Thirtieth Congress,
thiFirst Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.
That the President of the U S. &c.
That a collection district be, and the same is hereby, erected and established in the State of New York, to be known as the Whitehall district; and that the town of Whitehall, in the county of Washington, in said State, be, and the same is hereby, made a port of entry.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said collection district of Whitehall, shall include all the— shores and waters of lake Champlain, lying within the— county of Washington, in the State of New York, and the— county of Rutland, in the State of Vermont, and that the town of Whitehall, aforesaid, shall be the only port of entry in said collection district.
Sec. 3. 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 Whitehall, and whose compensation shall be the usual fees and forfeitures provided by law, and no more.
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05/19/1848
Passed the House of Representatives.
May 19th 1848.
Attest.
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Commerce
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H R. . . . . . . 40[5]
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An Act
^to extend certain privileges &c^ To establish a collection district [?] the State of New York.
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Amendment—Jan’y 4, 49
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12/21/[1848]
In Senate of the United S[tates]
December 21, 184[8]
Resolved, That this Bill pass[?] with amendments.
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secret[ary]
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Jany 9th 1849
Hampton.
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Passes

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In Senate of the United States,
December 21, 1848.
Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Act
to establish a collection district in the State of New York,” do pass, with the following
Amendment:
Strike out all after the enacting clause; and, in lieu thereof, the following:
That the President of the United States, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized to extend to the town of Whitehall the same privileges as are conferred on certain ports named in the seventh section of an act, entitled “An act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, in Mexico, and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States,” passed third March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, in the manner prescribed by the proviso contained in said Section.
Amend the title of the bill, by striking out all after the word “act,” and inserting: to extend certain privileges to the town of Whitehall, in the State of New York.
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Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary.

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H. R.405.
Amendments.

Partially Printed Document, 4 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,