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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · February 13, 1837 · Chapter XIII

Chapter XIII. to change the name of the Collection District of Dighton, in the State of Massachusetts, to Fall Direr, and for other purposes

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Chap. XIII.— An Act to change the name of the Collection District of Dighton, in the State of Massachusetts, to Fall Direr, and for other purposes.February 13, 1837. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatName of district changed; made port of entry for vessels from Cape of Good Hope, &c. from and after the first day of April next, the said District, now known and called by the name of the Dighton District, shall be called the District of Fall River, and as such shall be made a port of entry for vessels arriving from the CapeTWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 14, 15, 16. 1837.147 of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same, any law now in force to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 13, 1837. Chapter XIV: to amend an act, entitled “An act to establish branches of the mini of the United States,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. 5 Stat. 147 1837-02-13 Chapter XIV 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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