A Bill

To establish the Collection District1 of Brazos Santiago and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that all that part of the Collection District2 of Saluria, North and west of ^the north end of^ Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico, be and the same is hereby made a Collection District3 which shall be known as the District of Brazos Santiago; and that Point Isabel be and the same is hereby made the Port of Entry of the said District.

Sec: 2d. Be it further enacted that a Collector for the said district of Brazos Santiago shall be appointed, by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall reside at Point Isabel and hold his office for the terms and the time prescribed by law for the like office in other districts, and who shall be entitled to a salary not exceeding seventeen hundred and fifty ^dollars^ per annum, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any one year for fees, exceeding the said sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, shall be accounted for and paid in to the Treasury of the United States.

Strike out in the first section the words “in the State of Texas”

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that any merchandise which shall have been duly entered at the said Port of Entry and the duties thereon paid or secured according to law, may be transported by land to Fort Brown on the Rio Grande or any other place near the said Fort Brown which may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury and be thence exported with the privilege of drawback to any foreign Country—provided that such exportation shall be made within one year from the date of importation and under the conditions and provisions of the act entitled “An Act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Sante Fe in Mexico: and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States” approved March 3, 1845.

Sec 4. Bet it furthur enacted that the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint an additional inspector who shall reside at Fort Brown or such other place as may be designated by him as aforesaid and who shall inspect all merchandise entitled to drawback under the provisions of this act and otherwise protect the revenue.

Sec 5. Bet it furthur enacted, that any merchandise which shall have been duly entered at the Port of Corpus Christi and the duties thereon paid or secured according to law may be transported to Laredo4 on the Rio Grande and from thence exported to Mexico with the privilege of drawback, provided that such exportation shall be made within from year from the date of importation and under the conditions and provisions of the act entitled “An Act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Sante Fe in Mexico and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United ^States^ approved March 3, 1845.” And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorised to appoint and additional inspector. to reside at Loredo who shall inspect all merchandise entitled to drawback under the provisions of this act, and otherwise protect the revenue.

Sec 6. Be it furthur enacted, that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to appoint a deputy collector to reside at Chesapeake city in the state of Maryland with authority to grant enrollments and licences to vessels, provided that the compensation of the said deputy collector shall be the usual fees of office and nothing more.

Sec 7. And be it furthur enacted, that the owners of vessels residing on New River in Onslow County in the State of North Carolina shall have the privilege

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of taking out Registers or Enrolments and Licences at Wilmington in said State and the Collector of that district is hereby authorized to grant the same on the conditions now required by law.