SEC. 7. A11d be it further ordai11ed and dec1·eed, That all the principal Collectors, under this Ordinance and Decree, shall be entitled to receive, on settlement, ten per cent. of the nett proceeds arising from the revenue of his port, provided it shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum, as a com- pensation for his services in discharging the duties of Col- lector; and said principal Collector shall receive such other perquisites as the Collector of the Port of New-Orlea.hs (in the United States of the North) receives, all of which he shall keep a correct account of, and report the same quar- terly to this Government, or that which may succeed it. SEC. 8. And be it further ordained and decreed, That it shall be lawful for any Collector of the Revenue, at any of the established ports, to call upon any Civil, Military or Naval officers to aid and assist in the enforcement and execu- tion of these Ordinances and Decrees; and none of the afore- said officers shall refuse or fail to give all the reasonable as- sistance in his or their power, to the Collector aforesaid, under the penalty of his or their being discharged from the office which they may hold. SEO. 9. A11d be it f1trlher ordained and decreed, That said Principal Collector shall be, and he is hereby authorized to pay out of the public funds collected, all the necessary ex- penses of hie office-to be judged of on his quarterly report: provided, that this Ordinance does not authorize the payment of deputies if he should think proper not to net in person. SEO. 10. A.nd be it further ordained and decreed, That the Collectors of each District, and the Collectors of the Ports of Entry and Delivery of Texas, and all other officers belonging to the Revenue or Custom-house Department shall be, and are hereby clothed and vested with all power and au- . thority in their respective district and port requisite and necessary to execute the duties and discharge the functions of their respective offices and stations, in order to secure, more effectually, the revenue aforesaid, are hereby vested with such powers, and directed to perform such duties as belong to the same grade of officers of the customs in the ports and ·revenue districts of the United States of North America.
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