PUMIc. c.-No. 3.
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AN ACT to establish collection district in

 the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

 CSEc. l.] Be tt enacted by he Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ID Congress assembled 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, Ve- lasco, Matagorda, Cavalo, La Vaca, and Cor pus Christi, as ports of delivery only.

 Sec. 2. And De n further enacted, That collector for the district of Texas aforesaid shall be appointed by the President, with the advice 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 city of Galveston, and he shall be enti- tied to salary not exceeding two thousand dol. lars, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any 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. find De n further enacted, That a surveyor for each of the aforesaid ports of deliv- cry, to wit: Sabine, Velasco. Matagorda, Caval- 10, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, shall be ap- pointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hoiu theit ouCcs TespcctFtIy upon tne terms and for the time prescribed by law for the ike offices in other districts. The sad surveyors shall be entitled each to 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 treasu- " of the United States.

 Approved, December 3l, l845.