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THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1550. 509 the naval officer a compensation not exceeding eight thousand dollars per annum ; the surveyor a compensation not exceeding seven thousand dollars per annum. The principal appraisers a compensation not exceeding six thousand each per annum, and the assistant appraisers each a sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The collectors of the districts of Monterey, San Diego, Sacra— Compensation mento, Sonoma, and San Joaquin shall be allowed three thousand- dol- °*;H°¤*°¤S°f lars each per annum, with additional maximum compensation of two D§,;,,ir°y’S,,,,:: thousand dollars each per annum, should their olhcial emoluments and menro, Sonoran. fees provided by existing laws amount to that sum respectively. The a“dS""T°°q°m' surveyors at Santa Barbara and San Pedro shall be allowed, in addition Surveyors at to the fees authorized by existing laws, a compensation of two thousand fgfgan £:‘£_:'° dollars per annum, and the deputy collector appointed in pursuance of Deputy colleeexisting laws at the port of San Francisco shall be allowed a compen- *9* M Su F¤*¤· sation not to exceed five thousand dollars per annum. °“°°' Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, until otherwise directed by Laws relating Congress, the provisions of law in relation to the payment of expenses :,‘;e2°u°;‘i°“ sl; incidental to the collection of the revenue from customs, existing prior ism, °;,°;,,;°{,, ,,1;, to the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled <>f 1§49. ¤l=-110, "An Act requiring all moneys receivable from customs and from all other f;t§2?,°dd§;’,,?g; sources to be paid immediately into the treasury without abatement or or California and reduction, and for other purposes," hall be, and are hereby, made ap- O'°€°°· plicable to the several collection districts in the State of California and the Territory of Oregon, any thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of fine, pen- Secretary of alty, or forfeiture mentioned and embraced in the act entitled "An Act gjgrlgjyjgrg :1*;; to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and 0, m,,,g,,,,, 6,,,, disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," or in any act Mid penalties inin addition to or amendatory of said act, that have occurred or may :§£°gi¥,§,°i,i;f;;; occur in the collection districts in the State of California and Territory ees. of Oregon, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, author- 1797· °h· 13- ized, if] in his opinion, the said fine, penalty, or forfeiture was incurred without wilful negligence or intention of fraud, to prescribe such rules and mode of proceeding to ascertain the facts, as, in his opinion, may be convenient and proper, without regard to the provisions of the act above referred to; and upon the said facts so to be ascertained as aforesaid, the said Secretary may exercise all the power conferred upon him in and by said act, as fully as he might have done had said facts been ascertained under and according to the provisions of said act: Pro- Proviso. vided, That where any ships or vessels, or any goods, wares, and merchandize, may have been subjected to seizure, or confiscation, or detention by any officer of the customs in the collection district of Upper California or the district of Oregon, prior to the passage of this act, and it shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the owner or owners of any such ships or vessels, or the owner or owners or importers of any such goods, wares, and merchandize, has or have sustained damage or loss by reason of any improper seizure, contiscation, or detention thereof, the said Secretary is hereby authorized to extend such relief in the respective cases as he may deem just and proper. ·Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the territory, harbors, _The collection \'lV€1'S, 8.ud waters on the eastern shore of the State of WiSGOHSi¤, dist:?': °f Md` borderin L k M' h' 1 in south of the fort -fourth arallel Wu i° crgmd g °¤ a 8 lc lgans Y g Y P mW1sconsin. of north latitude, heretofore embraced in the district of Chicago, as are contained within the limits and jurisdiction of the State of Wiscousin, shall be, and are hereby, constituted a collection district, to be called the district of Milwaukie, and a port of entry for said district is hereby established at Milwaukie; and Southport, Racine, Sheboy-