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 426 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 131. 1873. i’;;°¤‘lf¤”“<l respective offices, shall become bound to the United States, with one or 0 m’ more sureties, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the sum of not less than ten nor more than fifty thousand dollars, with condition for ‘ the faithful, and diligent performance of the duties of his office. Similar of assistants bonds may be required of the assistants and clerks, in such sums as the ‘“d °1°’k*¥ superintendent shall determine, with the approbation of the director of the mint; but the same shall not be construed to relieve the superintendent or other officers from liability to the United States for acts, omissions, or negligence of their subordinates or employees: Provided, That increase there- the Secretary of the Treasury, may, at his discretion, increase the bonds °£ of the superintendent. Salary ofdi~ Sec. 12. That there shall be allowed to the director of the mint an travelling expenses in visiting the ditl"erent mints and assay-offices, for superintend- which vouchers shall be rendered, to the superintendents of the mints at gf; “”“Y°"s· Philadelphia and San Francisco, each four thousand five hundred dollars; ’ to the assayers, mclters and refiners, and coiners of said mints, each three thousand dollars; to the engraver of the mint at Philadelphia, three thousand dollars; to the superintendent of the mint at Carson city, three thousand dollars; and to the assayer, to the melter and retiner, and to the coiner of the mint at Carson city, each, two thousand five hundred assistants, dollars; to the assistants and clerks such annual salary shall be allowed °l°'l§¤· md W°*k· as the director of the mint may determine, with the approbation of the m°n’ Secretary of the Treasury; and to the workmen shall be allowed such wages, to be determined by the superintendent, as may be customary and reasonable according to their respective stations and occupations, and approved by the director of the mint; and the salaries provided for in payable this section, and the wages of the workmen permanently engaged, shall be mommy- payable in monthly instalments. gt,,,,,;,,,,; of- Site. 13. That the standard for both gold and silver coins of the United sold md Slim! States shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred °°mS‘ shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy; and the alloy of the Amy_ silver coins shall be of copper, and the alloy of the gpld coins shall be of copper, or of copper and silver; but the silver sha in no case exceed one-tenth of the whole alloy. Gold coins; Sec. 14. That the gold coins of the United States shall be a one-dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of twenty-five and eight—tenths grains, shall be the unit of value; a quarter-eagle, or two-and-a—half dollar piece; a three-dollar piece; a half-eagle, or five-dollar piece; an eagle, or tendollar piece; and a double eagle, or twenty-dollar piece. And the standard standard weight of the gold dollar shall be twenty-five and eight-tenths "°‘€h°¥ grains; of the quarter-eagle, or two-and-a-half dollar piece, sixty-four and a half grains; of the three-dollar piece, seventy-seven and four-tenths grains; of the half-eagle, or five·dollar piece, one hundred and twenty- nine grains; of the eagle, or temdollar piece, two hundred and fifty-eight grains; of the double-eagle, or twenty-dollar piece, five hundred and sixteen grains; which coins shall be a legal tender in all payments at their nominal value when not below the standard weight and limit of tolerance provided in this act for the single piece, and, when reduced in tobelegal weight, below said standard and tolerance, shall be a legal tender at t°“d°"i valuation in proportion to their actual weight; and any gold coin of the reduction in United States, if reduced in weight by natural abrasion not more than xg5g;!??' ““*‘*”1 one-half of one per centum below the standard weight prescribed by law, ’ after a circulation of twenty years, as shown by its date of coinage, and at a ratable proportion for any period less than twenty years, shall be when-etobe received at their nominal value by the United States treasury and its
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 * °°°*“’d· offices, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe for the protection of the government against fraudulent abrasion OI