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. And be it further enacted, That there be reimbursed to the navy pension fund, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the cost of the stock of the Bank of Columbia, heretofore purchased by the commissioners of the said fund, and which now remains unredeemed by the said bank, together with interest thereon from the period at which said bank ceased to pay interest, to the time of the reimbursement, herein directed to be made; and at the period of said reimbursement, the said stock shall be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy, to the treasurer of the United States.

, June 30, 1834.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the ports, harbours, shores and waters of the Mississippi river, within the state of Mississippi, be, and they are hereby constituted a collection district, by the name of the Natchez district, and a port of entry shall be established at Natchez for said district, and a collector shall be appointed, who shall give the usual bond required of such officers, and be entitled to a salary of five hundred dollars per annum.

. And be it further enacted, That all vessels proceeding to the said port of Natchez, from any port or place in foreign countries, shall stop and report her arrival at the port of New Orleans; and before such vessel shall proceed on her voyage to the said port of Natchez, it shall be the duty of the collector of the said port of New Orleans to order on board any such vessel, a custom-house officer, who shall remain on board such vessel until her arrival at the said port of Natchez; and it shall be the duty of such custom-house officer, to take possession and safely keep all the papers belonging to such vessel, having relation to the freight or cargo on board, which papers he shall deliver to the collector of the port of Natchez, immediately after his arrival at that port; and any such vessel, which shall depart from the said port of New Orleans, without such custom-house officer on board, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties provided for by law for a violation of the revenue laws of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That the expenses of the custom-house officer which may be put on board of any such vessel at New Orleans, from the time of his being put on board, until his return to New Orleans, shall be paid by the owner or owners of such vessel.

. And be it further enacted, That Dorchester, in the state of Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be a port of delivery.

. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the port of entry and delivery for the district of Philadelphia, shall be bounded by the navy yard on the south, and Gunner’s run on the north; any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.

. And be it further enacted, That the town of Camden, in the district of Bridgeton, in the state of New Jersey, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States; and there shall be appointed a surveyor of the customs to reside at said port, who shall also perform the duties of an inspector, and who shall be entitled to receive the annual salary of one thousand dollars and no more.

. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of the port of Camden shall be authorized to enrol and license ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, under the regulations and