United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/7th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 37
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXVII.—An Act to amend “An act to establish the compensations of the officers employed in the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage; and for other purposes.”
Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22.
Additional compensation to the collector at Richmond.
Discontinued 1804, ch. 58.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June, in the present year, there shall be paid, annually, to the collector of the customs for the district of Richmond, in addition to the fees and emoluments otherwise allowed by law, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Salary to the collector at Petersburg discontinued.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said thirtieth day of June, the salary heretofore allowed by law to the collector of the customs for the district of Petersburg be, and the same is hereby is discontinued.
Emoluments of custom-houses limited.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said thirtieth day of June, whenever the annual emoluments of any collector of the customs, after deducting therefrom the expenditures incident to his office, shall amount to more than five thousand dollars; or those of a naval officer, after like deduction, to more than three thousand five hundred dollars, or those of a surveyor, after a like deduction, to more than three thousand dollars, the surplus shall be accounted for, and be paid by them, respectively, to the treasury of the United States: Provided always, that nothingBut the provisions of this act not to extend to fines, &c. in this act contained shall be construed to extend to fines, forfeitures and penalties, under the revenue laws of the United States.
Approved, April 30, 1802.