The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-20

TO re port the name of the officer, or AGENT 70 inc
President, with the fact of the violation ana an
the circumstances accompanying .ne saiio anu
within the knowledge of the SAID Secretary, TO
the end that such officer, or agent, may be prompt
lv removed from office, or restored to his trust
and fine performance of his duties, as to the
President may seem just and proper.
SEC. %. find be Il further enacted, That It
shall not be lawful fer the Secretary OF the Irea-
sury 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 payment, in which debts or dues
apcruing to the United States may be paid;
SEC. %. .9fld be 1t further enacted, mat II |
shall be the duty of the Secretary OF the 1reasu-
nv to issue and publish regulations to enforce the
speedy presentation of all government drafts Tor
paying at the place where payable, and to pre-
scribe the time, according to the different dis
tanees ef the depositaries from the seat OF gov
ernment, within which all drafts upon them;
respectively, shall be presented for payment;
and, in default of such presentation TO direct
ary other mode and place of payment which lac
may deem proper; but in all those regulations
and directions, it shall be the duty'ot the See
rotary of the Treasury, to guard, as lar as rnay
be, against those drafts being used or thrown INTO
circulation, as paper currency, or'fAedIunh OF
exchange.
SEC. "a. ..q,,d be It further enacted, Tha the
receivers general of public money directed by THIS
act to be appointed, shall receive, respect very
TIE following salaries, per annum, TO be pale
tGuarter-year1y, at the Treasury ofFthe Unltea
States, to wit: the Encouragement OF PubHc
rnonev at New York, SHALL be paid salary Of
four thousand dollars per annum: the receiver
general Of public money at Boston, shall be paid
Easalary of two Thousand five hundred dolla rs per
l.aRnum; the receiver general of pubiie money at
Charleston, shall be paid salary af two thous-
and five hundred dollars per amman: and the re-
,ceiver general of public money tStHouis, shall
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dollars per -enium; the treasurer of the mi mt at
Philadelphia, shall, in addition to his pr esenf
salary receive five hundred dollars anRually fer
the performance of the duties imPesed by tbas
f.act; the treasurer of the branch mint at New
Orleans, shall also receive one thousand dollars
annually, for the additional duties created by
this act andsthese salaries respectively, shall be
I'M full for the services ofehe respective otic ers
nor shall either of them Ice permittedsto charge,
or receive any commission, pay, or FerquIslte,
ior .Rhy official service, oil any character or de-
erirtion whatsoever and the maki4g OF any
| ach charge, o. the receiptpsf any such compen-
-sation, is hereby declared tic be a misdemeaner,
lsfer which the officer convicted there's, before
any court of the United States, OF competent jul
risdiction shaIRbe sub ect to punishment by fine,
or Imprisonment, or both, atthc discretion OF the
ceurtbefore which the offence shall be txied.
SEC. rs. y4isLt6e it further enacted, Isat the
treasurer of the United States be, and he is
hereby authorized to receive at the Treasury,
and SUCH other points as he may .Aesignate, pay
M emit iItadvance for public lands, 4the payments
SO made, il all cases, to be evidenced by the re-
ceipt of the said Treasurer of the United States
which receipts so given shall be received Tor
public lands, in the4Game manher asthe currency
authorized by law to be received in payment for
the public lands: .Psoriaed, hotce0ef5 That tne
receipts given by the Treasurer of tine United
States, pursuant to TIE authority conferred 10
this section shall not be negotiable or transfera-
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manner whatsoever, but shall, in all cases, be
presented in payment for lands by or for the
person TO whem the receipt was given as shown
upon its face.
| SEC. &c. .aBd be it further enacted, That the
purchase Of sites and for the construction Of the
Offices Of the receivers general of public money,
bv this act directed to be crested at Charleston,
4 South Carolina, and at st. Lcalis, Missouri there
shall be, and hereby is, appropriated TO be paid
out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars,
lite be expended under the direction of the Secre-
i tary of the Treasury, who is hereby required to
i adept 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 convenient with the
public interest 'and the convenient location and
security of the buildings to be erected provided
hosoeUeg, That if the Secretary of the Treasury
shall find upon inquiry and examination, that
suitable rooms, Tor the use OF the encouragement
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
censtructedin that building for the safe keeping
of the public money, then he shall cause such
rooms to be prepared and fitted up, and such
vaults and safes to be constructed in the custom
| house at Charleston, and no independent office
| shall be there erected.
Sec. 81. .qsad be it further enacted, That for
the payment of the expenses authorized by this
act, other than those herein provided for, suff-
eient sum of money he and the same is hereby
appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. %. find be ii. further enacted, That all
acts or parts of acts which come in conflict with
the provisions of this act be, and the same is
hereby, repealed.
! r. M. T. HUNTER,
| Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
r. NJ JOHNSON,
Vinc Praaidar,t of he IIrnifad Sfatns l