Chapter 3436. To establish an additional collection district in the State of Texas, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 3436.— An Act To establish an additional collection district in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. June 19, 1906. [[H. R. 10715](/us/bill/59/hr/10715).] [[Public, No. 246](/us/pl/59/246).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and United of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That an additional collection Customs.Sabine, Tex., collection district established.R. S., sec. 2578, p. 509, amended.Description. district in the State of Texas shall be, and is hereby, established, to be known as the district of Sabine, to comprise all of that portion of the State of Texas formerly embraced in the district of Galveston and now hereby detached therefrom, beginning on the Gulf of Mexico at the center of the stream of Sabine Pass; thence north with the center of the stream of Sabine Pass to Sabine Lake: thence with the center of the stream of Sabine Lake to a point directly opposite to the Sabine River: thence north with the east shores of the Sabine River to the north boundary line of Shelby County, Texas; thence west to the Neches River; thence down said river with its west shores to a north boundary line of Jefferson Comity: thence in a westerly direction with the said north boundary line to the cast boundary line of Liberty County.
Texas: thence south to the Gulf of Mexico; thence in an easterly direction along the Gulf shores to the place of Port Arthur made port of entry.beginning; that Port Arthur, in the county of Jefferson, shall be the port of entry for said district, and Sabine, in the county of Jefferson, *Provisos*.Port Arthur Ship Canal, etc., conveyed to United states.shall be a subport of entry: *Provided*, That there shall be conveyed to the United States, free of cost, a valid title to the line of water communication between Taylors Bayou and Sabine Pass, known as the 303Port Arthur Ship Canal, together with a valid title to the existing turning basin and to the artificial slip on which the lumber dock of the Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company is built; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept the said waterways as the property of the United States upon the delivery to him of a clear and indefeasible title thereto; and the said waterways shall thereupon become free public waters of the United States, and be subject to the laws heretofore enacted and that may be hereafter enacted by Congress for the maintenance, preservation, protection, and regulation of navigable waters: *Provided further*, That the company or corporation conveying Additional land conveyed.title to said canal as aforesaid shall also convey to the United States, free of cost, the fee to a strip of land one hundred and fifty feet wide along the westerly margin of the canal, except that where the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company prevents the transfer of such strip of land along the westerly margin of said canal there shall be conveyed such strip on the easterly margin thereof as may be necessary to make up such one hundred and fifty feet of width, with the reservation that until Congress shall have authorized and provided for the enlargement and widening of said canal the said company or corporation, its successors or assigns, shall have the right to control, Temporary control.occupy, and use the said strip of land and every part thereof in the same manner and to the same extent as before the execution and delivery of the conveyance, and also the right to transfer, lease, sell, Right to sell, etc., subject to grant.quitclaim, or otherwise dispose of said property and every part thereof, subject to the grant made to the United States: *And provided further*, Effect.That this Act shall take effect only when the foregoing requirements shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War.
And the charges for the use of said docks and wharves shall Charges for use of docks. etc.be just and reasonable and shall not be greater than charges for similar services at other ports of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico. Sec. 2. That a collector for the district of Sabine aforesaid shall be Appointment of collector.appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold his office upon the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts.
The Residence at Port Arthur.Salary, etc.said collector shall reside at Port Arthur, the port of entry, and shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars a year in addition to the fees allowed by law, the total compensation not to exceed in the aggregate three thousand dollars. Sec. 3. That Sabine, in the State of Texas, shall he, and is hereby, Sabine made sub- port of entry, etc., with immediate transportation facilities.Vol. 21, p. 174.made a subport of entry and delivery in the customs district of Sabine, with the privileges 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.deputy collector and such other officers of the customs as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be appointed Duties.to reside at said subport: and that, subject to the supervision of the collector at Port Arthur, the deputy collector of said subport is hereby authorized to license and enroll, 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 perform such other services and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of commerce may require.
Approved, June 19, 1906.