PUBLIC ACTS CF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
Passed at the jirst session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, 1895, and was adjourned without day on Thursday, the eleventh day of June, 1896.
Gnovmz CLEVELAND, President; ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Isusm G. HARRIS, President of the Senate, pro tempore; on the seventh day of February, 1896, WILLIAM P. FRYE was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore ; Tnonrss B. REED was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the second day of December, 1895.
CHAP. 1.—An Act Making an appropriation for the expenses of a commission December 21.1891 to investigate and report on the true divisional line between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred Gx§§‘,§‘§§},‘;($,Q;f‘sh thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the Arrgrvpriuuon for same is hereby appropriated, for the expenses of a commission to be appointed by the President to investigate and report upon the true divisional line between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana.
Approved, December 21, 1895.
CHAP. 2.—·An Act To amend section twenty-six hundred and one of the Revised D¤¤¤¤b•1‘2‘7.1995· Statutes relative to Porte of Entry.
Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-six hun- c“£¤£g·;3;;2gg{¤i¤¤¤¤ dred and one, Revised Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended 1:. s., see.126o1, p. so as to read as follows:
Section 2601. There shall be in the States of Indiana and Illinois one Collection District as follows:
The District of Chicago; to comprise the State of Illinois, and the ¤hi¤==:·><¤¤¤¤¤t. waters and shores of Lake Michigan, within the State of Indiana; in which Chicago shall be the port of entry, and Waukegan and Michigan City ports of delivery: Provided, That all present ports of delivery in Provabo:. the State of Illinois now a part of the New Orleans District, shall be _,,'§¥,{,“,;f§§f,{,‘;§E_;gf ports of delivery in the new District of Illinois and shall have all priv- digrig- W 2568 ileges which they have under existing law: Provided further, That m_‘,;,;g,.d,4_ *"‘ nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of the Act approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, which _ embraces East Saint Louis, Illinois, within the limits of the port of $‘jf.,§f:;’4‘j,{“· Saint Louis, Missouri.
Approved, December 27, 1895. STAT I4-—VOL 29--1 1
