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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3136. 1906. 303 Port Arthur Ship Canal, together with a valid title to the existing turning basin and to the artificial slip on which the lumber dock of the Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company is built; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept the said waterways as the property of the United States u on the delivery to him of a clear and mdefeasible title thereto; and Sie said waterways shall thereupon become free public waters of the United States, and be subject to the laws heretofore enacted and that may be hereafter enacted b Congress for the maintenance, preservation, protection, and regufation of navigable - waters: Provided further, That the company or corporation conveying Ad<¤i(;i<>¤¤1 1·~¤<1 title to said canal as aforesaid shall also convey to the United States, °°°V€y°i ` free of cost, the fee to a strip of land one hundred and fifty feet wide along the westerly margin of the canal, except that where the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company prevents the transfer of such strip of land along the westerly margin of said canal there shall be conveyed such strip on the easterly margin thereof as may be necessary to make up such one hundred and fifty feet of width, with the reservation that until Congress shall have authorized and provided for the enlargement and widening of said canal the said company or _ - corporation, its successors or assi ns, shall have the right to control, °°“‘l’°“"*' °"""°l· occupy, and use the said strip of Tend and every part thereof in the same manner and to the same extent as before the execution and _ delivery of the conveyance, and also the right to transfer, lease, sell, ,,,,IQ}§§‘f,f,°g,.’jf,l{j “*"‘· quitclaim, or otherwise dispose of said property and every part thereof, subject to the rant made to the United States: And pr0mded further, E¤¤°*· That this Act 51:111 take effect only when the foregoing requirements shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Secretar of War. And the charges for the use of said docks and wharves shall dm f°' “*° °* be just and reasonable and shall not be greater than charges for similar ’ services at other ports of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico. Sec. 2. That a collector for the district of Sabine aforesaid shall be ,egg{’f’*°*m°“‘°*°°l‘ appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold his office upon the terms and for d _ t P t the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. The ,_,I€§”,{,_°"°° ° °r said collector shall reside at Port Arthur, the port of entry, and shall $°'•’>’· °'°· receive a salary of one thousand dollars a year in addition to the fees allowed by law, the totalcompeusation not to exceed in the aggregate three thousand dollars. Sec. 3. That Sabine, in the State of Texas, shall be, and is hereby, Wsgbwf gl';,'};` gg} made a subport of entry and delivery in the customs district of Sabine, wimnipmedimfpnui with the privileges of immediate transportation, as defined by section "°6°$iYSi{ ,{°m, °"‘ seven of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," being chaptpr one hundred and ninety, volume twenty-one of the Statutes at rge; that a D°l"“’ °°"°°“"· deputy collector and such other officers of the customs as may be _ deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be appointed D““°“· to reside at said subport; and that, subject to the supervision of the collector at Port Arthur, the deputy collector of said subport is hereby authorized to license and enroll, enter and clear vessels, receive entries, collect duties, fees, and other moneys, and generally to perform the functions prescribed by law for collectors of customs, and perform such other services and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of commerce may require. Approved, June 19, 1906.