The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-16

nue. and Deposits to give separate bonds and receive
salaries
6. Offices or Agencies of the Exchequer to be es-
tabshed at the following ports of entry and places
viz: Boston. Mass; New York, N. Y; Philadelphia,
Pa; Charleston, 8. c.; New Orleans, La Cincin-
natl, Ohio, Cor Louisville Ky); Detroit, Mich, Cor
Chicago, ILL.,; and wherever public interest and con-
venience shall render offices necessary and proper
and authorized by law.
7. The Secretary Of the Treasury, from time to
time, TO direct the Treasurer to transmit suitable
amount of bills to the Commissioners of any Office
or Agency when public interest and convenience shall
require it, to be exchanged for deposits in gold and
silver coin and bullion to be disbursed to public
creditors
b. All hills transmitted to the Commissioners Of any
Office or Agency, to be made payable, on their face,
to their order; and, when exchanged dsbursed, TO
be severaly endorsed by them ALL payable the order
Of the person or persons receiving the same.
8. The Commissioners to act in all cases as the
General Agents of the Treasury for receiving safe
keeping, dsbursing, transferring and transmitting the
public moneys and other securities under the direction
of the SECRETARY of the Treasury.
TO- Separate duties TO be assigned to each Commits
sioner viz: to one the duty of receiving all moneys
other securities to another that of paying trans
fering or transmitting the same to the other that of
keeping the account books, journals auditing the ac-
counts and making out weekly Cor semi-monthIy) re-
turns of all the doings of the Office or Agency
which shall be signed by all the Commissioners, and
published officially, weekly, Cor semmonthIy,) both
at Washington, and at the place of the Office or
Agency.
III. All public moneys, received from whatever
sources, to be paid to the Commissioners of any
Office or Agency, where the collecting officers reside
within convenient distances under the direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury
IL For the safe-keeping Of the public moneys de-
Posits, securities, books, accounts and whatever else
appertans thereto, strong and secure proof vault
safe shall be provided for the Exchequer and each
of its Offices Agencies, having three several and
dissmilar locks the several keys of which shall be
separately kept all times by the three Commission
ers, of whom shall but under penalty of dis
missal from Office, entrust his proper key to either
OF the others, or to any other person and for the
safe-keeping of the contents of the vault, all the
Commissioners shall be jointly and severally respon-
| sible.
IL. Any peculation embezxlemen or private use of
any Of the public moneys deposits securities or pro-
perty, of the Exchequer, any ofs Offices or GEN.
cies or any forgery of its bills securities, shall be
deemed felony, and subject the offender to twofold
restitution and Imprisonment and hald labor for life
IA. All bills issued by the Exchequer or any of its
Offices or Agencies, when presented for redemption,
or in payment of public dues, shall be endorsed with
the name of the presenter and in his presence he I'M
mediately cancelled and punched by the receiving
Commissioner and after being recorded, Transmitted
to the Treasury Department.
10 All letters transmitted by mail, containing Ex-
chequer Bills, shall be placed in separate bag label
led Money for Exchequerl Mail )" and the bills shall
be endorsed payable to the order of the persons to
whom the letters addressed with the amount en-
closed specified in figures above the superscripton,
gether with the numbers the bills and the Office
where issued; and no additional postage shall be
charged for the same.