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THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 178, 179. 1848. 331 Sec. 23. And be it jisrtker enacted, That all the ports, harbors, _C°“°t9*ig“ di¤· shores, and waters of the main land of the Territory aforesaid shall ;f:b,,°Q,,,_,d,”°§',:Q constitute a collection district, to be called the District of Oregon; and collector to be n port of entry shall be established at Astoria, near the mouth of the ‘PP°“‘°°d· Columbia River, and a collector of customs shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to reside at such port of entry. Sec. 24, And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Pom on deliv- States be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish such ports of deliv- °*7,¤¤d ery in the district created by this act, not exceeding two in number, (one of which shall be located on Puget'.; Sound,) as he may deem expedient, and may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Surveyorstobe Senate, surveyors to reside thereat. ¤PP¤i¤*¤d· S1-nc. 25. And be it further enacted, That the collector of said dis- Compensation trict shall be allowed a compensation of one thousand dollars per annum, ;’§r:;’l;;*°’ me and the fees allowed by law; and the compensation of any surveyor y ` appointed in pursuance of this act shall not exceed five hundred dollars per annum, including in said sum the fees allowed bylaw; and the amount collected by any of said surveyors, for fees in any one year, exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That the revenue laws of the Revenue laws United States be, and are hereby, extended over the Territory of :;iQf‘.}?jg_,m;j'°' Ore on. Sic. 27. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen thou- Aplprvprismn sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys bu£}£,°g‘:;i in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the gon. direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the construction of lighthouses at Cape Disappointment and New Dunginess ; and for the construction and anchoring of the requisite number of buoys, to indicate the channels at the mouth of the Columbia River, and the approaches to the harbor of Astoria; the said buoys to be placed and anchored under the direction of such persons as the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint. Approved, August 14, 1848. CHAP. CLXXVIII. -.61; Aotfor the Payment of the Fmsrth Regiment in the Sec- Ang, 14, 1848. and Brigade of the Third Division of the Vermont .Militia,for Services at the ·-————·—·— Battle of Plattsburg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the {Lifted Statesof America in Congress assembled, That the proper olain:rs of eeraocounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized ;·2¥3i;g°:F ,3:; and directed to adjust and settle the claims for one month’s services of mom ,,,,1;;;,,;.,;,, the officers and soldiers of the fourth regiment in the second brigade ¤dj¤=¤¤d wd ¤¢¤- 0f the third division of the militia of the State of Vermont, who served °1°d‘ at the battle of Plattsburg on the eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, for their military services on that occasion, and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 14, 1848. Can. CLXXIX.—-An Act for the Rdiqf g' the Widows and Orphans of the Aug. 14, 1848. Officers, Seamen, and Marines of c Brig-of War Somers. ········;**‘* Wnnnms the United States brig-ofiwar Somers was foundered at sea, in the otling of the harbor of Vera Cruz, while engaged, under very