Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-07-28


prs.ni. to the President. with the tact ctihe violat0s
.aI.,lI the -circumstances accompany ing the same. aus
,.;,b,r.th kno " ledge of The sad Secretary. 10 We END
,La, sn,b officer. or agent. may De promptly removed
from oqiee. or restored 10 has trust md thc performance
Of has duties. as to the President may seem just and
So % And BE- IL further ,Adcted. Thas II shall
40. he lawful fsr the Secretary VI 'he treasury 70
make or continue in force. any genera ofdei' MnNn
shall create any difference bctwecnihe puherSn' o""
es of revenue. as 10 the fund or medium OF payment III
wairh debts or dues acoruing 10 The Ohied S'a'' "ay
be paid.
Sac. %. And be IL further snerss5. TIA; It shall
be the duty OF the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 ssu'
aud publish regulations to enierce me SPEEDY pen
n, ~ Of oil Government drafts hr payment ~ "e
-. ,,hs-e payable. and TO prescribe the ~ CORD.
inc =, Inc dn,, rSni distances OF the dep@S@ hNA'
Ivy y r Cn,or,r.sr, within which al drafs Op0S,
lhe,n. respectively shall 6s rSessn'ed iE peyn'ents AMI
an default OF such presentation. u u"cN ~ omtt
mode and place OF payment which H'"1y uet" pro
nor. bu, i'm ali those regulation and frse;ions. a.
shall be the duty of the Secretary OF tng ttessSy' ~
guard. rs far as may be against th'se dnshs being usea
or thrown into circulation. Us a paper currency y
medium Of exchange.
SIC. %. Aud be a. further enacted. l1@t NE iceeH
verS-geneml Of public money directed 10y ihs Fctto Do
appointed, shall receive, respectively. the ios~"lhs
salaries. per AMMAN to be paN qusrtcT yearly 81 inc
Treasury Of The United States. TO wit tho receiver
general of public money at New York shall be pald
salary of four thousand dollars per snnum; the receiver
general of public money NJ Bhsion shall be paid "a sai'
airy Ct two thousand Eve hundred dollars PER annnni
| The receiver general OF public money al Charleston
shall be aid a salary of two thousand FIVE hundred
dollars per annUm; aud the receiver general oil pubic
money at 81. Louis shall DO paid n salary ~ two uhod-
sand five hundred dollar. per nnnun; the Treasurer
of the Mint at rhIladelphia shall, IN addition To his
present salary, receive FIVE hundred toHnrS- annually.
Tor the pcrformauce OF the duties Imposed Ivy tins ocii
he Treasurer OF the branch Mint at New Orleans
shall also receive one thousand dollars, annually, i"r
Ike ADDITIONAL dutic. created by TIM oct; and these sal
/ aries respectively shall be in full for the servicesol the
rs sctfse officers, nor shall either ufihem be permitts
% charge. or receive any commission, pay, or parqGiSiic,
for any official service of any character or description
whatsoever: anu the making Of any such charge ,Oe
the receip; Of any such compensation, IS hereby decla-
red TO be n m-tsiemcanOr for which the oihceT 'ohNic-
ted thereof. before any court Of the United Slatos 81
coinpcien, jurisdiction. -hat be subject to punishment
by FIRE or imprisonment. or both At tire discretion OF
the court tef0rc which the officer shall be tred.
SEC 25. And h. Il farther cHGcted. That the Trea-
surcr of the United Siatcp be, and lac Is hereby author.
ised to receive at the Treasury and at such other
points as he may designate, paynents m advance for
public lands, The payments 50 made m az cases TO DC
evidenced by the receipt of the salc TrensurcT oi ths
United States which receipts 90 given shall be reeeiN'
able tOr public lanGs, at any public or private sale oil
D lands, in tho came manner rs the currency authorized
by law 10 hc received in payment tor the public lands
Provided hsUerer. That the receipts given By 'ho
Treasurer Of the United States pursuant TO the author
ity conferred IN ilns section shall not DE negolaoie OF
transferable, by delivery, or assignment, or any other
manner whatsoever. bat shall. IN all cases, be present
u Ell in payment Ter land BY or fur the person to whom
, the receipt was given, or shown uPon ne face.
SEC. PC. And be az further enacted, That for tho
purchase of sites, and for the construction Of the offices
X OF the receivers general OF the pnblic money. by thi,
act directed te bc erected al Charleston, South Carolr
ia. aud at 81. Louis, Missouri. there shali be. and here
by Is. appropriated TO be paid out of ony money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. the sum oi ten
! thousand dollars To be expended under the direction
q of the Secretary of the Treasury, who IL hereby requr
n red 10 edepi plans for the sarI Officers, and the vaults
and safes connected fEerc with, and 10 cause the same
10 be constructed and PREF urel fur use with as ltilc
delay as shall he consistent with the public Interests
= and The convenient location and security of the build
r ings 20 be erected PrOride9. hoUeuer, That 1t the
: Secretary Of the Treasury shall find upon inquiry and
examination, that suitable rooms for the receiver gen
cral AT Charleston can he obtained in thc custom-hOusS
II now owned hy the United States at that place. and
i hat secure vaults and safes can be constructed in thai
:, building for the safe keeping of the public money, ihe'
he shall cause such rooms TO he prepared and fitted
up, and such vaults and safes TO be constructed in IhC
C custom house At Charleston, aud no independent Office
c shall be there erected.
=, SIC. 81. Ard Be IL GrticT enacted, That for a.,
payment of The expenses authorized By this act, olhe
" than those hcrcinbcioTe provided for, a sufficient 81
u of money be, and thc same is h hereby appropriated. T.
be paid out ofGny money ia the Treasury not otherwise
Is appropriated.
SEc. %. Aud BE- Il further cn1ci,i. That NIL act,
or parts of acts which come in conflict With prov isIuUs
n of This oct be, and ihe sane are hereby, repealed.
r.. ". +. HUNTER,
Speaker If Me House If Representatives..
Ri NJ. JOHNSON.
licG President % The UHiiei State.
and Prfsi3ral # DE SeEdie.
5 APPROVED, July 4;h, lsi0.