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 60 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 90. 1846. S, [,0,,,, Th,,,,. expense of the United States, at the city of Charleston, in the State gf piowers and du- South Carolina, and at the city of St. LGI11S,]!] the State of M1ssour1,un- °‘· der the act entitled "An Act to provide for the Collection, Safe-Keep. ing,Transfer, and Disbursement, of the public Revenue/’ approved J my 1840, ch. 41. fourth, eighteen hundred and forty, shall be for the use of the assistant treasurers hereinafter directed to be appointed at the places abovenamed; as shall be also the tire-proof vaults and safes erected within the said offices and rooms for the keeping of the public money collected and deposited at those points respectively; and the said assistant treasurers, from time to time appointed at those places, shall have the custody and care of the said offices, vaults, and safes, erected, prepared, and provided, as aforesaid, and of all the public moneys deposited within the same, and shall perform all the duties required to be performed by them, in reference to the receipt, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement, of all such moneys, according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Four assistant Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President shall nomi-
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shall hold their four officers to be denominated " assistant treasurers of the United °‘H°“ Y0" {°“' States," which said officers shall hold their respective offices for the yam` term of four years, unless sooner removed therefrom; one of which shall be located at the city of New York, in the State of New York; Location gfag, one other of which shall be located at the city of Boston, in the State ¤i=*¤¤*¤‘¤¤¤¤¥¤¤'¤· of Massachusetts; one other of which shall be located at the city of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina; and one other at St. Louis, Shan v in the State of Missouri. And all of which said officers shall. give bonds_ gl ° bonds to the United States, with sureties, according to the provisions hereinafter contained, for the faithful discharge of the duties of their res ective offices. The treasurer, Sec. 6.. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the
 * ““::d";:;; United States, the treasurer of the mint of the United States, the

Omécnn having treasurers, and those acting as such, of the various branch mints, all ¤¤il_¤¤=*¤dY 0i' collectors of the customs, all surveyors of the customs acting also as fgquiied  collectors, all assistant treasurers, all receivers of public moneys at the the same safely, several land offices, all postmasters, and all public officers of whatg,°°;n‘:,"dp€Q;:‘;Q,;j soever character, be, and they are hereby,required to keep safely, rr, make such without loaning, using, depositing in banks, or exchanging for other as 2;*; funds than as allowed by this act, all the public money collected by ,,,qu,,ed to be them, or otherwise at any time placed in their possession and custody, made,&c. till the same is ordered, by the proper department or officer of the government, to be transferred or paid out; and when such orders for transfer or payment are received, faithfully and promptly to make the same as directed, and to do and perform all other duties as fiscal agents of the government which may be imposed by this or any other acts of Congress, or by any regulation of the treasury department _To nctas pen. made in conformity to law; and also to do and perform all acts and °¤°¤ *8****- duties required by law, or by direction of anyof the Executive departments of the government, as agents for paying pensions, or for making any other disbursements which either of the heads of those departments may be required by law to make, and which are of a character to be made by the depositaries hereby constituted, consistently with the other official duties imposed upon them. Tmuum 0,. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the U_ sv n-easnmnn United States, the treasurer of the mint of the United States, the treasggzsl min: ang HTG! of the branch mint at New Orleans, and all the assistant treaS· ,,,,,,,_,,,,;°"f,,g;°;,'f,_ urers hereinbefore directed to be appointed, shall respectively give rerytogivebond. bonds to the United States faithfully todischarge the duties of their respective offices according to law, and for uch amounts as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with sureties to the satis-