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Act of Feb. 11,1830, ch. 14.

Detroit collec-tion district ex-tended.

Port of entryand district ofNewark, NewJersey .

Appointmentand duties ofcollector.

Custom-houseat Frenchman’sbay to be remov-ed to Ellsworth.

Statute I.June 30, 1834.

Appropriationfor the repair ofroad.

Proviso.

Statute 1.June 30, 1834.

Commissionersto select lands.

TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 136,137. 1834.

provisions of the act, entitled “ An act to authorize surveyors, under thedirection of the Secretary of the Treasury, to enrol and license ships andvessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries,” passed theeleventh day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty, as to all shipsand vessels belonging to that part of the district of Bridgeton, which liesnorthward of Alloway’s creek, in the county of Salem.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all the waters, shores, inletsand harbours of Lake Michigan , lying south of a point fifty miles northof the mouth of Grand river, on the east side, and the like distance northof the Milwauke river on the west side of said lake, shall be, and herebyare, attached to, and made a part of, the collection district of Detroit , inthe territory of Michigan , any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtiethday of September next, all that part of the state of New Jersey , lyingnorth and east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island , extending eastwardas far as the Mouth of the Kill Van Kull, where it empties into the bayof New York , with all the watersof thePassaick and Hackensack rivers,shall form a collection district, to be called the district of Newark , ofwhich the town of Newark shall be the port of entry.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That a collector for the said districtshall be appointed, to reside at Newark , who shall give bond with secu-rity, as provided by law, for the true and faithful performance of theduties of his office, in the sum of five thousand dollars, and shall beallowed three per centum on all moneys received on account of theduties arising on goods, wares, and merchandise imported, and on thetonnage of ships and vessels; and the said collector shall also receive,in addition to his other fees and emoluments allowed by law, the annualsum of two hundred and fifty dollars, subject, however, to the limitationsprovided by law.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be, and he hereby is, authorized to remove the' seat of the custom-house of the district of Frenchman’s bay, in the state of Maine , fromits present situation to the town of Ellsworth, in said district.

Approved, June 30, 1834.

Chap. CXXXVI. — Jin Act for the repair of the Mars Hill military road, in the

state of Maine .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the repair of MarsHill military road, in the state of Maine , which sum shall be paid out ofany money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; the state of Maine having, by a resolve approved the eighth day of March, eighteen hundredand thirty-four, agreed to assume the preservation and repair from and afterthe first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, on conditionthat the said road shall be put in a state of repair by the United States prior to the first day of January aforesaid: Provided, That no toll shallbe received or collected for the passage of any wagon or carriage, ladenwith the property of the United States , or any cannon or military storesbelonging to the United States , or to any of the states composing thisUnion.

Approved, June 30, 1834.

Chap. CXXXYII. — An Act authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and ErieCanal lands in the state cf Ohio .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, in lieu of lands sold or