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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 be may perform and
no more.
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03/30/1848
Passed the House of Representatives,
March 30th AD. 1848.
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk
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390
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H R 390.
An Act
To make Ship Island, in the Collect[?] District of Pearl River a Port of del[?] and to authorize the appointment [?] (Surveyor) ^deputy collector^ for said Port.
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[Recd?] March 31
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04/07/1848
In Senate of the U. State[?]
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, [&c?] the title amended.
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In Senate of the United States,
April 7. 1848
Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Act to make Ship Island, in the collection district of Pearl river, a port of delivery, and to authorise the appointment of a surveyor for said port” do pass with the following:
Amendments:
Line 7 after the word “appoint” strike out to and including the word “establish” in the 17th line, and insert in lieu thereof as Line 17 follows: [...?] “Surveyor” and insert in [...?] the word a Deputy Collector to reside at said port of Ship Island, who is hereby authorised to perform the duties of a collector of the customs, and who shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath contained in, and in the manner pres-cribed by, the 7th section of the act of the third march eighteen hundred and seventeen entitled “an act to continue in force an act entitled ‘an act further to provide for the collections of duties on imports and tonnage” &c. and who shall give a bond for the true and faithful dis-charge of his duties in the same manner as
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collectors, Naval Officers and Surveyors are required to give bonds under existing laws
Line 17 Strike out the word “Surveyor” and insert in lieu thereof Deputy Collector.
Title. Strike out the word “Surveyor” and insert in lieu thereof Deputy Collector
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Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary
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H R. 390
Amendments
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Partially Printed Document, 6 page(s), Volume Volume 1, RG 233, Entry 362: Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB,