The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-04-07

of Two thousand Ave hundred dollars ~,
annum; and ihe receiver general of nnlIIio
money at ST. Louis skall be paid .solo~..
Of two thousand five hundred dollars w..
annum; and these salaries, respectiyoI,.
shall be in full for the services oftbe resna,
tive officers; nor shall either ofthem be per.
mitted TO charge, or receive, any commits.
sion, pay, or perquisite, for any official ser.
vice, of any character or description wbo,.
soever; and the making Of any such cbarge
or the receipt Of any such compensation i
hereby declared TO be misdemeanor. ror
which.he officer convicted thereof. beeora
any court of the United States of CONNIE.
tent jurisdiction, shall be subject to punish.
ment by fines on imprisonment or both. a,
the discretion Of the court before which tba
offence shall be tried.
SEC. 25. .4adbe IL further enacted. Tba,
the Treasurer of the United States be. and
is hereby, authorized to- receive at. s.N
Treasury, & at suchother points as he NAV
designate, payments in advance for public
lands, the payments so made, in all cases. to
be evidenced by the receipt OF the said Treas.
urer of the United States; which receints
so given shall be current at the several land
Offices Of the United States, as cash. al anv
public orprivate sale of lands, in the same
manner as the currency authorized by law
to be received in payment for the public
lands. Provided, howeUer, That the re.
ceipts given by the Treasurer ofthe United
States, pursuant to the authority conferred
IN this section. shall not be negotiable or
transferable, by delivery, or assignment. or
in any other manner whatsoever, but shall.
IN all cases, be presented In payment for
lands by or fef the person TO whom the re-
ceipt was given, as shown upon its face.
SEC 26. find be hJurther enacted, That
for the purchase of sites, and for the con.
structon oflhe offices of the receivers zen.
eral OF public money, by this act directed.
to be erected atChareston, South Carolina,
and at ST. Louis, Missouri, there shall be
and hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out
OF any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated. the sum Of len thousand
dollars, TO be expended under the direction
OF The Secretary of the Treasury, who is
hereby required to adopt plans for the said
oi4iNSS, anu ule NaullS ana sales connected
herewith, and to cause the same to be con.
strucisd and prepared for use with as little
delay as shall be consistent with the public
interests. and the convenient location and se-
curity Of the buildings to be erccted Pro-
rtded, ho~eUer, That if the Secretary Of
the Treasury shall find, upon inquiry and
examination, that suitable rooms for the use
OF the receiver general at Charleston can be
obtained in the custom house now owned
by the United States at that place. and that
secure vaults and safes can be CONSTRUCTED
in that building fort aafe-keeping of the
public money, tien he shall cause such
rooms 10 be prepared and fitted up, and such
vaults and safes 10 be constructed in the
custom-house at Charleston, and no inde-
pendent office shall be there erected.
SEc. 27 md belt Juyft.r enacted, That
ior the payment of the expenses authorized
by this act, other than those herein before
provided for, a sufficient sum of money be,
and the same is hereby, appropriated, 10 be
PAID ont OF any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
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