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 THIRTYJJPHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 137, 138. 1855. 629 imo the naval service of the United States, to desert therefrom, or` who @0 <1<>S<>1"¤, <>¤‘ hm'- Shall conceal amy person who may have so deserted, and shall refuse to b°"“g‘”d°S“°"' deliver him up upon the order of his commanding offxccr, shall, upon legal conviction thereof, be fined at the discretion of the court, in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one year. APPROVED, March 2, 1855. Cum. CXXXVII.—-An Act to amend "An Act to establish a Land District in the March 2, 1855 Siate of Florida, to be called the District of ]}1mpa." »-·--—- Be it enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President bc, and he R?%i“°‘;. ““‘1 is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of $f?§$;,’;r1,,:§ disthe Senate, a register and a receiver for the land district called Tampa, trierin the State of Florida, which district was created by the act approved 1854. ck- 276» August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, whose compensation, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments shall be the same as is or may be prescribed by law for other land 0Hiccrs in said State. APPROVED, March 2, 1855. C1r,u>. CXXXVIII.—An Act to establish the `Collection Districts ey" Cape Perpetua and March 2, 1855- Port 0(fbrd, in the Territory of Oregon, and to fix the Salaries of the Officers of "*""*"""‘ the Customs therein. Be if enacted 6g the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there bc, and hereby is, constituted and established the collection districts of Cape Pcrpctua and _0<>Uecti<>¤ dis- Port Orford, in the Territory of Oregon. That the first—named district t‘;f;;°fg]‘Q’°£g; shall embrace the coast of the Pacific Ocean, from Kowcs Bay, exclusive ?)rford esmbusbto Cape Pcrpctua, and all of the said territory lying south of a. line 1-un· 8d in 6¤`88°¤· ning parallel with the southern boundary line of Oregon, from Cape Pcrpetua to the eastern boundary of Oregon, except so much as is included in the district of Port Orford, and to include all the islands, bays, harbors, inlets, shores, rivers, and waters within said boundaries, and that Gardiner (Umpqua) shall be the port of entry for said district. That the last-named district shall extend from the line dividing said territory and the State of California, along the Pacific coast, so far as to include Kowes Bay; thence east to the one hundred and twenty-third degree of longitude ; thence south along said line to the line dividing the State of California and Oregon Territory; thence by said line to the place of beginning; and to include all the islands, bays, harbors, inlets, rivers, shores, and waters embraced in said boundaries, and that Port Orford shall be the port of entry ; and Kowcs Bay the port of delivery for said district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for each of the collection Collectors and districts of Cape Pcrpctua and Port Orford, in the Territory of Oregon, suyviiyorq for the President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, *""‘d ‘“"°°"‘ appoint 21 collector, who shall perform the duties of collector and surveyor of the port, and who shall each reside at the port of entry of their respective districts, and receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars each. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have authority to appoint, on the nomination of said collectors, deputy collectors for each of the ab0vc· Dgputy (,011%. named districts, equal to the number of the ports of delivery in said WS- districts, or at as many of said ports of delivery as IIC shall deem expedicnt, and to Hx the compensation of said deputies, not to exceed the sum of Ane thousand dollars per annum. Ha may also, if he shall deem it expedient, appoint one clerk for each of said collectors, to keep the C¤11ectors'cIork. accounts of the office, and act as auditor in the settlement thereof, at an