United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 34
Chap. XXXIV.—An Act to establish the districts of Gennessee, of Buffaloe Creek, and of Miami; and to alter the port of entry of the district of Erie.
District of Gennessee established.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty-first day of March next, all the shores and waters of the lake Ontario, and the river and waters connected therewith, lying within the jurisdiction of the United States, and within the state of New York, to the westward of the western extremity of Sodus bay, but excluding all the rivers and waters emptying into the said bay, and to the eastward of the eastern extremity of a certain creek or bay, lying between Niagara and the Gennessee river, and known by the name of Oak Orchard creek, shall be a district, to be called the district of Gennessee, of which the river Gennessee shall be the sole port of entry;Collector to be appointed, &c. and a collector for said district shall be appointed, to reside on the river Gennessee.
District of Buffaloe creek established.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the shores, rivers and waters heretofore belonging to the district of Niagara, which empty into Lake Erie, or into the river Niagara, above the falls of Niagara, shall, from and after the thirty-first day of March next, be a district, to be called the district of Buffaloe Creek, of which Buffaloe Creek shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed, to reside on Buffaloe Creek.Collector to be appointed, &c. &c.
District of Miami established.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirty-first day of March next, all the shores, rivers and waters of Lake Erie, within the jurisdiction of the United States, which lie between the west bank of Vermilion river, and the north cape, or extremity of Miami bay, into which the river Miami of Lake Erie empties itself,Port of entry at or near Sandusky, and two others, in the discretion of the President, may be established as ports of delivery―collector and surveyors to be appointed, &c. &c. and including all the waters of the said river Miami, shall be a district, to be called the district of Miami; and the President of the United States is authorized to establish such place at or near Sandusky, or on the said river Miami, to be the port of entry, as he shall judge expedient, and also to establish, not exceeding two other places, to be ports of delivery only; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed, to reside at the port of entry, and surveyors to reside at such ports of delivery as may be established, as aforesaid.
President may designate port of entry in district of Erie.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized to designate such place in the district of Erie, as he shall judge expedient, to be the port of entry of the said district.
Allowances to the officers to be appointed under this act.
1799, ch. 23.
1803, ch. 26.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several collectors and surveyors who may be appointed by virtue of this act, or by virtue of the third section of an act passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, which authorized the establishment of a new collection district on Lake Ontario, in addition to the fees and commissions allowed by law, respectively, receive the same annual salary, which by law is allowed to the collectors and surveyors of the several districts comprising the northern and western boundaries of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1805.