Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-10-11
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
1852 1858.
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the date theseof in payment Of all dsbts due
to the United States at the port Of New York
for the full sum therein certified. All gold or
silver bullion and foreign coin deposited, melt.
cd, parted, refined, or assayed, as aforesaid,
shall, at he option Of the depositor, be cast in
the said office into bars, ngots, or disks, eth
er Of pure metal or Of standard fneness, as the
owner may prefer, with a stamp thereon Of
such form and device as shall be prescribed by
the secretary If the treasury, accurately deslg-
mating its weight and fneness: Provided, that
no lngot, bar Or disk, shall be cast Of less
weigh; than five ounces, unless the same he Of
standard ineness, aud .of either one, two, or
three ounces in weight And all gold or silver
bullion and foreign coin intended by the de.
posltor to be converted into the coins of the
United States, shall as soon as assayot and its
net value certified as above provided, be trans.
Jerred 10 the mint of the United States, under
such directions as shall be made by the secreta.
ry of the treasury, and at the expense of the
contingent fund of the mint, and shall there be
coined. And che secretary Of the treasury is
hereby authorized, with the approval Of the
President Of The United States, to make the ne
cessary regulations for the adjustment of the
accounts between the respective officers, upon
the transfer Of any bullion or coin between the
assay Office, the mint, and Assistant treasurer
10 New York.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, that the
operations Of melting, parting, refining, and
assaying in the said Office shall be under the
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in suboldination to the secretary of the trea
Jury, and it shall be the duty Of the said drec,
tor to prescribe such regulations and to order
such tests as shall be requisite to insure faith.
fuIness, accuracy, and uniformity in the ope-
rodons of the said Office.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted that tho
avs Of the United States for the government
Of the mint and It's officers, IN relation 10 the
receipt pay nent custody Of deposits, ana set
element ol accounts, the duties md responsible
ltIes of ohc'rS ana others employed Iheroh,
tha 0atl 10 be taken aud the bond and sureyles
TO he given 0y tlIem as far as The same may be
applicable snal extend 30 the assay Office there
by established, and to It's officers, assistants
clerks, waIknen, and others employed therein,
SEC. IA Aud bG II further enacted, that
tn, same charges shall be made aud demmdol
.as la saIl assay oiHce for refining, parting,
g og into bars, ngJts, or disks, and fur al.
, are, ar shall be made and demanded Mt
,l mnt, uud no other charges shall be made
yi ,tpuators than by Jaw arc authorized 10 bo
nau AZ ,he m,nt, aui ,he amount received from
the ehTg hereby auth rled shal be account
I'd for and ipproprlated for delraying fhe con.
lent eSpedsec OF the said Office.
Sec, Is. AID be it further enacted, That the
secretary OF the treasury is authorized to pro-
cure, ny rent, lease, or otherwise, a building
or apartments in the city of New York, suitable
for tho operations Of said Office, unless he shall
be of opinion that suitable apartments in the
custom house in that city may be assigned for
this purpose. An be is also hereby authorized
and directed to procure the necessary machine
ry and implements for the earring on the ope.
Tat:ons and business Of the said oiiee
Sec. l6 And be it further enacted, that the
salary Of the assistant treasurer of the United
States In New York, FROM and after the time
that the sal office shall bo opened and N ope-
ration, sha. DO six thousand dollars per on.
mum, instead of tho sum now allowed.
Sec. n. And be it further enacted, that IN.
der the act for the benef9 Of Amos Proctor, ap
proved the seventeenth day of June, one thol
sand eight hundred and forty four, the legll
representatives Of the said Proctor are entitled
to one half Of one noiety, being one fourth Of
the appraised value Of the goods therein men.
lioned, as having been seized and libelled on
his importation.