Графични страници
PDF файл
ePub

(ACT of April 20th, 1818.)

one hundred and fifty dollars each; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. For the office of the treasurer, one chief clerk, whose com ensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars. For the office of the registe, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; four clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each; six clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and seven clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars each. To the office of the commissioner of the land office, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each; five clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and twelve clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars each.

4. SEC. III. The secretary of the war department is hereby authorized to employ for the office of the war department, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum; three clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each; eight clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and five clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars each. For the office of the paymaster-general, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each; three clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. For the office of the adjutant and inspector general, one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars. For the office of the ordnance departinent, one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. For the office of the superintendent of

(ACT of January 14th, 1820.)

Indian trade, one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.

5. SEC. IV. The secretary of the navy department is hereby, authorized to employ one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.

6. SEC. v. The commissioners of the navy are hereby, authorized to employ one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.

7. SEC. VI. The attorney general shall be allowed to employ one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars

per annum.

8. SEC. VII. The post-master general is hereby, authorized to employ one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars; five clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars each.

9. SEC. Ix. The compensation allowed by this act to clerks, shall commence from and after the thirty-first day of March last. And it shall be the duty of the secretaries for the departments of state, treasury, war, and navy, of the commissioners of the navy, and the postmaster general, to report to congress, at the beginning of each year, the names of the clerks they have employed respectively in the preceding year, together with the time each clerk was actually employed during the year, and the sums paid to each; and no higher or other allowance shall be made to any clerk in the said departments and offices, than is authorized by this act: And all acts, and parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

ACT of January 14th, 1820. Pamphlet edit. 6.

An act supplementary to the act, entified an act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices," passed the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

19. The authority given in the eighth section of the above recited act, to the secretary of the treasury, to employ nine ad

(ACT of April 2d, 1792.)

ditional clerks in the office of the third auditor, and three additional clerks in the office of the second comptroller of the treasury, is hereby, continued, until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and no longer; and the sum necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, is hereby, appropriated, and shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of May 15th, 1820. Pamphlet edit. 127.

11. The secretary of the department of war, is hereby, authorized and empowered to employ six additional clerks in his department; and the sum of six thousand dollars is hereby, appropriated for their compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. This act to continue in force for one year, and no longer.

[blocks in formation]

ACT of April 2d, 1792. 2 Bioren, 263. 2 Oswald, 56.

An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.

1. SEC. I. That a mint, for the purpose of a national coinage, be, and the same is, established; to be situate and carried on at the seat of the government of the United States, for the time being: And that, for the well conducting of the business of the said mint, there shall be the following officers and persons, namely: a director, an assayer, a chief coiner, an engraver, a treasurer. [Infra 39, and as to officers 30.] 2. SEC. II. The director of the mint shall employ as many clerks, workmen, and servants, as he shall, from time to time, find neces

(ACT of April 2d, 1792.)

sary, subject to the approbation of the president of the United States.

3. SEC. I. The respective functions and duties of the officers above mentioned shall be as follow: The director of the mint shall have the chief management of the business thereof, and shall superintend all other officers and persons who shall be employed therein. The assayer shall receive, and give receipts for all me. tals which may lawfully be brought to the mint to be coined; shall assay all such of them as may require it, and shall deliver them to the chief coiner to be coined. [Altered infra, 27.] The chief coiner shall cause to be coined, all metals which shall be received by him for that pupose, according to such regulations as shall be prescribed by this or any future law. The engraver shall sink and prepare the necessary dies for such coinage, with the proper devices and inscriptions, but it shall be lawful for the functions and duties of chief coiner and engraver to be performed by one person. The treasurer shall receive from the chief coiner all the cons which shall have been struck, and shall pay or deliver them to the persons, respectively, to whom the same ought to be paid or delivered: He shall, moreover, receive and safely keep all moneys which shall be for the use, maintenance, and support, of the mint, and shall disburse the same upon warrants signed by the director. [Infra 18, 22, 27, 33.]

4. SEC. IV. Every officer and clerk of the said mint shall, before he enters upon the execution of his office, take an oath or affirmation, before some judge of the United States, faithfully and diligently to perform the duties thereof.

5. SEC. v. The said assayer, chief coiner, and treasurer, previously to entering upon the execution of their respective offices, shall each become bound to the United States of America, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the secretary of the treasury, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful and diligent performance of the duties of his office. [Infra 28.]

6. SEC. VI. There shall be allowed and paid, as compensations for their respective services; to the said director, a yearly salary of two thousand dollars; to the said assayer, a yearly salary of one thousand five hundred dollars; to the said chief coiner, a yearly salary of one thousand five hundred dollars; to the said engraver, a yearly salary of one thousand two hundred dollars; to the said treasurer, a yearly salary of one thousand two hundred dollars; to each clerk who may be employed, a yearly salary not exceeding five hundred dollars; and to the several subordinate workmen and servants, such wages and allowances as are customary and reasonable, according to their respective stations and occupations.

7. SEC. VII. The accounts of the officers, and persons employed in and about the said mint, and for services performed in relation

(ACT of April 2d, 1792.)

thereto, and all other accounts concerning the business and administration thereof, shall be adjusted and settled in the treasury department of the United States; and a quarter yearly account, of the receipts and disbursements of the said mint, shall be rendered at the said treasury for settlement, according to such forms and regulations as shall have been prescribed by that department; and once in each year, a report of the transactions of the said mint, accompanied by an abstract of the settlements which shall have been, from time to time, made, duly certified by the comptroller of the treasury, shall be laid before congress for their information.

8. SEC. vitt. In addition to the authority vested in the president of the United States by a resolution of the last session, touching the engaging of artists, and the procuring of apparatus for the said mint, the president shall be authorized, and he is hereby authorized, to cause to be provided and put in proper condition, such buildings, and in such manner as shall appear to him requisite for the purpose of carrying on the business of the said mint; and as well the expenses which shall have been incurred pursuant to the said resolution, as those which may be incurred in providing and preparing the said buildings, and all other expenses which may hereafter accrue for the maintenance and support of the said mint, and in carrying on the business thereof, over and above the sums which may be received by reason of the rate per centum for coinage hereinafter mentioned, shall be defrayed from the treasury of the United States, out of any moneys which, from time to time, shall be therein, not otherwise appropriated.

9. SEC. IX. There shall be, from time to time, struck and coined at the said mint, coins of gold, silver, and copper, of the following denominations, values, and descriptions, viz: Eagles: each to be of the value of ten dollars, or units, and to contain two hundred and forty-seven grains and four-eighths of a grain of pure, or two hundred and seventy grains of standard, gold. Half eagles: each to be of the value of five dollars, and to contain one hundred and twenty-three grains and six-eighths of a grain of pure, or one hundred and thirty-five grains of standard, gold. Quarter eagles: each to be of the value of two dollars and a half dollar, and to contain sixty-one grains and seven-eighths of a grain of pure, or sixty-seven grains and four-eighths of a grain of standard, gold. Dollars, or units: each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar, as the same is now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four-sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard, silver. Half dollars: each to be of half the value of the dollar, or unit, and to contain one hundred and eighty-five grains and ten sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or two hundred and eight grains of standard, silver. Quarter dollars: each to be of one-fourth the value of the dollar, or unit, and to contain ninety-two grains and thirteen-sixteenth

« ПредишнаНапред »