State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-10-02

Sec, u. And be II further enacted. That
the receiver general Cf public tnoDess. d,,ec.
ted BY this act TO be appointed. shail reca;ve.
respectively, the following salaries per an.
nun g be paid quarter yearly. at the treas.
aty oilhe United States, 10 wit: The receiver,
generalof public money at New York shall.
be paid salary Of So 900 per annum: the
receiver general of public money at Boston,
shall be paid a salary or % 500 per annum;
the receiver general OF public money at
Charleston shall be paid salary Of $3.50
per annum, and the receiver general Of pub.
nc money at 81. Louis shall be paid salary
81 $4,000 per annum; and these salaries re.
spetlvely, shall be in tull for the services Of
the respective officers, nor shall either Of
them be permitted TO charge or receive any
commission, pay, or perqnlsite, for any officia-
service, OF any charactef or description what.
soesei, and the making Of any such charge,
or the receipt Of any such compens ,tion, is
hereby declared to be misdemeanor, for
which the officer convicted thereof, before
any court Of the United states, Of competent
jurisdiction, shall be subject to punishment
by fine, or imprisonment, or both, at the dis
cretlon of the court before which offence
shall be tried.
Sec. % And be it fuitner enacted, That
the Treasurer of the United States be, and
he is hereby authorized to receive at the
Treasury, and at such other points as he may
designate, payments in advance for public
lands. the payments so made in all cases, to
be evidenced by the receipt of the said
Treasurer Of the United States; which re-
Iceipts so given shall be current at the several
land Offices, of the United States as cash, at
and public or private sale 81 lands, in the
same manner as the currency authorized by
law to be received in payment for the pulic
lands, Provided, however, That the receipts
given Ivy the Treasurer of the United States
pursuant to the authority conferred in this
section shall not be negotiable or traEsfcra-
BILE by delivery or assignment. or in any ether
manner whatsoever but shall in all cases, b"
presented in payment for lands by or for The
person to whom the receipt was given, as
shown upon its face.
Sec. 90. And be it further enacted, That
for the purchase of sites, and for the co.,
stluction of the Offices of the receivers Rener-
al of the public money, by this act directed
to be erected at Charleston, South CaIolin',
anu at St. Louis, Missouri, there shall be,
and hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out
of any money III the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars,
TO be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury who is hereby re-
CURED to adopt plans for the said Offices, and
the vaults and safes connected Herewith, and
to cause the same TO be constructed and pre-.
pared the use with as little delay as shall be
consistent with the public interests, and the
convenient location aud security of the
buildings to be erected: Provided, however,
That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall
find, upon inquiry, and examination, that
suitable rooms fUl the use Of the receiving
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 build.
ing for the safe keeping Of the public money
then he shall cause such rooms to be pre-.
pared and fitted Up, and such vaults and
safes 10 be constructed in the custom house
at Charleston, and no independent office.
shall be there erected.
!. Sec. OF. And be ipfurther enacted, That
for the payment Of the expenses authorized
BIZ this act, other than those hereinafter pro-.
vided for; a Sufficient sum of money be, and
the same is hereby appropria ed, to be paid
out Of any money in the Treasury net other-
wise appropriated. Z