Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-07
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
Monday Morning, April 9, Is48.
PASSAGE OF TnE suB-rREAsURY BILL

The House of Representatives on Thursday
last passed the Sub-Treasury Bill. Below we
give the vote on its passage. The following are
the main provisions OF the Bill:
Section 5. Provides for the appointment, of re.
OF four years al the city Of New York, al Boston
and the city Of ST. Louis.
Sec. 6. Provides that receiving officers OF Gus
toms and Of lands, and all posmasters, with GER
tain named exceptions, shall keep the money paid
in 10 them, without using it, Till the same is or
dered 10 be transferred or be paid out.
Sec. 8. Provides that all receivers OF public
money within the District of Columbia SHALL
whenever directed by the Secretary OF The Trea-
sury, or Postmaster-G General, pay the money re-
ceived by them into the Treasury; and that all
receivers of public money elsewhere shall paythe
money received by them 10 The receivers-gencra
al least as often as once week.
Sec 10. Provides for the transfer Of the public
money upon the order OF the Secretary OF the
Treasury.
Sec Is. Makes j! the duty of The Secretary
of the Treasury, with as much prompilude as
safely of the public funds will permit, 10 with
draw The balances remaining With the present de-
positories.
Sec. II. Directs The manner 10 which the books
shall be kept, &C., and provides that any loaning
OF The public money or conversion Of ito private
use, shall be adjudged an embezzlement OF such
money, which is declared to be a felony, punish
able, on conviction, By Imprisonment for not less
than six months, nor more than len years, and
fine equal to the amount Of money embezzled.
Sec. 49, Provides that AFTER The thrtielh day uf
June, 1876, one-tbird part OF all duties, taxes,
sales OF public lands, debts, and SUMS OF money
L.. l,,Nt tha ,stodS
shall be collected in the legal currency OF The
United States, and from and after the thirieth Of
June, i647, one other third part shall be collected
in such currency; and after The lhiftieth OF June,
lS4S the remaining one-lhird part shall be 80 col
lected; and from and after the last mentioned dav
all payments of government dues or OF postage
shall be in gold and silver only.
Sec. 20. Directs all payments made by every
officer or agent Of the government after The last
mentioned period, 10 be in gold and silver only.
Sec. 81. Forbids any exchange oil funds BY
any of The officers or agents Of the Government,
other than an exchange for gold and silver; and
directs every disbursing officer, when the means
for his disbursements are furnished him in curren-
cy legally receivable, 10 make his payments re-
ceived for the drafts furnished, unless he can, in
either case, exchange The means in his hands for
gold and silver al par.
See. 80. Makes il The duty Of The Secretary
of the Treasury 10 issue aud publish regulations;
TO enforce the speedy presentation OF all Govern
ment drafts, and prescribe the time in which all
drafts shall be presented for payment; and 10
guard as far as may be, against those drafts being
used or thrown into circulation as paper cur.
iency, or medium Of exchange.
Sec. "a. Fixes the salaries OF the receivers
general, &c. The receiver general at New York
is to be paid $4,000 per annum; al Charleston
- $500. and al 81. Louis 81, 500 &c.
The vote on the final passage of The bill was
as follows:
YEAs-Messts Stephen Adams, Anderson, Al
kinson, Bayly, Bedinser, Benton, Biggs, James
Black, James a. Black, Bowlin, Boyd, Brinser-
hof, Bfockenbeoush Brodhead, WIN. G. Brown,
Burt, Ca,hcar, Reuben Chapman, Chase,
Chapman, Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Constable,
Cnom Cummins, Cunningham, Daniel, Jeiier-
SON Davis, De Mott Dillingham;, Dobbin, Dou-
glass, Dromgoole, Dunlap, Ellsworth, Faran,
Ficklen Foster, Fries, Garvin, Giles, Goodyear,
Gordon, Grover, Hamlin, HARRISON, lIarman-
son, Henley, Hoge, Isaac f. Holmes, Hopkins,
Hongh George S. Houston, Hungerford, James
B. Hunt Hunter, Charles J. lngersoll, Jenkins,
James h. johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew
johnson, George w. Jones, Seaborn Jones, Pres
ion King, Leake, Lieb, La sere, Lyon, Lump
kin, Maclay. MCLEAN, McClelland, McCon-
John p Martin Barclay Martin, Morse, Moul.
ton, Niven, Owen, Parish, Payne, Petit, Phelps,
Price, Ra,hbun, Reid, Relic, Rhelt, Roberts, Saw
telle Sawyer, Scammon, Seldom, Alexander D.
Sims, Leonard H. Sims, Simpson, Thos Smith,
Robert Smith, Stanton, Siarkweather, ST. John,
Sykes, James Thompson, Thurman. Tibbalts,
Tredway, Wentworth, Wheaton, Wick, Will
liams, Wilmot, Wood, Woodruff, Woodward,
Woodworlb, Yancey and Yell-l22.
NAYs-Messrs Abbott, John @. Adams, Ar
mold, AshmuD, Barringer, Bell, Blanchard, Mil
ton Brown, Burlington, William w. Campbell,
Carroll, John G. Chapman, Cooke, Collamer,
Crans,on, Crozier, Culver, Garrett Davis, DIXON,
Dockery, John II. Ewing, Edwin Il: Ewing,
Foot Gentry, Gidiuss, Graham. Order, Hal
per, Herrck, Hilliard John w. Houston, 5. D.
Hubbard, Hudson Washington Hunt Joseph K.
Inaerso Daniel P. King, Thomas Batter King,
Lewis, Long McGaughey, McHenry, Mcllvaine,
Marsh, Miller, Moseley, Pendleton, Pollock,
Ramsey, Julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell,
Runk, Schenck, Severance, Truman Smith, Al
bert Smith, Stewart, Thibodeaur. Thomasson,
Benjamin Thompson, 1'ilden, Trumbo, vinton,
White, Winthrop, Wright and Youns-66.