The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-07-25

general of public money at 81 Charleston
shall be paid a salary Of two Thousand $
FIVE hundred dollars per apnnm; and ;tiIea 3
receiyer-general of public money at Sc
Louis shall be paid "a salary of two tfoii Il
sand five hundred dollars per.annum; the &
treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia shalt
in addition to his spfesent salary; receiae
FIVE hundred dollars, annually, for theSs
performance Of. the duties imposed: BY
this act; the treasurer of the branch mint
at New Orleans. shall also receive oile5S
thousand dollars, annually, for The addi:s
tional duties created by this act; and these
salaries. respectively, shall be lin full for I
the services Of the respective officers, nor z
shall eitherof them be permitted to charge, i
or receive, any commission, pay, or sper-
quisite, for any official service, sof any.
character or description, whatsoever; and I
the making Of any such charge, or the Z
receipt Of any such compensation,1i ,1is here
by declared to be misdemeanors for
which the officer convicted thereof, be-,
fore any court Of the United States of
competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to
punishment by fine, or imprisonment, or
both, atthe discretion of the court before
which the offence shall.be tried. s;
SEC. 25. And be 1t further enacted, $
That the. Treasurer of the United States
be, and he is hereby, authorized to res
ceive at the Treasury, and at such other;
points as he may designate, payments 2inss
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 receipts so given
shall be receivable for public lands, at any,
public or private sale of lands, ,Sin the
same manner as the currency authorized
by law to be received in payment for the
public lands: Provided, however, That
the receipts given by the Treasurer of
the United States, pursuant to the autho-E
rity conferred in this section,s shall not
be negotiable or transferable, by deliye.
ry, or assignment, or in any other man.
ner whatsoever, but shall, in all cases, be-
presented in payment for lands by or for,
the person to whom the receipt was given, &
as shown upon its face. asv q: - !;
Sec. 26. And be 1T furtker enacted, Z
That for the purchase of sites, and for.
the construction of the Offices Of the res
ceivers-general of public money, BY this
act directed to be erected at Cliarleaon,
South Carolina, and at St. Louis, Missouri,
there shall be, and hereby is, appropria.
ted, to be paid out Of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 4
sum of ten thousand dollars, to be sexpen-ss.
ded under the direction of the Secretary
of the Treasury, who is hereby required
to adopt plans for the said Offices, and the
vaults and safes connected Herewith, and !.
to cause the same to be constructed. and
prepared for use with as little delay as shall
be consistent with the public interests, and
the convenient location and security of:
the buildings to be erected: p Provided,.
however, That if the Secretary. of thesI
Treasury shall find npon inquiry and exa. 5
mination, that suitable rooms for the use
Of the receiver-general al Charleston can
be obtained in the custom-house now ownss
ed by the United States at3that place, and
that secure vaults and safes can be cons.
structed in that buiIding for the safekeep-
ing of the public money, then he shall
cause such rooms to be prepared and fitted
up, and such vaults and safes to be CON-
structed in the custom-honse at Charles Z
ton, and no independent Office shah be
there erected. &
Sec. 81. Aad be 1t further enacted,
That, for the payment Of the expenses
authorized by this act, other than those
herein before provided for, sufficient
sum of money be, and the sameis here
by, appropriated, to be paid out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated. s
SEC. .2s. And be 1t further enacted,
That all acts or parts Of acts which come
in conflict with the provisions Of this act
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
r. M. Il. HUNTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
RH. M. JOHNSON, =
Vice President of the United States,
and President Of the Senate. :.
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