Skip Skip The amendment was agreed to. The 1st section, as amended, reads as follows: Be it snarled, de. That the collectors of customs herrinalterunined shall from and alter the 1stday of July. 1866in. lieu of the salariestoyvhichtheyare now bylaw respectivelyentitled, receivethe salaries following. to wit: the collectors of the districts of Texas. at Qalveston. Saluria, CorpusChristi. iind Brazos do Santiago.Texas. eachat the ruteot $1500 n yenriii addition to the feesof the officc: Provided. That such compensationshall in no caseexceed the sum of $2.50oper nnnumin the aggregate: the collectorsof the districts of Beaufort. SCarolina and Pensacola.Florida. each at the rate of 51.000a year: the collectorsof the district of Georgetown in the DistCol and of the districts of Cherrystone. Virginia: Beaufort. NCarolina: Brunswick. Georgia; StAugustine.St. Marks and Appalachicola, F orida and Techc, Louisiana, 8500 a year each. The next amendment of the committee was to strike out the 2nd section of the bill, in the following words: Sec. 2. Abife: That the SecyTreasury shall have the power and authority to fix and determinethe salarics of all deputy collectors do duty naval officers and deput gurveyors: Provided. fhat no increaseofsalary sha lin any case exceed the sums ahfipally allowed by law to an of such officers respectively. prior to 1860more; an 50% uin. except in the city of NewYork. rwehtaerryethe additionmay, at the discretion of the SecyTreasury. be extended to 60% abovesuchformerallowance. And to insert in lieu thereof: SEC. 2. Abife: That all that part of the State of Texasand the wnters thereof included within the countiesof Nucccs Starr, Zapata.Duval. Encincl, Webb LaSallc. MeMullen. Live Oak. Bee, Reffigio. nndSan Patricio, shall he a distinct collection district. to be called the district of CorpusChristi and the town of CorpusChristi shall be its port of entry: andacollector shall he nppomted to reside ot snid port. And Aransas shall aa port of delivery in said district.