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 Trrmn xxxrv.-—CLLECI`ION OF DUTIES.—Ch. 2. 523 and office-rent, stating the purposes for which the premises rented are 7 Mly, 1822, c. EF ]jed_ 107,s.13,v.3,p.695. Sec. 2644. The collector of customs of each of the districts on the A¢<>0¤¤f·¤ of colnorthern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers shall render, with his l°°°°"“l’;”‘“‘!"*h' accounts of the expenses incident to his office, a list of the clerks and other officers of the customs em loyed by him, stating the rate of com- 3 MM'-, 1863, <= pensation allowed to each, the duties they severally perform, and also 87·“‘1·"·12»P·7°°· an account of the sums paid for stationery, fuel, and all other office expenses, including office—rent; for all of which expenses he shall submit an M09¢h3 ¤¤’¤i· estimate each month in advance, and shall state the purposes for which me "‘ “”°"· any premises are used; and shall also render an accurate account of all Ibid. fees and commissions collected by him. Sec. 2645. All accounts for salary, compensation, and emoluments shall Accounts to be be rendered quarterly, at the end of each quarter of the iiscal year. {;¤d°¤*d Qumr- 11 Feb., 1846, c. 7, s. 2, v, 9, p, 3, Sm. 2646. All blank-books,blanks,and tationeryof every kind required _Books to be turby collectors and other oiHcers of the customs shall. so soon as they can '“"h°d tv www be prepared for delivery, b or under the direction of the Secretary of the F °°"‘ Treasury, be furnished to them for the use of their respective offices, upon 28 July, 1866, c. requisition made by them, and the expense of such books, blanks, and gg- '· 5· V- It P stationery shall be paid out of the appropriation for defraying the expenses ' of collecting the revenue from customs. Sec. 2647. Every collector of customs, every naval officer, and ever Quarterly acsurveyor performing or having performed the duties of a collector, shall :P““* pg °°“°¤· render a quarter-yearl account, under oath, to the Secretary of the Treas- ,.3:5,.;, °°°’ &°‘· ury, in such form as the Secretary shall prescribe, of all sums of money —+— by each of them respectively received or collected for fines, penalties, or $53 lg"··518‘”é3;· forfeitures, or forseizure of merchandise, oru n compromises made upon  ig, cj any seizure; or on account of suits instituted)for frauds against the rev- 108, s. 8,,v. 11,, p, enue laws; or for rent and storage of merchandise, which may be stored 229· in the public store-houses, and for which a rent is paid beyond the rents missy- la?} °- pgid b the collector or other such officer; or for custo y of goods in 187:’v’ ’P‘ ndedywarehousesz and if from such accounting it shall aqpear that the  money received in any one year by any collector, naval 0 cer, or sur- 22 I-i'O+_,·299. ’ veyor, on account and for rents and storage, and for fees and emoluments, U. S. v. McDonahall in the aggre te exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, such excess ¤ld» 5 WW-, 647- shall be paid by 51:: collector. naval officer, or surveyor, as the case may 8 g{‘gf;“2';7U·S·· be, into the Treasury as public money. [SM I HN-]" ' Sec. 2648. Collectors and survevors of the collection-districts on the Bl¤¤k¤· northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers are authorized to 14 July, 1g5g, c_ keep on sale, at their several offices, blank manifests and clearances 169, s. 2, v. 12, p. required for the business of their districts, and to charge the sum of ten 572- Eentg, and no more, for each blank which shall be prepared and executed y them. Sec. 2649. The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint s ial agents, Spepialagenutc not exceeding fifty -three in number, for the purpose of makm the exam- ggsgtyzgwésbzi inations of the books, papers, and accounts of collectors and other officers 1,,,,,0,,,; 3,,;] of the customs, and to be emplqyed generally, under the direction of the Secretary, in the prevention an detection of frauds on the customs rev- 102, s. 1, v. 16, p. enue; and the expense thereof shall be charged to the "appropriatiou to 122- _ defray the expense of collecting the revenue from customs." xl? f';f,;·;8{géf’· By c. 287 of the Statutes of 1876, v. 19, p. 152, the power of the Secretary of the Treasury was so modified as to authorize the appointment of only twenty special agents to be employed in the custom service, at a compensation not exceeding eight dollars per day ‘and actual traveling expenses when actually employed in the ut1es" of the agency. Sao 2650. The special agents shall be divided into three classes: Cl¤¤¤ii<¤¤i¤¤¤¤d First. The first class shall consist of nineteen agents, two of whom P‘Y“‘°“*°'“$°““’· shall each receive, in addition to the expenses necessarily and actually 12 M,,y_ 18-I0_ ,,_ incurred by him, a compensation of ten dollars per day, and seventeen 102,s.2,v.16,p.123.