United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 49
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XLIX.—An Act respecting the compensation of the collectors therein mentioned.
Additional annual allowance to the collector of the customs at Edgartown.
And to the collector of the customs, Plymouth.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the last day of March instant, there shall be allowed and paid, annually, in addition to the sum now allowed by law to the collector of the customs for Edgartown, in the state of Massachusetts, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; and to the collector of the customs for Plymouth, in the state of North Carolina, there shall also be paid annually the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the fees and other emoluments of office.
Per centum allowance to the collectors of Middletown and Newburyport.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of March instant, there shall be allowed to the collector of the customs for Middletown, in Connecticut, and to the collector of the customs in Newburyport, in the state of Massachusetts, three per centum on all moneys by them received on account of the duties upon importation and on tonnage.
Approved, March 3, 1817.