Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-20

rent or aro In actual use and circulation as money
within the United States, every person offending
shall DO deemed guilty Of high misdomoanor, aud
not exceeding two thousand dollars.
SEC g. That II any Of the gold or silver coins which
United States shall DO debased, made worse to
tho proportion Of nne gold or fine silver thoren con-
tanod, or shall DO Of less weight value than tho
same ought 10 be pursuant the several acts relative
thereto Il any Of the weights used ut any Of the
minis Or assay Offices o. the United states shall no 10.
connivanco of any Of tho officers or persons who shall
be employed at tho said minis Or assay offices, with
fraudulent ntont and II any Of tho said officers or per.
shall ombezgo any Of tho metals which shall ut
any time be committed to their charge for tho purpose
Of being conodor any OF the coins which shall DO struck
or coined at tho said mints, medals, coins,
other moneys Of said minis assayocos at any tmo
committed TO their charge or Of which they may have
assumed tho Charge every such officer person who
shall commit either or any Of tho sad oonses shall DO
doomed guilty Of felony, and shall DO imprisoned at
hard labor for term not loss than year nor moro
than ten years, and shall DO fined in sum not exceed
ing ten thousand dollars.
SEC Go. That this act shall take effect on tho first day
Of April, eighteen hundred and seyenty-throe, whom
the Offices Of the treasurer Of tho mints In Philadelphia
San francisco and New Orleans shall be vncated and
the assistant treasurer at New York shall cease 10 per-
form tho duties Of treasurer of the assay-once Tho
other officers and employee Of tho minis and asay-o
fees now appointed shall continue 10 hold their res
pocvo slces, they having first given tho necessary
bonds until further appointments may DO required tho
acting as superintendent thereof Tho duties of tho
roasurers shall dovolve herein provided upon the
assistant treasurers Of the United States Provided,
That the salaries heretofore paid to the troasurers Of
the minis at Philadelphia San Francisco, and New Or
leans acting assistant treasurers shall hereafter DO
paid 10 them assistant treasurers of tho United
States and that the salary Of tho assistant treasurer
at New York shall not be diminished by tho vacation
Of his office as treasurer of the assay-oillCe.
SEC. &C. That the different mns and assayolces au-
thorzed by this act shall DO known tho mint Of the
United States ut Philadelphia" 'tho mint of the Unit
cd States at San Francisco "ho mint Of tho United
States Mt Carson tho mint of the United States Den
yer, "the United States assay.oice at New York.
and tho United States assayolcc at Boise city, Ida
ha," "the United States assayoico at Charlotte North
Carolina :" and all unexpendod appropriations hereto
fore authorized by law for the uso Of the mint Of tho
United States at Philadelphia the branch mint of tho
United States in California, the branch mint of tho
United States at Denver tho United States ayoico
otte, North Carolina and the United States assay Of
flee at Bose CITY, Idaho, are hereby authorized to DO
transferred for the account and Of tho institutions
established and located respectively at the places des-
ignated BY this act.
SEC ca, That this act shall be known as tho Coinage
act ofeighteen hundred and soventy-threo " and all
other acts and parts Of acts pertaining to the mnts
say-occs and coinage Of tho United states noonsst-
ent with the provisions of this act hereby repealed
Provided That this act shall not DO construed to affect
any act DONE right accrued penalty incurred under
former acts but every such right Is hereby saved and
and all suits and prosecutions for acts already done in
violation Of any former act acts Of Congress relating
TO the subjects embraced in this act may be begun or
proceeded with in Ike manner as II this act had not
been passed and all penal clauses and provisions in
existing laws relating to tho subjects embraced in this
act shall be deemed applicable thereto And provided
further That much Of the first section Of IAN act
making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the
government for the year ending juno thirty eighteen
hundred and seyenyone and for other purposes ap-
proved July leen eighteen hundred and seventy, as
provides that until after tho completion and occupation
Of tho branch mint building in San Francisco, 1t shall
the United States unrelned or impaired bullion when
ever in tho opinion Of the Secretary Of the Treasury it
can be done with advantage to the government is here
Approved, February H. 1873