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 528 Trrnm xxx1V.-COLLECTION OF DUTIES.-—Ch. 2. 3 Mar-, 1873, <=- such salary, fees, and commissions not to exceed the sum of two thousand 264·“·3·V·17rP·6°r five hundred dollars a year. Divisionof com- Sec. 2686. Whenever a collector shall die or resign, the commissions ¤¤l¤¤10¤¤ <>¤ dwth to which he would have been entitled, on the receipt of all duties bonded °f °°u°"t°" by him, shall be equally divided between the collector resigning, or the 232 lgar. ,1 179!;>,);;=. legal relpresentatige of such Seceaspld collector, (pgd hip; successor in pfliep, »¤· ·"· ·P· · w cse ut it sha e to co act the same; an or tis pur oss a. the Bam v_ Drury, public cdr ogfhcial olotiks, padpers, and acclpuuts of the collector hesigning or 4M¤s.,118. ecease s all be e ivere over to suc successor. Apporticnment Sec. 2687. Collectors and all other officers of the customs, serving 0f ¢¤¤¤D¤¤¤¤¢i0¤ for a less riod than a year. shall not be paid for the entire year, but l°’ 9*** °f “Y°“‘7“ shall be alldwed in no case a greater than a pro rata of the maximum STLés compensation of such officers respectively for the time only which they U Feb-» 184*% °· actually serve as such collectors or officers, whether the same be under 7*qé1j;;9* C one or more appointments, or before or after confirmation. _ And_ no col- 201; ,,_ 3i7V_ 14;p: lector or other officer shall, in anfy case, receive for his services, erther as 186. fees, salary, fines, gnaltgesl, for eitures, or otherwise, for Shel Emp he ma be in service on the maximum pro rata rate provide aw. And this section shall be applied and enforced in regard to all officers, agents, and employes of the United States whomsoever, as well those whose compeinsation is iletermined by a gommissipnbon disbursemlelpts, not to excee an annua maximum, as t ose pai y sa ary or 0 erwise. rs·•s¤•¤¤-1 L;,,,;; to com- Sec. 2688. No collector, or surveyor performing the duties of collector, pensation of col- shall, on any pretense whatsoever, receive, hold, or retain for himself, ID ¤¤*°*S· ***5* $*1** the aggregate, more than six thousand dollars per year, including all v°H°'? °°t'"’g °° commissions for duties, and all fees for storage, or fees or emoluments, QgL—s— or any other commissions or salaries which are now allowed and limited 353¤l’g°;"51;4k3§‘ by law. [That hereafter the maximum compensation of each surveyor g `_,,];,,, $8}; (Q_ of customs, Herforming the diéties of ctpllpptéors of (pustoms, shallthe lfiye 347, v. 17. p. 336. thousand dollars a year, out o any an a ees an emo uments y xm 3}{¢11'.,`lB75,¢‘.]30, received_] [gu 5 345;] U. gb')-t1d,U.4S)1-10 Ilow., 109; Stewart v. U. S., 17 How., 116; U. S. r. Walker, 22 How., 299;  S. v. McDonald, 5 Wall., 647; U. S. v. Collier, 3 Blatch., 325; Hooper v. F my- one Casks of Brandy, Dav., 370; Donovan v. U. S., 23 Wall., 383; McLean’s Case, 8. of Cls., 217. Compensationto Sec. 2689. The aggregate sums allowed in each year to the collectors, been ¤¤“'° 0*** naval officers, and surveyors, shall be exclusive of the necessary expenses p2"i;._*... incident to their respectiyelpmxs, in the same year, subject to the regu- 3 Mar., 1341. v- lation of the Secretary 0 the easury. 35, s. 5, v. 5, p. 432. Limit to com- Sec. 2690. Whenever the emoluments of any collector of either of the p¤¤¤¤¤¢}¤ *§°s‘;;l‘ rts of Boston, Portland Maine, New York. Philadclplhia, Baltimore, amfhefgpecigeg Uoharleston, Savannah, or New Orleans shall exceed six thousand dollars, po,,, or the emoluments of any naval officer of either of those ports shall exceed tive_thousand dollars, or the emolumentsof any surveyor of my ,,9 {fg ,,,,195; either of said ports shall exceed four thousand five hundred dollars, rn {Mar., i841, c. an one ear, after deducting the necessary expenses incident to his 35.¤-5. v·5.p-432 office in the same year, the excess shall, in every such case, be paid into 39¥28·"é;"b1?g‘*b;· the Treasury, for the use of the United States. I) ‘ I ' 190, 191.-——Hoyt v. U. S., 10 How., 109; U. S. v. McDonald, 5 Wall., 647; Donovan r. U. S., 23 Wall., 383. Ifi¤nitt0c<>mpe¤— Sec. 2691. Whenever the emoluments of any other collector shall ?:;‘g¥h*;°°l::§*°” exceed three thousand dollars, or the emoluments of any other naval officer shall exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, or the emoluments 107 S, {6; ,1;,; 3; of any other surveyor shall exceed two thousand dollars, in an one year. p. 635. after deducting therefrom the necessary expenses incident to his office in 22 J11M. 1874, 6- the same year, the excess shall, in every such case, be paid into theTre¤.s—
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23 n},; 1877; ,_ the plreeeding section shall not extend to fines, penalties, or forfeitures, 69, v. 19, p. 24e. or the distribution thereof. [No collector, surveyor, or naval officer