Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-02-20


ty, any dsbursing officer, who shall violate the
provisions of this section, and forthwith TO re-
port the name of the officer, or agent, 10 The
President, with the fact of the violation, and oil
the circumstances accompanying the same, and
within the knowledge of the said Secretary, to
the end that such officer, or agent, may be
promptly removed from office, or restored to
his trust and the performance Of his duties, Is to
the President may seem just and proper.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That 1t
shall not be lawful for the Secretary Of the
Treasury TO make or continue in force, anygen-
eral order, which shall create any difference
between the dif1erentbranches ofrevenue, as to
the funds or medium ofpayment,i in which debts
or dnes accruing to the United States may be
paid.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Trca-
sury to issue and publish regulations to enforce
the speedy presentation OF all Government
drafts for payment at the place where payable,
and to prescribe the time, according 10 the diff
ferent distances OF the depositaries from the seat
of Government, within which all drafts upon
them respectively shall be presented for pay
ment; and, in default of such presentation, 10
direct any other mode and place Of payment
which he may deem proper. But i'll all those
regulations and directions, il shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to guard. rs
far as may be, against those drafts being used,
or thrown into circulation, Us paper currency
or medium of exchange.
Sec. a. And be it further enacted That the
receivers-g general of public moneys directed by
this act to be appointed, shall receive, respec-
lively, the following salaries, per annnn, TO be
paid quarter yearly, at The Treasury of the U.
States. to wit: the receiver general of public
money at New York, shall be paid salary Of
four thousand dollars per annum; the receiver
general Of public money at Boston, shall be
paid salary of Two thousand five hundred dol
lars per annum; The receiver general of public
money at Charleston shall be paid salary of
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
and the reeeivcr-general of public mohey at
ST. Louis shall he paid salary oftwo 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 i'm
posed by this act; the Treasurer Of the Branch
Mint at New Orleans, shall also receive one
thousand dollars annually for the additional du-
ties created by this act; and these salaries, re-
spectively, shall be III full for the services ofthe
respective officers, nor shall either Of them be
permitted to charge, or receive, any commission
or perouisite, for any official seryicci Of any
character or description whatsoever; and the
making of any such charge, or the receipt of
any such compensation, is hereby declared to
be a msdemeanor, for which the officer conric-
ted thereof, before any Court Of the U. States
of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to
punishment by fine or Imprisonment, or both nj
the discretion of the court before which the
offence shall be tried
Sec. 25. And be i further 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 pay
ments 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 receiva-
bic Tor public lands, atany public or private sale
of lands, in the same manner as the currency
authorised by law 10 be received in payment
for the public lands; Provided, however, That
the receipts given by the Treasury of the U.
States, pursuant to tile authority conferred in
this section, shall not be negotiable or transfer
able, by delivery, or assignment, or in any other
way whatsoever, but shall, i'll all cases, be pre-
sented in payment for lands, by or for the per-
son to whom the receipt was given, as shown
upon It's face.
Sec rs. And be it further enacted, That for
the purchase sites, and for the construction Of
the offices of the rcceivers-general OF. public
money, by this act directed to be erected at
Charleston, South Carolina, and St. Louis,
Missouri, there shall be, and hereby is, appro-
priated, to be paid out of any money in the
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum
OF len thousand dollars, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
who is hereby required 10 adopt plans for the
said offices, and the vaults and safes connected
Herewith, and to cause the same to be construct
ed and prepared for Use with as little delay us
shall be consistent with the public interests, and
the convenient location and security Of the
buildings to be erected: Provided, however,
That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall find,
npon inquiry and examination, that suitable
rooms for the use of the receiver-general al
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 con-
structed in that room for the safe keeping ofthe
public money, then he shall cause such rooms
to be prepared und 6ttedup, and suchvaults and
safes 10 be constructed in the custom house at
Charleston, and no independent Office shall be
there erected.
Sec. 81. And be it 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 same
is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any
money IN the treasury liot othcrwise appro-
priated. :,
Sec. %. And be it 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.
The Injustice O. observation-disclosures of
our subscribers who continue to withhold
from us our hard earned and just dues, could
only be made TO realize the heavy expen-