Litchfield enquirer., 1837-10-19

autCfh ana 70 UlmIre HC0lfulc 0uu lulIiiiu re- turn t0 the Treasury Department oi teir condition. Sec q And bs if further enncted, That the Secre- tasy of the Treasury shaI with as much expedition as the coIyenlelse oI se Rc a,, 6usnsss ; ana @ ,o balnnces remaining with the late and present depos tories of the public moneys, and contne the safo keep ing transfer and dsbuTsement ot those moneys to tho Repositories established by this act.
 Sec. g. And be 1t further enacted That for tho pay ment of expenses authorized by this act sufficient sum be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
 Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That all officers charged by this act with the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money are hereby re- quired to keep accurate entry of each sum recev- ed, and of the kind of money in which 1t IS recelved and of each payment transfer and ot the kind ot one of the said officers shall convert to his own usc in any way whatsoever, shall use by way ot invest: ment in any kind of property or merchandise, or shall
 loan with without interest, any portion ot the pub lie moneys entrusted to him for safe keeping, disbrsc ment, transfer, or for any other purpose, every such act shall be deemed and adudged to be an embezzle of much of the said moneys as shall be thus taken, converted invested used loaned, which is hereby declared to be high mlsdemeanor; and any officer person convicted thereof before any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction shall be sentenced to imprisonment for term of not less than two, nor more than five years, and to fine equal to the amount of the money embezzted.
 Sec 10 And be it further enacted, That from, and after the thirty first day of December, eighteen hun dred and thrty-eght, the resolution of eighteen hun dred and sxteen authorizing tho receiving of notes of specIe-paylng banks in dues to the Government shall le so repealed that only three-fourhs of the amount due to the Govemment, for dues ia xes sales of pub
 c lands or other debts, may be received in the notes o spec.e-paying banks and that from and after the thrtyflrst day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-niHe, one half may be so received and, from and after the thirty-frst day of December, eighteen hundred and forty, one fourth: Provided That the to receive in payment and dcposite, at par with gold and sllver such Treasury notes or bills as Congress shall authorize to be received, by law, in the public dues: Provided further, That no bank note of less denomination than ten dollars, which note shall not be payable when issued, shall be receivable into the Treasury of the United States; and, from and after the thirtyfrs day of December eighteen hundred and foryOne all sums due for dutes sales ct public londs or other debts to the Government, and all payments to the General Post Oice shall be paid in gold and silver coin only or in such notes bills or paper, issued under the authority of the United States, may be directed to be received by law; and, from and after the said thirtyrs day of December tine year eigh teen hundred and forty every officer or agent en nted States, of the General Post Office, shall make all payments in gold and silver coin only, or in such noes bills, of paper issued as aforesaid, when antho rlZed by law and any receiving dsburslng officer agent who shall neglect, evade, or violate the pro- visions of this section, shall be dismissed the service, and shall forfeit all compensation which may then be due him.
 Sec H. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to enforce the speedy presentation ot all
 Iovernment drafts for payment at the places where payable, and to prescribe the times, according to the different distances of the Repositories, within which they shall be presented for payments and in default osuch presentation, to prescribe any other mode and place of payment which he may deem proper.
 The question was put on the passage ofthe bill, and decided in the affirmative by the following vote Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown. Buchanan Calhoun, Clay of Ala, Fulton Grandy, Hubbard, King Rnanc, Robinson, Sevier, Smith of Conn, Strange, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright Yonng-s6.
 Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Black, Clay of Kentucky, Knight, McKean, Nicholas, Prentiss Robbins, Smith of Ind, Souhard, Swift, Talmadge, Tipton, Webster, White-2O. ! So the hill was passed and was sent to the House of ofRepresentatiyes for concurrence.