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 64 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 90. 1846. Until the vaults, and safes, directed by the first four Sections of this act to bg pared by the first States, the treasurers of the mints at Philadelphia and New Orleans u°;°*:;¤ ,2*; and the assistant treasurers at New York, Boston, Charleston, and St: commend, cth_ Louis, can be constructed and prepared for use, it shall be the duty ern so be pro- of the Secretary of the Treasury to procure suitable rooms for offices °"'°for thfose opicors at their respective locations, and to contract for such use 0 vau ts and safes as may be required for the safe-kee in of th public moneys in the charge and custody of those officers rgspgctivelyi the expense to be paid by the United States. And whereas, by the thirtieth section of the act entitled "An Act to ,789, Cb_ 5_ regulate the Collection of Duties imposed by Law on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels, and on Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, imported into the United States," approved July thirty-one, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it was provided, that all fees and dues collected by virtue of that act should be received in gold and silver coin only; and whereas, also, by the fifth section of the act approved May ten, eigh- 1800, ch. 55. teen. hundred, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled ‘ An Act providing for the Sale of the Lands of the United States in the Territory North-west of the Ohio, and above the Mouth of Kentucky River} " it was provided that payment for the said lands shall be made by all purchasers in specie, or in evidences of the public debt; and whereas, experience has proved that said provisions ought to be revived and enforced, according to the true and wise intent of the constitution of the O d an United States.- hm ,’“,*},‘},,,’_t,$; _ S20. 18. Be tt further enacted, That on the first day of January, ,;,,t;,,,,t,,,,,,,&c_, m the yearlone thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and thereaf- K¤r§i¤€h;g tl; ter, all duties, taxes, sales of public lands, debts, and sums of money ,,,,,1,,, gm and accruing or becoming due to the United States, and also all sums·due silver coin, or in for postages or otherwise, to the general post-office department shall Mmm ub. the authority of the United States: Provided, That the Secretary of umiorh Y P ghre Treasury shall publish, {monthly, in two newspapers at the city of as mvton the amount o specie at the se er l l f d 't the a1ndunt,of' treasury notes or drafts issued, aaiidpthbeirhounlpbhtz On and H standing on the last day of each month. APH,, ,,,41,* 5; Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That on the first day of April ggdmqng lg,' bg one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and thereafter every oflii e in an· - ’ _,,verc051<: din cer or agent engaged 111 making disbursements on account of the 3;,,,,,,,,, ,,0,,,,, if United States, or of the general post-office, shall make all payments agiees totiréiqgtpy in gold and silver com, or in treasury notes, if the creditor avree to them. I ° “’°‘*“’€ wd ¤°t€S H1 Payment ; and any receiving or disbnrsingboflicer · v,,,,,,,,,,, 0,. og agent who shall neglect, evade, or violate, the provisions of this and ltgghagzgzgozrig tre last pretpeding section of this act, shall, by the Secretary of the b,, repoing w S:'’ ¤°*¤¤· be paid in gold and silver coin only, or in treasury notes issued imder
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S · Y _ ongress, 1 in session; and if_not in session, at the commencement No Mohan 6 0 éts seggion next after the violation takes place. ‘ of ,,,,,,1, ,0 ge EC. . And be ttgfurther enacted, That no exchange of limds ?;g°aSsi€r:e:°¤ ;lt{*;lnl;°g!::]¢;6 lz-] shy illsbursing officers or agents of the government, ‘ o enommation whatsoever or connected with an . _ y Egisnclgrpg 2;: publichseryice, other than nn,exchange for gold and silbulge ry suc_ disbursing officer, when the means for his disments are furnished to him in gold and silver, shall make his How pa _ £?g,;2g'?S K} lh? f¤0¤ey so furnished; or when those means are furmem shan gs place Ofc au:] xr; drags, shall cause those drafts to be presented at their mas. make MSP gl Isn fp {properly paid according to the law, and shall unless inlziyhein s m h e money so received for the drafts furnished, , - case, e can exchange the means in his hands for gold