provisions of the act, entitled “An act to authorize surveyors, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to enrol and license ships and vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries,” passed the eleventh day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty, as to all ships and vessels belonging to that part of the district of Bridgeton, which lies northward of Alloway’s creek, in the county of Salem.
Detroit collection district extended.Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all the waters, shores, inlets and harbours of Lake Michigan, lying south of a point fifty miles north of the mouth of Grand river, on the east side, and the like distance north of the Milwauke river on the west side of said lake, shall be, and hereby are, attached to, and made a part of, the collection district of Detroit, in the territory of Michigan, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Port of entry and district of Newark, New Jersey.Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of September next, all that part of the state of New Jersey, lying north and east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island, extending eastward as far as the Mouth of the Kill Van Kull, where it empties into the bay of New York, with all the waters of the Passaick and Hackensack rivers, shall form a collection district, to be called the district of Newark, of which the town of Newark shall be the port of entry.
Appointment and duties of collector.Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That a collector for the said district shall be appointed, to reside at Newark, who shall give bond with security, as provided by law, for the true and faithful performance of the duties of his office, in the sum of five thousand dollars, and shall be allowed three per centum on all moneys received on account of the duties arising on goods, wares, and merchandise imported, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels; and the said collector shall also receive, in addition to his other fees and emoluments allowed by law, the annual sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, subject, however, to the limitations provided by law.
Custom-house at Frenchman’s bay to be removed to Ellsworth.Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to remove the seat of the custom-house of the district of Frenchman’s bay, in the state of Maine, from its present situation to the town of Ellsworth, in said district.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
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Chap. CXXXVI.—An Act for the repair of the Mars Hill military road, in the state of Maine.
Appropriation for the repair of road.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the repair of Mars Hill military road, in the state of Maine, which sum shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; the state of Maine having, by a resolve approved the eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, agreed to assume the preservation and repair from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, on condition that the said road shall be put in a state of repair by the United States prior to the first day of January aforesaid:Proviso. Provided, That no toll shall be received or collected for the passage of any wagon or carriage, laden with the property of the United States, or any cannon or military stores belonging to the United States, or to any of the states composing this Union.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
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Chap. CXXXVII.—An Act authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and Erie Canal lands in the state of Ohio.
