Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Thirtieth Congress,
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BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.
That Ship Island, in the collection district of Pearl river, in the
State of Mississippi, is hereby made a port of delivery, and that
the President of the United States be authorized, with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a ^deputy collector &c^ (Surveyor to reside
at said Port of Ship Island, who shall have, in addition to
the usual powers and duties of Surveyors, authority to enter and
clean vessels employed in the coasting trade, to receive the report
and entry of vessels arriving from foreign ports not having on
board any articles subject to duty and intended to be landed
in the United States, to grant permits for the landing of passengers
and their baggage, and the landing of letter bags and mails, and

also to grant clearances to such vessels, under such regulations

and restrictions as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to
time establish,) and the compensation of the aforesaid ^Deputy Collector^ (Surveyor) shall
be the fees established by law for the services he may perform and
no more.

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03/30/1848
Passed the House of Representatives
March 30^th AD. 1848.
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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H R 390.
An Act
To make Ship Island, in the Collect[?] District of Pearl River a Port of deli[?] and to authorize the appointment [?] (Surveyor) ^deputy collector.^ for said Port.

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Rec^d March 31

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04/07/1848
In Senate of the U. States
April 7, 1848.
Resolved, That this Bill pass,
with amendments.
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary

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Amdts concurred in
May 4 amendments of Senate agreed to, &[?]
title amended.