 Stat. 73 1896-03-20 Chapter 63 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 2025-10-30 54 2 public FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 63–65. 1896.73
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