, 1840-08-29

legally receivable under the provision OF
this act, shall make his payments in the cur
rency so furnished, or when those means are
furnished to HMM drafts, shall cause those
drafts to be presented at their place Of pay
ment, and properly paid according to tho
law, and shall make his payment in the cur
rency so received for the drafts furnished, un-
less in either case, he can exchange the
means in his hands, for gold and silver at par,
and so as to facilitate his payments, or other
wise accommodate the public service and
promote the circulation of a metallic curren-
cy. And it shall be, and is hereby made,
the duty of the head of the proper Depart
ment Immediately 10 suspend from duty any
disburstiug officer who shall violate the pro-
visions of this section, and forthwith TO re-
port the nam of the officer, or agent, to tho
President, with the fact Of the violation and
all the circumstances accompanying the
same and within the knowledge of the said
Secretary, to the end that such officer, or
agent any 5e promptly removed from Office,
or restored to his trust and the performance
of his duties, as to the President may seem
just and proper.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That
it shall not be lawful for the Secretary Of
the Treasury to make or continue in force,
any general order, which shall create any
difference between the different branches
of revenue, as to the funds or medium Of
payment in which debts OF dues accruing to
the United States may be paid. SO
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue and publish regulations to
the speedy presentation Of all Gov
eminent drafts tor payment at the place
where payable, and to prescribe the time, &C.
TO the different distances of the de-
positaries from the seat Of Government, with
in which all drafts upon them, respectively,
shall be presented forl payment;..and, ia de-
fault of such presentation, to direct any 9th
er mode and place Of payment which he may
deem proper. But in all those regulations
and directions it shall be the duty Of the Se-
of the Treasury to guard, as far as
may be, against those drafts being used, or
thrown into circulation, as a paper curren-
cy or medium of exchange.
Sec. e5. And be it further enacted, That
the receivers, general Of public moneys d.
by this act to be appointed, shall re-
ceive, respectively, the following salaries,
per annum, to be paid quarter yearly, at the
Treasury of the United States, to wiz: the
general OF public money at New
York shall be paid a salary of four thousand
dollars per annum; the receiver, general of
public money at Boston shall be paid q sails
~ of two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; the receiver, general of public mo-
ney at Charleston shall be paid a salary OF
two thousand FIVE hundred dollars per annum;
,nA tha anrar ranarot 81 .rhl.o -nona~v
at st. Louis, shall be paid a salary of two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum; the
Treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia shall,
in addition to his present salary, receive five
hundred dollars annually for the performance
Of the duties imposed by this act, the Treas
urer of the Branch Mint at New Orleans
shall also receive one thousand dollars n
for the additional duties created by this
act; and these salaries, respectively, shall be
infull for the services Of the respective Off
GERS, nor shall either of them be permitted
10 charge, or receive, any commission, pay,
DR. perquisite, for any official service; Of any
or description whatsoever; and the
Of any such charge, or the receipt Of
my such compensation, Is hereby declared
10 be a misdemeanor, for which the officer
convicted thereof, before any court of tho
United States of competent jurisdiction,
shall be subject to punishment by fine, or inn
or both at the discretion of the
court before which the offence shall be tried
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That
he Treasurer Of the United States be, and
lie is hereby, authorized to receive at the
Treasury, and at such other points as he may
designate, payments in advance for public
ands, the payments so made, in all cases, to
De evidenced by the receipt of the said Treas
lrer Of the United States; which receipts 80
given shall be receivable for public lands, at
my public or private sale Of lands, in the
Iame manner as the currency authorized by
aw to be received in payment for the pub
&c lands: Provided, however, That the re-
,eipts given by the Treasurer Of the US.
to the authority conferred in this
shall not be negotiable or transfera-
lie, by delivery, or assignment, or in any 9TH
II manner whatever, but shall, in all cases,
,e presented in payment for lands by or for
he person to whom The receipt was given,
IS shown upon its face. -
Sec. &c. And be it further enacted, That
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