Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION.
H. R. 734.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 24, 1849.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Hunt, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill:
A BILL
To extend the revenue laws of the United States over the
territory and waters of Upper California, and to create a
collection district therein.

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10 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the revenue laws of the United States
be, and are hereby, extended to and over the main land
and waters of all that portion of territory ceded to the
United States by the “treaty of peace, friendship, and
limits between the United States of America and the
Mexican republic,” concluded on the second day of Feb-
ruary, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, here-
tofore designated and known as Upper California.

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5 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the
ports, harbors, bays, rivers, and waters of the main land of
the territory of Upper California shall constitute a collec-
tion district by the name of Upper California, and a port
of entry shall be, and is hereby, established for said dis-
trict at San Francisco, on the bay of San Francisco, and
a collector of the customs shall be appointed by the
President of the United States, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to reside at said port of entry.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That ports of
delivery shall be, and are hereby, established in the collec-
tion district aforesaid, at San Diego, Monterey, and at some
convenient point within the territory of the United States,
to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, as near
as may be to the junction of the rivers Gila and Colorado,
at the head of the Gulf of California. And the collector
of the said district of California is hereby authorized to
appoint, with the approbation of the Secretary of the
Treasury, three deputy collectors, to be stationed at the
ports of delivery aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the collec-
tor of said district shall be allowed a compensation of
fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the fees and com-
missions allowed by law; and the said deputy collectors
shall each be allowed a compensation of one thousand

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2 dollars per annum, and the fees and commissions allowed
by law.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, until other-
wise provided by law, all violations of the revenue laws
of the United States, committed within the district of
Upper California, shall be prosecuted in the district court
of Louisiana, or the supreme court of Oregon, which
courts shall have original jurisdiction and may take cog-
nizance of all cases arising under the revenue laws in the
said district of Upper California, and shall proceed therein
in the same manner and with the like effect as if such
cases had arisen within the district or territory where the
prosecution shall be brought.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the tenth day of March next.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the revenue laws of the United States be, and are hereby, extended to and over the main land and waters of all that portion of territory ceded to the United States by the “treaty of peace, friendship, and limits between the United States of America and the Mexican republic,” concluded on the second day of Feb- ruary, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, here- tofore designated and known as Upper California.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5	Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the ports, harbors, bays, rivers, and waters of the main land of the territory of Upper California shall constitute a collec- tion district by the name of Upper California, and a port of entry shall be, and is hereby, established for said dis- trict at San Francisco, on the bay of San Francisco, and a collector of the customs shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to reside at said port of entry. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That ports of delivery shall be, and are hereby, established in the collec- tion district aforesaid, at San Diego, Monterey, and at some convenient point within the territory of the United States, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, as near as may be to the junction of the rivers Gila and Colorado, at the head of the Gulf of California. And the collector of the said district of California is hereby authorized to appoint, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, three deputy collectors, to be stationed at the ports of delivery aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the collec- tor of said district shall be allowed a compensation of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the fees and com- missions allowed by law; and the said deputy collectors shall each be allowed a compensation of one thousand
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6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2	dollars per annum, and the fees and commissions allowed by law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, until other- wise provided by law, all violations of the revenue laws of the United States, committed within the district of Upper California, shall be prosecuted in the district court of Louisiana, or the supreme court of Oregon, which courts shall have original jurisdiction and may take cog- nizance of all cases arising under the revenue laws in the said district of Upper California, and shall proceed therein in the same manner and with the like effect as if such cases had arisen within the district or territory where the prosecution shall be brought. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the tenth day of March next.