Chapter LVI. *to establish the Collection District of Chicago.* July 16, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Collection district of Chicago established
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Chap. LVI.— An Act *to establish the Collection District of Chicago.* July 16, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Collection district of Chicago established. That a collection district be, and hereby is, established upon the western shore of Lake Michigan, to be called the District of Chicago, within which the port Chicago made the port of entry.of Chicago shall be a port of entry. The said district shall include the territory, harbors, rivers, and waters, on the western shore of said lake Said district designated.from the line dividing the States of Indiana and Illinois, northward to the town and River Sheboygan, and inclusive of the same, which are within the Territory of Wisconsin.
A collector shall be appointed for A collector to be appointed.said district, who shall receive the same amount of annual compensation as the collector of the District of Michillimackinac. Approved, July 16, 1846.