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 694 Trrms: xxxvrr.-—COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES 29 Jam, 1874. ¢- Fifth. The mint of the United States at Denver. 1°· "· 18· Pig- Sixth. The United States assay—office at New York, 16é2vAq'g’p of "` Seventh. The United States assay—office at Boise City, Idaho. · 3’A,}a,_’ {875, c_ Eighth. The United States assay-office at Charlotte, North Carohna. 143, r. 18; pp. 478, 419. Oiuccmcfminw- Sec. 3496. The officers of each mint shall be a superintendent, an `T2 158}, 1873, ,._ assayer, a melter and refiner, and a coiner; and, for the Mint at Philagg, s. 3, v. 17, p. dlelp ga, an erégraver;tal¥t3] bgpiiointed by the President, by and with · the a vice an consen o e na e. S¤P°¤Zl¤*°*}d°¤** Sec. 3497. The su rintendents of the mints at Philadelphia, San °f:,;';$“d’Q:£,;“  Francisco, and New Cileans shall be, and perform the duties of, treas- §:,,,,,u,,,,_ urers of said mints respectively. Ibid., s. 65. m;a$f;;$n;>; 0*5- I Sec. 3e9S. The olfiicersdof the spveral mints shall be entitled to the fol- ___{ · __ owin sa aries, to e pai mont : Ibid.,s.12,p.426. Firgt. The superintendents of thve mints at Philadelphia and San Fran- 20 JVM 187% €· cisco, to four thousand five hundred dollars a year each. 328*"‘18·p‘96‘ Second. The assayers, melters and refiners, and the coiners of those mints, to three thousand dollars a year each. d Third. The engraver of the Mint at Philadelphia, to three thousand o lars a 'GRI'. 1•;pi(p·thl The superintendent of the mint at Carson City to three thousan dollars a year. Fifth. The assayer, the melter and reiiner, and the coiner of the mint at Carson City, to two thousand five hundred dollars a year each. _Sa1aries of as- Sec. 3499. There shall be allowed to the assistants and clerks of the °“::*‘·¤,:”· °l°"k”; several mints such annual salaries as the Director of the Mint ma, with mime workmen employed therein such wages as may be customary and rea- WEE; sonable according to their respective stations and occupations, to be " . ’ Q determined by the superintendent, and approved b the Director of the 131, s. 12, y.17, p , _ , _ _ _ Y _ _ 423, Mint. The salaries provided for in this and the preceding section, and 32g0{u;2;,Il8gé, <·- the tgpges tg workmen permanently engaged, shall be payable in monthly ¤ · v‘ ms IDBI]. Oath of of ucc of Sec. 3500. Every officer, assistant, and clerk appointed fOl' any mint °H?i°€E·;·s’m”*·"» shall, before he enters upon the execution of his office, take an oath 13{2F€}6»38;'?» °; of the State in which such mint is located, faithfully and diligently to 425j “‘ * ‘ *P perform the duties thereof; in addition to other official oaths prescribed by law, such oath, duly certified, shall be transmitted to the Secretar of the Treasury. The superintendent of each mint may require such oath from any of the employes of the mint. [Sec 551750- 1757-] Bonds ctcfncers, Sao, 3501. The superintendent, the assayer, the melter and refiner, and
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..T;--m__ five offices, shall becon1e bound to the nited States, with one or more 1b¤d.,¤-11,p-425- 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 bonds_ may be required of the assistants and clerks, in such sums as the 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 liabilit · to the United States for acts, omissions, or negligence of their suborchnates or emplovés; and the Secretary oft th; Tgzasury may, at his discretion, increase the bonds of the super- 1n en en. Whcmactinab- Sec. 3502. Whenever any omcer of a mint or assay—office shall be ggnciigggémiog; temlporarily absent, on account of sickness or any other cause, it shall mg; Omceh ’ be awful for the Superintendent, with the consent of such of50B!`, $0 appoint some person attached to the mint to act in the place of such ··°· ·P· - officer during is absence; but all such appointments shall be forthwith reported to the Director of the Mint for his a proval; and in all cases whatsoever the principal shall be responsible For the acts of his repre-