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 THIRTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 50, 55, 56. 1857. 163 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury D£l;§c§°‘;’0 EE'; not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of a wagon road from Fort Colmdm Defiance in the Territory of New Mexico, to the Colorado River, ucar the mouth of the Mohava River. A1>1>1z0vE1>, February 17, 1857. CHAP. LV.—An Act to increase the Pay of the Ojfcers of the Army. Feb.  _ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United pay of 9,,-my »S9atea of America in Ovngress assem.ble¢L That from and after the com- 0i‘1‘i<=¤¤i¤¤r¢¤¤¤d· mcnccment of the present fiscal year, the pay of each commissioned officer of the army, including military storckeepcrs, shall be increased twenty dollars per month, and that the commutation price of oHiccrs’ subsistence _C0¥t{1m¤f¤Fi<>¤ shall ba thirty cents per ration. Pu°° °r r°m°nS` Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be Additional pay authorized, on the recommendation of the council of administration, to TRY ff ixfendig extend the additional pay herein provided to any person serving as aim? Qgszfls chaplain, at any post of the army. Armzovzu, February 21, 1857. CHAP. LVI.-An Act rdatin to ForChina and la the Cd 0 Cents at the Mini _ 9 (fthegfgniwd Slam. MW f Feb. 21, 1857 Be it enacted by the Senate and Hzmc of Representatives of lhc United How much States of America in Congress assembled, That the pieces commonly ifuqisb and _ known as the quarter, eighth, and sixteenth of the Spanish pillar dollar, ugxttfggmggggd and of the Mexican dollar, shall be receivable at the treasury of the rm- by United United States, and its several offices, and at the several post-0Hiccs and SWM- land-0Hices, at the rates of valuation fo110wiug,—that is to say, the fourth of a, dollar, or piece of two reals, at twenty cents ; the eighth of a dollar, or piece of one real, at ton cents ; and the sixteenth of a. dollar, or half real, at five cents. S20. 2. And be it _/Ember enacteeL That the said coins, when so ro- Said com gn ceived, shall not again be paid out, or put in circulation, but shall be be r¤¤<>i¤¤d· recoincd at the mint. And it shall be the duty of the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to prescribc such regulations as may be necessary and proper, to secure their transmission to the mint for rccoinagc, and the return or distribution of the proceeds thereof; when deemed expedient, and to prescribe such forms of account as may be appropriate and applicable to the circumstances : Provided, That the expenses incident be such transmission or distribution, and of recoinagc, shall be charged against the account of silver profit and loss, and the net profits, if any, shall be paid from time to time into the treasury of the United States. Ssc. 3. And be it further enacted, That all former acts authorizing the Fgymgr mt, currency of foreign gold 01- silver coins, and declaring the same 2. legal mqkivg f¤¥¤iK¤ bender in payment for debts, are hereby repealed; but it shall be the duty g$"";g°;l°u;;;'&:{ of the director of the mint to cause assays to be made, from time to time, repealed. of such foreign coins as may be known to our commerce, to determine ,A”*7P °*` fi: their average weight, fincncss, and value, and to embrace in his annual ;$cf°£dm‘m_ report a statement of the results thereofl mm11y reported. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and aiier the passage of weight and this act, the standard weight of the cent coined at the mint shall be seventy- composition of two grains, or three twcntieths of one ounce troy, with no greater devia- °°”“‘ tion than four grains in each piece; and said cent shall be composed of cighcy·e-ight per ccntum of copper and twelve per ccntum of nickel, of such shape and device as may be fixed by the director of the mint, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the coinage of the half cent shall cease.