Chapter II. *to establish a Collection District in the State of Texas, and for other Purposes.* Dec. 31, 1845. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Texas made one collection district and Galveston the port of entry
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Chap. II.— An Act *to establish a Collection District in the State of Texas, and for other Purposes.* Dec. 31, 1845. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Texas made one collection district and Galveston the port of entry. That the State of Texas shall be one collection district and the city of Galveston the only port of entry, to which shall be annexed Sabine, Velasco, Matagorda, Ports of delivery.Cavallo, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, as ports of delivery only.
Sec. 2. A collector to be appointed. *And be it further enacted,* That a collector for the District of Texas aforesaid shall be appointed by the President, with the ad-vice 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 said collector shall reside at the Salary of collector.city of Galveston, and he shall be entitled to a salary not exceeding two thousand dollars, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any one year for fees exceeding the said sum of two thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States.
Sec. 3. Surveyors to be appointed for each of the ports of delivery. *And be it further enacted,* That a surveyor for each of the aforesaid ports of delivery, to wit, Sabine, Velasco, Matagorda, Cavallo, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, shall be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold their offices respectively upon the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. The said surveyors Their salaries and fees.shall be entitled each to a salary not exceeding one thousand dollars, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount collected by any of said surveyors in any one year for fees, exceeding the said sum of one thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States.
Approved, December 31, 1845.