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 586 FORTY—·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 254, 255. 1873. Collector, resi- shall appoint a collector, to reside at said port, whose compensation shall d*”°° and P“Y· be three thousand dollars per annum. rmpwm, Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to appoint Welggefp 8¤¤€· such inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, and other officers as may m' °" be necessary for the collection of the revenue at said port; and the col. lector of said port may, with the approbation of said Secretary, appoint lnipeetors for inspectors, whose compensation shall be one thousand dollars each per S;:¤*;Q’° ml annum, for each of the ports of San Pedro and Santa Barbara, which arbara. . . shall CODCIDHB to be ports of delivery. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCLIV.-An Act relating to th;]/loctional Parts of a Barrel containing jer. """**_"*'* ment Liquors. Be it enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United In computing States of America, in Uongress assembled, That section eighteen of the
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uq,,,,,,’f,,,ct,0,,,; taxes, and for other purposes," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred parts of barrels and seventy-two, be amended by striking out the proviso to said section, m l’° wlm? and inserting in lieu thereof the following :—- “In estimating and computing the internal tax on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other fermented liquors by whatever name such liquors may be called, the whagmmu. fractional parts of a barrel shall be halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, and gltlltfh such ¥¤‘¤G- eighths; and any fractional part of a barrel Containing less than 0I1e— bg::l_pm°° ° eighth, shall be accounted one-eighth; more than one-eighth, and not 1872,ch.s15,§1s. more than one-sixth, shall be accounted one-sixth; more than one-sixth, A””· P- 245- and not more than one-fourth, shall be accounted one-fourth; more than one-fourth, and not more than one—third, shall be accounted one-third; more than oue—third, and not more than one-half, shall be accounted onehalf ; more than one-half, and not more than one barrel, shall be accounted one barrel; and more than one barrel, and not more than sixty-three gallons, shall be accounted two barrels, or a hogshead. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1373, CHAP. CCLV. — An Act to establish certain Posbroads HS; é*6**i0l8P· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mg, Q5, gm ’ States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following be, and are Postmads hereby established as post-roads: established 1D Alabama. ALABAMA, From East Mill via Delta to Oxford, From Lamar to Highshoals, From Ashville to Mumford, From Warren Station via Hulsey’s Stand, Pinhook, and Democrat, to Jas er. From Pride’s Station to Woodland, From Burleson to Detroit, From Tuscumbia to Spring Creek, From \Vaterloo to Eastport, Mississippi, From Bayou Labahe to Grand Bay, From Centreville via Tionus to Brierfield, From Highshoals to Roanoke From Pintlola to Letohatchee, From Saville to Nicholasville, From Shelby Iron Works to Columbiana, From Shoal Ford to Madison Station, From Thatcher’s Creek to Blount Springs, From Edwardsville to Chulitinne,