Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-01-31

That the TeaSurer OF the u. States,
the Treasurer Of the Mint of the UNI.
ted States, the Treasurers, and those
acting as such of the various branch
MINIS already erected and now erect
ing, all Collectors Of the Customs, all
Surveyors of the Customs acting also
as collectors, all Receivers General of
| public moneys, all Receivers of public
moneys at the several land offices,
and all postmasters, except as is here
matter particularly provided, be, and
they are hereby required to keep
safely, without leaning or using, all
the public money collected by them,
or otherwise at any time placed in
their possession and custody, till the
same is ordered by the proper depart
ment or officer Of the Government 10
be transferred or paid out, and when
such orders for transfer or payment
are received, faithfully and promptly
to make the same as directed, and to
do and perform all other duties as ifs.
cal agents Of the Government, which
may be imposed by this or any other
acts of Congress, or by any regulation
Of the Treasury Department, made in
conformity to law and also to do and
perform all acts and duties required by
law or by direction of any of the exc
cutive departments Of the Government,
as agents for paying pensions, or for
making any other disbursements which
either Of the heads Of those depart
ments may be required by law TO
make, and which are OF a character
to be made by the repositories hereby
constituted, consistently with the other
official duties imposed upon them.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted,
That the Treasurer of the u. States,
the Treasurer Of the Mint of the Uni.
ted States, the Treasurer ofthe Branch
Mint at New Orleans, and the Recei.
vers General Of Public Money herein
before directed TO be appointed, shall,
respectively, give bonds to the United
states in such form, and for such a.
mounts, as shall be directed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, by and
with the advice ard consent of the
President, with sureties to the salts.
faction of the Solicitor of the Treasu
ry; and shall, from time to time, re-.
new, strengthen and increase, their of
fetal bonds, as the Secretary of the
Treasury, with the consent ofthe Pre-.
sident, may direct, any law in Tefor
ence to any OF the official bonds of
any of the said officers to the contra.
ry Notwithstanding.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, at as early a
day as possible after the passage Of
this act, TO require from the several
repositories hereby constituted, and
whose official bonds are not herein be-
fore provided for, to execute bonds
new and suitable in their terms, to meet
the new and increased duties imposed
upon them respectively by this act,
and with sureties and in sums such as
shall seem reasonable and safe to the
Solicitor of the Treasury, ard from
time to time to require such bonds 10
be renewed and increased in amount
g. strengthened by new suretles to meet
any increasing responsibility which
may grow out of Accommodations OF mo-
ney in the hands Of the depository, or
out of any other duty or responsibility
arising under this or any other law of
Congress.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That all collectors and receivers Of
pnblic money, of every character and
description, within the District OF Co.
lumbia, shall, as frequently as they
may be directed by the Secretary Of
the Treasury SO to do, pay over to the
Treasurer of the United States at the
Treasury thereof, all public moneys
collected by them, or in their hands
that all such collectors and receivers
of public moneys within the cities of
Philadelphia, and New Orleans, shall,
upon the same direction, pay over TO
the Treasures of the MINIS in their
respective cities, at the said MINIS, all
public moneys collected by them, or
IN their hands; and that all such COL
lectors and receivers Of public moneys
within the cities ofNew York, Boston,
Charleston, and St. Louis, shall, up
on the same direction, pay over TO the
Receivers General of Public Money
in their respective cities, at their off,
ces respectively, all the public money
collected by them, or in their hands,
to be safely kept, by the said respec-
tive repositories, until otherwise dispo,
sed of according to law; and It shall
be the duty Of the said Secretary to
direct such payments, by the SAID col.
lectors and receivers, at all the said
4 places, at least as often as once in
each month, and as much more ire-
ouently in all cases as he in his dis