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 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 391, 392. 1874.. 19] States hereinafter named, there shall be paid, from and after the iirst day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, an annual salary as fo ows: To the collector of the district of New York, twelve thousand dollars. Collectors. To the collectors of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each eight thousand dol- ’ lars. To the collectors of the district of San Francisco, California; Baltimore, Maryland; and New Orleans, Louisiana, each seven thousand o ars. To the collector of the district of Portland and Falmouth, Maine, six thousand dollars. _ To the naval officer for the district of New York, eight thousand dol- Naval Umm, lars. To the naval officers of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts; and San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each five thousand dollars. To the surveyor of the port of New York, eight thousand dollars. Surveyors. To the surveyors of the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; and San ‘ Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each five thousand dollars. , Sec. 2L That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time to time, s eo ro ta ry o £ make such regulations as he may deem necessary for the conduct and 'f¤¤=¤¤¤¥y to ¤<>¤t¤>1 management of the bonded warehouses, general order stores, and other ““d ’,f€€“1“"°b°“d;,‘1 depositories of the imported merchandise throughout the United States; K5;? ;`Q°,;z’€£:t°r ` all regulations or orders issued by collectors of customs in regard thereto ’ shall he subject to revision, snlteration, or revocation by him; and no warehouse shall be bonded and no general-order store established without his authority and approval. And it shall be- the duty of the Sec- . rotary of the Treasury, in granting permits to establish general-order Gener al-or-der warehouses, to require such warehouse or warehouses to be located ‘”’**“*;*°“;9¤ **° lm contiguous, or as near as may be to the landing places of steamers "‘°" ““ “‘g“‘ and vessels from foreign ports; and that no officer of the customs shall Customs omoers have any personal ownership of, or interest in, any bonded warehouse P°* *° if *¤°°’°§:°d or §eneral-order store. m w"" °“““’ °‘ no. 25. That public cartage of merchandise in the custody of the gmago to 1,,, lei; Government shall be let after not less than thirty days’ notice of such to lowest bidder. letting to the lowest responsible bidder giving sufficient security, and To no subject to shall be subject to regulations approved by the Secretary of the Treas- ?_é‘{;“***°¤ by ¤°°*°· ur. ' Sec. 26. That all acts and parts of act inconsistent with the provis- _Ropeo1 or inconious of this act are hereby repealed · that nothin g herein contained shall ¤¤*’°“* ¤°°¤· ` affect existing rights of the United. States; and in all cases in which Existing rights or prosecutions have been actually commenced for forfeitures incurred, the Uélltgdd Smm ¤°° Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to make compensation, as “' gguipéulntiou to provided in the fourth section of this act, to the persons who would, ,,,,,0,,,, w;,,,,-,, n,;,, under former laws, have been entitled to share in the distribution ofh eve been comsuch forfeitures. ”‘°“°°d· Approved, June 22, 1874. CHAP. 392.-An act for the better government of the Navy of the United States. Juno 22, 187 L Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That on and after the passage 05,,,,,, in N,,,,., of this act, any officer of the Navy who may be promoted in course to promoted to su vo.- fill a vacancy in the next higher grade shall be entitled to the_pay of the °:'*°ff° m216g0g · grade to which promoted from the date he takes rank therein, if it be §,,{_, of mk subsequent to the vacancy he is appointed to till.