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 212 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 97. 1853. Gqmpcnsetiou Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the annual comg;nY‘;‘,ff‘f,’§;d8 pensation of the Vice-President, Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, of Departments Navy, and Interior, and the Postmaster and Attorney-General, shall be ’·'*d A‘*°'°°Y" eight thousand dollars each. G§§§;’§‘#g of Old Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when private establishments inlplrlivato celeb- shall be made to refine gold bullion, the Secretary of the Treasury, if he 1* °““· shall deem them capable of executing such work, is hereby authorized and required to limit the amount thereof, which shall be refined in the Mint at Philadelphia, from quarter to quarter, and to reduce the same progressively as such establishments shall be expended [extended? ] or multiplied, so as eventually, and as soon as may be, to exclude refining from the mint, and to require that every deposit of gold bullion made therein for coinage shall be adapted to said purpose, without need of re- P¤>Vi¤¤ M ¤° iining: Provided, That no advances in coin shall be made upon bullion §$}'1‘f§,‘fj°‘°" after this regulation shall be carried into effect, except upon bullion refined as herein prescribed. Assistant Sc- Ssc. 6. And be it further enacted, That an officer shall be appointed °'°°"y °f S°“‘”‘ in the Department of State, to be called the Assistant Secretary of State, whose salary shall be three thousand dollars per annum, payable in the same manner as that of the Secretary of State, who shall perform all such duties in the office of the Secretary of State, belonging to that Department, as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State, or as may be reuired b law. Outstanding q SEO. And be ·it_furt}wr enacted That the Secretary of the Treasury g;_b°;'0":1*'° £°“g: is hereby authorized and required to cancel any outstanding debenture cancelled. bonds given previously to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and Proviso. fifty, upon the importation of foreign coals: Provided, That the said coals have been exported to a foreign port or consumed upon the outward voyage, and shall not have been consumed in the United States. Act of1848, oh. SEC- 8. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act };°•g°E;§°“l;°°*‘ entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic c,,,?,,,;,, Ogilggg expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighin the depart- teen hundred and forty-seven, and for other purposes," approved August '“°“t'» ’°""°d· tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. UmtE:'*g;:°t:8°£ Sec. 9. And be tt further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- ,mk_ sury be and he is hereby authorized to purchase at the current market price any of the outstanding stocks of the United States as he may think PWM_ most advisable, from any surplus funds in the Treasury: Provided, That the balance in the Treasury shall not at any time be reduced below six millions of dollars. Assay omce to Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- £&v‘?f$°;‘Q‘°d m Bury is hereby authorized and required to establish in the city of New York an office for the receipt and for the melting, refining, parting, and assayiug of gold and silver bullion and foreign coin, and for casting · Treasurer. the same into bars, ingots, or disks. The Assistant Treasurer of the “3?_3§¤‘¤ Md M- United States in New York shall be Treasurer of the said assay office, ' and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, with the approbation and consent of the President of the United States, appoint such other officers and clerks, and authorize the employment of such assistants, workmen, and servants as shall be necessary for the proper conduct and manage- P ment of the said office and of the business pertaining thereto, at such '°'i'°‘ compensation as shall be approved by the President: Provided, That the same shall not exceed that allowed for corresponding services under existing laws relating to the Mint of the United States and its branches. _ Recefgtw be Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the owner or owners of gm" M “m°“‘ any gold or silver bullion, in dust or otherwise, or of any foreign coin, shall be entitled to deposits the same in the said office, and the Trea-