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2 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 2. 3. 1846, 1846. of the United States for said district, each of whom shall receive an sslarymid fees. annual salary of two hundred dollars, and also such compensation and fees for oihcial services as have been or may be provided by law for United States district attorneys and marshals; and Ithel judge of said Clerk tc be ap- court shall appoint a clerk therefor, who shall receive like cmmpensa- P°*”‘°d· tion and fees as have been or may be allowed by law to clerks of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States. Arvnovnn, December 29, 1845. Dem 3], ]345_ Cntr. II.- An Act to establish a gyllccgion aggtrict in the State of Texas, and ·—--———- or e er urp . Texas made Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the g;i,,c,°‘;Qg°8,':£ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of vc,;,,,,;;,,, pcm,;- Texas shall be one collection district and the city of Galveston the HMV- only port of entry, to which shall be annexed Sabine, Velasco, Mata- Ports of deliv- gorda, Cavallo, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, as ports of delivery °"Y· onl . A collector rc Sync. 2. And be it further enacted, That a collector for the District lm ¤PI>°i¤t<=d· of Texas aforesaid shall be 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 the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. The said collector shall reside at the Salary cr cel- city of Galveston, and he shall be entitled to a salary not exceeding l°°‘°'· two thousand dollars, 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 two thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. 3,,,,,,,,),,,,, to Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a surveyor for each of the nc appvirrfed For aforesaid ports of delivery, to wit, Sabine, Velasco, Matagorda, Ca-

 P°’°“ vallo, La Vaca, and Corpus Christi, shall be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall

hold their offices respectively upon the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. The said survey- Their salaries ors shall be entitled each to a salary not exceeding one thousand dol- “‘d ’"°°“· lars, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount collected by any of said surveyors in any one year for fees, exceeding the said sum of one thousand dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. Arvnov nn, December 31, 1845. Ja·n,`[2, 1846_ Cru?. III.-An dnt to repeal the Act which abolished the Office of one of the ·—·;—————- Inspectors-General of the Army, and to revive and establish said (Mice. Repeaicractog Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the gggirsgk lf2Q5o'? United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the he ofon!; ortho fourth section of an act, approved the twenty-third day of August, one inspectors gener- thousand eight hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act respecting the ‘l· Organization of the Army, and for other Purposes," as directs that the office of one inspector-general of the army shall be abolished, and the inspector discharged, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and all acts and parts of acts so repealed shall be, and the same hereby are, revived and continued in force. Approved, January I2, 1846.