Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 255.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 29, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Thibodeaux, from the Committee on Commerce reported the following bill:
A BILL
To establish a collection district in the State of Georgia.

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5 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That a collection district be, and the same is
hereby, erected and established in the State of Georgia, to
be known as the Augusta district, and that the city of
Augusta, in the county of Richmond, in said State, be,
and the same is hereby, made a port of entry.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said col-
lection district of Augusta, shall include all the waters,
shores, and inlets of Savannah river above the mouth of
Briar creek, in Scriven county, Georgia, and that the city
of Augusta, aforesaid, shall be the only port of entry in

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5 said collection district, and Augusta and Hamburg, in
South Carolina, shall be the only ports of delivery in said
district.
Sec. And be it further enacted, That a collector
and such other revenue officers as may be necessary
shall be appointed for said district, who shall reside at
Augusta, and whose compensation shall be the usual fees
and forfeitures provided by law, and no more.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a collection district be, and the same is hereby, erected and established in the State of Georgia, to be known as the Augusta district, and that the city of Augusta, in the county of Richmond, in said State, be, and the same is hereby, made a port of entry. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said col- lection district of Augusta, shall include all the waters, shores, and inlets of Savannah river above the mouth of Briar creek, in Scriven county, Georgia, and that the city of Augusta, aforesaid, shall be the only port of entry in
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6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5	said collection district, and Augusta and Hamburg, in South Carolina, shall be the only ports of delivery in said district. Sec. And be it further enacted, That a collector and such other revenue officers as may be necessary shall be appointed for said district, who shall reside at Augusta, and whose compensation shall be the usual fees and forfeitures provided by law, and no more.