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1st Session.
CONGRESS,
H. R. 378.
[No Report.]
May 24, 1844.	^
Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of th6
Union.
Mr. Labranche, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the
following bill:
2	of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
3	the President of the United States he, and he is hereby, author-
4	ized to remove the seat of the custom-house now located at
5	Pearlington, in the State of Mississippi, to Shieldsborough, on
6	the bay of St. Louis.
1	Sec. 2. Jind be it further enacted, That Pearlington be,
2	and is hereby, abolished as the port of entry for the district of
3	Pearl river, and Shieldsborough constituted the port of entry,
4	and the collector required to reside thereat.
A BIULi
To authorize the removal of the custom-house from Pearlington to , Shieldsborough, on the bay of St. Louis.
1	Be	it	enacted	by	the	Senate and House of Representatives