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 62 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 90. 1846. by him, at sucn times and in such form as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Postmaster-General. Ex¤mi¤¤ti<>¤¤ Sec. 11, And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the gygmgégtgg Treasuryshall be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause examinations to aapcsitariai. be made of the books, accounts, and money on hand, of the several depositaries constituted by this act;·and for that purpose to appoint Compensation special agents, as occasion may require,- with such compensation, not °*`°”m"*°“· exceeding six dollars per day and travelling expenses, as he may think reasonable, to be fixed and declared at the time of each appointment. Examinations, The agents selected to make these Examinations shall be instructed to MW W be made- examine as well the books, accounts, and returns, of the officer, as the money on hand, and the manner of its being kept, to the end that uni— formity and accuracy in the accounts, as well as safety to the public moneys, may be secured thereby. Additional ex- Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the ex-' j‘n"£,';““;‘;‘:;‘,::wb° aminations provided for in the last preceding section, and as a further "guard over the public moneys, it shall be the duty of each naval officer and surveyor, as a check upon the assistant treasurers, or the collector of the customs, of their respective districts; of each register of a land office, as a “check upon the receiver of hisoland office; and of the director and superintendent of each mint and branch mint, when separate offices, as a check upon the treasurers, respectively, of the said mints, or the persons acting as such, at the close of each quarter of the year, and as much more frequently as they shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to do so, to examine the books, accounts, returns, and money on hand, of the assistant treasurers, collectors, receivers of land offices, treasurers of the mint, and each branch mint, and persons acting as such, and to make a full, accurate, and faithful return to the treasury department of their condition. Nscemfy ¢¤· Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said officers, respect- f°’§:rl$j ively, whose duty it is made by this act to receive, keep, and disburse, lowed? the public moneys, as the fiscal agents of the government, may be allowed any necessary additional expenses for clerks, fire-proof chests or vaults, or other necessary expenses of safe-keeping, transferring, A11 such ex- and disbursing, said moneys; all such expenses of every character to ggifgfégdbg {lf; be first expressly authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, whose Secretary oi, the directions upon all the above subjects, by way of regulation and other, T‘°““'“7· wise, so far as authorized by law, are to be strictly followed by all the Numb" and said officersr Provided, That the whole number of clerks to be apeoinpensation or pointed by virtue of this section of this act shall not exceed ten; ant clerks. that the aggregate compensations of the whole number shall not ex POS, pI2g,,- ceed eight thousand dollars; nor shall`the compensation of any 0nc ’ clerk so appointed exceed eight hundred dollars per annum. Secretary of Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- T'°“s“'·Y ““Y ur at b` di ti n transf r th b l'h mus,-er balance. y may, IS scre o, e e a ances remaining wrt any remaining vnu; of the present depositaries to any other of the present depositaries, as {gse"' d°P°¤¤*¤· he may deem the safety of the public money or the public convenience p}O,;s,,_ may require: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer the balances remaining with any of the present depositaries to the depositaries copstituted by this act_ before the first day of January next: And pru- Proviso. vided, That, for the purpose of payments on public account, out of balances remaining with the present depositaries, it shall be lawful for the. treasurer of the United States to draw upon any of the said deposrtaries as he may think most conducive to the public interests, on Pa m U to to the convenience of the public creditors, or both. the v_ :;, for Sec. 15. And be nl farther enacted, That all marshals, district ¤t· patents, to whom torneys, and others having public money to pay to the United States '° be m¤d°· and all patentees wishing to make payment for patents to be issued.