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THIRTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 74, 75. 1852. 25 for the ports of entry for the collection districts of Puget’s Sound and Umpqua, in the Territory of Oregon, upon receiving satisfactory information as to the best location for said ports, instead of the places now established by law in said districts respectively. Sec. 2. And be itfunfher enacted, That the annual compensation of Pict collector the collector at Astoria, in the collection district of Oregon, in said mi l°’i”-· Territory, be, and the same is hereby fixed at the sum of" three thousand dollars, including the fees of his office, commencing on the first day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty; and in no event shall he be allowed a greater amount than said sum of three thousand dollars, so including the present fees of his office as aforesaid. Approved, July 21, 1852. Cntr. LE(IV.—An Act supplementary to "An Act providing for the taking of the July 30, 1862. seventh and subszieent Censuses of the United States, and to jix the number of the -————- Members cj the ouse of Representatives, and pnovide jbr· their [nature App0rtion— 1850, ch. 11. ment among the several tates/’ approved twenty-thzrd May, ezghteen undred and jijiy. Be it enacted by the Senate and H2use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Apportionment the Interior proceed forthwith to apportion two hundred thirty-three ;€iv6:P”$°’g6¤ representatives among the several States, in accordance with the pro- gmsé, visions contained in the twenty-fifth section of the act of twenty-third May, eighteen hundred and fifty, and according to the returns of population which have been completed and returned to the Census-Ofhce in the Department of the Interior. And, it being made to appear that the returns of the population of California are incomplete, it is further enacted, that said State shall retain the number of representatives prescribed by the act of admission thereof into the Union until 2. new apportionment, and for this purpose the whole number of representatives is hereby increased to two hundred thirty-four until such apportionment. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, at any future decennial Provision in enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, the census of any g?sfe€££§Sg£,°; district or subdivision in the United States shall have been improperly new emuners. taken, or if the returns of any district or subdivision shall be accident- *1°“· ally lost or destroyed, the Secretary of the Interior shall have power to order a new enumeration of such district or subdivision. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the twentieth section of the said Act of 1850, act be amended by striking out the words " has been ” from the last line, ch. 11, see. 20, and inserting the words “ may necessarily be " in lieu thereo£ °m°“d°d· Approved, July 30, 1852. CHA?. LXXV. —An Act to establish additional Land Districts in the State of Wisconsin. July 30, 1g5g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That so much of the Smvenys pomp public lands of the United States, in the State of Wisconsin, as lies 1and_dismct, within the following boundaries, to xvit:—commencing at the south- m west corner of township fifteen, north of range two, east of the fourth ` principal meridian, thence running due east to the southeast corner of township fifteen, north of range eleven, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said range line to the north line of the State of Wisconsin, thence westerly along said north line to the line between ranges one and two, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence south to the place of beginning, shall be formed into a new land _ _ district, to be called the Stevens Point Land District, and for the sale E ifgfjgiz ig of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land·office smamspcgue von. x. Pun.-· 4