State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-09-17


!, which ali drafts upon them, respectively,
sbaIl be presented for payment; and, in de.
f,nIt of such presentation, 10 direct any 9th.
er mode and place of payment which he may
deem proper
Sec. "a And he it further enadted, That
the receiver general Of public moneys, dlrec.
ted BY this act to be appointed, shall receive
respectively, thu following salaries per an.
mum to be paid quarter yearly, at the treas.
urs OF the u. States, to wit: Tn receiver
general Of 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 salary of 81 300 per annum;
the receiver general of public money at
Charleston shall be paid a salary Of $3.50
per annom, and the receiver general of pub.
ic nnnev n, ST. Louis shall be paid salary
of - 500 per annutn; and these salaries re-
snei,vclv. shall be- in full for the services of
the respective officers, nor shall either of
them be permitted 10 charge or receive any
commission, pay, or perquislte, for any Official
service, of any character or description what.
socveI, and the making of any such charge,
or the receipt of any such compens ton, Is
hereby declared to be a msdemeanor, for
which the officer convicted thereof, before
any court of he United states, of compe tent
jurisdiction, shall be subject to punishment
By fine, or imprisonment, or both, at the dis.
creuon of the court before which offence
shall be tried.
S, C. %. And be il further enacted, Tha,
thu Treasurer Of the United States be, and
he Is hereby authorized to receive ut the
Treasury, aud at such other 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
Treasurer of the United States; winch re-
ceipts so given shall be current at the several
land Offices, of the United States as cash, at
and public OF private sale of lands, in the
same manner as the currency authorized by
law To he received in payment for the pulc
lands, Provided, however, That the receipts
given y the Treasurer of the United States
pursuant to the authority conferred In this
section shall not be negotiable or trarsr. ra.
bic by delivery or assignment, or in any other
ma lner whatsoever but shall in all cases, bp
presented IN payment for lands BY or for the
prison to whom the receipt was given, as
shown upon lis face.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That
for thu purchase of sites, and for the CO
stIuclion of the Offices of tht receivers gener.
al of the public money, by this act directed
to he erected at Charleston, South CaIolin1
and at st. Louis, Missouri, there shall be,
and hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out
Of any money i'll the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the SUN 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
Il, vaults and safes connected Herewith, and
TO cause the same 10 BE- constructed and pre-.
pared the use with as little dtlay 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
and, upon inquiry, and examination, tnat
SUI able rooms fuI the use of the receiving
general at Charleston can be obtained in the
Cus;o house now owned by the United
States at that place, and that secure vaults
ard saf..s can be constructed IN that build
ing for the safe keeping of the public money
then he shall cause such rooms 10 be pre-
pared and fitted up, and such vaults and
safes TO be constructed in the custom house
at Charleston, and no independent office
shall be theIe erected.
Sec. 81. And be il further enacted, That
fo, the payment of the expenses authorized
BIZ this act, other than those hereinafter pro-
7ided for; sufficient sum of money be, and
the same is hereby appropria ed, to be paid
out of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.