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 572 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 169, 170, 171. 1862. libel in any district court 8f the United States having jurisdiction of the offence. Blank maui- Sec. 2, And be it further enacted, That collectors and surveyors of the f:°§*·’:·fi;°éh E; collection districts on the said frontiers are authorized to keep on sale, ,,,,H,,c,,,,.,,&c_ at their several offices, blank manifests and clearances required for the Priceotbtsuks. business of their districts, and to charge the sum of ten cents and no more for each blank which shall be prepared and executed by them. Goods under Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That goods imported under the re· ¤>¤iP¤>¤iW ¤‘¢*¤*>’ ciprocity treaty with Great Britain may be entered at any port on the northern, src., upon satisfactory evidence being given to the collector at the port where gg“*’°"v “P°“· such goods are offered for entry, that they are of the growth or production ` of Canada, without the consular certificate now required. Fees for such SHG- 4. And be it further enacted, That For every entry of goods at °¤¤Y· any custom-house on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, a. fee of forty cents shall be charged by the collector, and accounted for to the government. Special agents Sec. 5. And be itfurt/ter enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury as glfglgtglglig be, and he is hereby,. authorized in all cases where ports Imay be opened 1868,cu. 120,§.·s. to appoint special agents to perform the functions of the ordinary officers P°$*» P- 821- subordinate to the Treasury Department at such ports: Provided, That C¤mp¢¤¤SMi¤¤- the compensation to be allowed such temporary officers shall not exceed that paid to permanent officers of the same position during the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, nor exceed the compensation ordinarily allowed to such official agents. Approved, July 14, 1862. July 14, 1862, Cmtr. CLXX.-—-An Act in relative to tg Election of Representatives to Congress by ··—··—·"·‘*· surge stncts. Repwscnm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United twggm congrm States of America zn Congress assembled, That in each State entitled in ""gh d'S°"°t”‘ the number to which such State is or may be hereafter entitled shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of representatives to which said State may be entitled in the Congress for which said election is held, no one district electing more This act not to than one representative : Provided, That the provisions of this act shall
 * `Q°3'n;’,°p$,’;:i,r:d northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States,
 * ,,$u,,m;0,,_ within the limits of insurrectionary States, during the existing rebellion,
 * 9 M ¤lQ°*€$l by the next and any succeeding Congress to more than one representative,
 * l’g"Y “’ C”'""°"' not apply to the State of California so far as it may affect the election of

' representatives to the thirty-eighth Congress: And provided, further, That in the election of representatives to the thirty-eighth Congress from the Additional rep- State of Illinois, the additional representative allowed to said State by an {2;*;** act entitled ‘• An act fixing the number of the House of Representatives mend Hog, me from and after the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, State at lm-ge. approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, may be elected by the State at large, and the other thirteen representatives to which the State is entitled by the districts as now prescribed by law in said State, unless the legislature of said State should otherwise provide before the time fixed by law for the election of representatives therein. Approved, July 14, 1862. July 14, 1862- CHAP. CLXXI. —An Act to establish additional Post Routes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P9¤* *<>¤}*¢¤ 65- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be estab- °‘°bh°h“d m lished as post roads: California. CALIFORNIA. From Carson, Navzxda Territory, to Aurora, California.