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shall either Of them be permitted to charge,
or receive, any compensation, pay, or per-
quisle, for any official service, of any
character or description whatsoever; and
the making OF any such charge, or the re-
ceipt of any such compensation, is here
by declared to be misdemeanor, for
which the officer convicted thereof, before
any court of the United States of compe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be subject to pu-
nlshment by fine, or Imprisonment, or
both, at the discretion of the court before
which the offence shall be tried.
Sec. rs. find be 1t further enacted,
That the treasurer Of the United States be,
and he is hereby authorized 70 receive at
the treasury, and at such other points as
he may designate, payments in advance
for public lands, the payments so made.
IN all cases, to be evidenced by receipt of
the treasurer Of the United States which
receipt SO given, shall be receivable for
public lands, at any public or private sale
OF lands, in the same manner as the cur
rency authorized by law to be received in
payment for the public lands Provided.
hot0ever, That the receipts given by the
treasurer of the United States, pursuant to
the authority conferred in this section.
shall not be negotiable or transferable. bv
delivery, or assignment, or in any other
manner whatsoever, but shall, in all cases,
be presented in payment for lands bv or
Tor the person to whom the receipt was
given, as shown upon lis face.
Sec. &c. find be it further enacted.
That for the purchase of sites, and for the
Offices OF the receivers-general Of the pub
lie money, by this act directed to be erect.
ed at Charleston, South Carolina, and at
st. Louis, 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, to be expended under the direc-
ton OF the secretary Of the treasury, who
is hereby required to adopt plans for the
said Offices, and the vaults and safes CON
nectcd Herewith, and to cause the same 10
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 Propided, ho,cerer, That if
.ho secretary OF the treasury shall find
upon inquiry and examination, that suita-
bic rooms for the use Of the receiver-gene.
raj at Charleston can be obtained in tho
custom house now owned by the United
States at that place, and that secure vaults
and safes can be constructed in that build.
ing Tor the safe keeping of the public mo-
ney, 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. 27. Ind be il further enacted,
That, for the payment of the expenses
authorized by this act, other than those
herenbeforc provided for, sufficient sum
OF money be, and the same is hereby, ap-
to be paid out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. %. find be ii farther enacted,
That all acts or parts Of acts which come
n conflict with the provisions of this ac.
De- and the same are hereby, repealed.
r. M. #. HUNTER,
Speaker Of The II. Of Reps.
Ri. M. JOHNSON,
J. Presi. L. s. g. Presi. Sen.
Approved July fth 1910