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missioner of customs, for whom the said Secretary of the Treasury shall chief clerk to be appointed by also appoint one chief clerk, at a salary of seventeen hundred dollars per Secretary of the

annum.

Treasury.

1865, ch. 73, § 4.

SEC. 13. That an officer shall be appointed in the Treasury Depart- Assistant secment [by the Secretary of the Treasury, to be called the assistant secretary of the retary of the treasury, whose salary shall be three thousand dollars per annum,] payable in the pointed his appointed: same manner as that of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall ex- salary, powers, amine all letters, contracts, and warrants, prepared for the signature of the and duties. Secretary of the Treasury, and who shall perform all such other duties in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, now performed by some of his clerks, as may be devolved on him by the Secretary of the Treasury; who shall also appoint a clerk at a salary of seventeen hundred dol- Clerk at $1700 lars per annum, who shall perform such duties as a clerk in the Treasury per annum to be Department, in aid of said assistant secretary, as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of the Treasury.

appointed.

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SEC. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the Messengers office of the first comptroller one of his messengers, to perform the same and portion of the contingent duties in the office of the commissioner of customs, as also such portion fund to be transof the contingent fund of the office of the first comptroller as may be ferred from first required in that of the commissioner of customs, in consequence of the comptroller's oftransfer of clerks from one office to another, or the transfer of a messenger ury Department from that office to another. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall to office of commissioner of custransfer one of his messengers to the office of the Secretary of the In- toms and Deterior, as also such portion of the contingent fund of the office of the partment of InSecretary of the Treasury as may be required in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, in consequence of the transfer of clerks from one department to the other.

terior.

The powers and

duties devolved on the Secretary

of the Treasury by the independent treasury

SEC. 15. That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to affect or impair any of the powers conferred, or duties devolved, on the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the transfer, safe-keeping, or disbursement of public moneys, by the act of the sixth of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, entitled "An act to provide for the act not to be imbetter organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, paired. transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue."

1846, ch. 90.

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Stat, at Large, Vol. IX. p. 397. Coinage of

and gold dollars

СНАР. СІХ. An Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold Dollars and Double Eagles. Be it enacted, &c. That there shall be, from time to time, struck and coined at the mint of the United States, and the branches thereof, con- double eagles formably in all respects to law, (except that on the reverse of the gold authorized. dollar the figure of the eagle shall be omitted,) and conformably in all respects to the standard for gold coins now established by law, coins of gold of the following denominations and values, viz: double eagles, each to be of the value of twenty dollars, or units, and gold dollars, each to be of the value of one dollar, or unit.

SEC. 2. That, for all sums whatever, the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar.

Double eagle and gold dollar

to be legal tenders.

All laws now

tion to the coins

SEC. 3. That all laws now in force in relation to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coining the same, shall, so far as in force in relaapplicable, have full force and effect in relation to the coins herein of the U. States authorized, whether the said laws are penal or otherwise; and whether to apply to the they are for preventing counterfeiting or debasement, for protecting the currency, for regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, and the preparations therefor, or for the security of the coin, or for any other purpose.

SEC. 4. That, in adjusting the weights of gold coins henceforward, the

coins herein authorized.

Weights of gold coins.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. IX. p 398.

The gross amount of all moneys received for the use of the

United States to be paid into the treasury

without deduc

tion.

Proviso.

1866, ch.201,§ 40.

Appropriations for debentures or drawbacks.

Proviso.

Secr'y of the Treasury to submit to Congress estimates of appropriations ne

cessary to provide for expenses of collecting the

revenue, &c.

Appropriations for expenses of collecting the

revenues.

Proviso: expenses of collecting revenue limited.

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following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded in any of the single pieces-namely, in the double eagle, the eagle, and the half-eagle, one half of a grain; and in the quarter-eagle, and gold dollar, one quarter of a grain; and that, in weighing a large number of pieces together, when delivered from the chief coiner to the treasurer, and from the treasurer to the depositors, the deviation from the standard weight shall not exceed three pennyweights in one thousand double eagles; two pennyweights in one thousand eagles; one and one half pennyweights in one thousand half-eagles; one pennyweight in one thousand quarter-eagles; and one half of a pennyweight in one thousand gold dollars.

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No. 312. - MARCH 3, 1849.

CHAP. CX.- An Act requiring all Moneys receivable from Customs and from all other Sources to be paid immediately into the Treasury, without Abatement or Reduction, and for other Purposes.

Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the gross amount of all duties received from customs, from the sales of public lands, and from all miscellaneous sources, for the use of the United States, shall be paid by the officer or agent receiving the same into the treasury of the United States at as early a day as practicable, without any abatement or deduction on account of salary, fees, costs, charges, expenses, or claim of any description whatever: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter the existing laws regulating the collection of the revenues of the Post-Office Department.

SEC. 2. That so much money as may be necessary for the payment of debentures or drawbacks, bounties' and allowances, which are or may be authorized and payable after the day aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the treasury, to be expended under the direction of the secretary of that department, according to the laws authorizing said debentures or drawbacks, bounties, and allowances: Provided, That the collectors of the customs shall be the disbursing agents to pay the aforesaid debentures, drawbacks, bounties, and allowances; and that all debenture certificates issued according to law shall be received in payment of duties at the custom-house where the same has been issued, the laws regulating drawbacks having been complied with. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress, at the commencement of the next regular session, estimates of appropriations which may be required to provide for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, and also from the public lands, for the second half of the next fiscal year, and separate estimates for the said purpose for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty, and similar estimates from year to year thereafter.

SEC. 4. That so much money as may be necessary to pay the expenses of collections referred to in the next preceding section, including the first half of the next fiscal year, and until specific appropriations for the objects shall be made by Congress, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury, to be expended after the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, under the direction of the secretary thereof, conformably to law and regulation: Provided, That the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs shall not thereafter exceed the sum of one million five hundred and sixty thousand dollars per annum, together with such sums as under the law are paid into the treasury for drayage, cartage, labor, and storage, and in proportion for a less time.

SEC. 5. That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, all imports - subject to duty, and whereon the duties are not paid when assessed, shall be deposited in the public warehouse, from whence they may be taken out

for immediate exportation under the provisions of that act, at any time within two years, and on payment of the duties may be withdrawn for consumption within the United States at any time within one year; but no goods subject to duty shall be hereafter entered for drawback, or exported for drawback, after they are withdrawn from the custody of the officers of the customs: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained is intended to modify the laws relating to export of goods to Canada or Chihuahua, if 1850, ch. 79, § 17. the goods when entered for export are immediately taken out of the Post, p. 331. United States, nor is it intended hereby to modify the laws in relation to pickled fish or refined sugar.

Proviso.

Solicitor of the

SEC. 6. That the solicitor of the treasury, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall require from all collectors, and surveyors Treasury to reacting as collectors, new bonds, with sufficient sureties, for such sum and inquire from collectors, surveysuch form as shall be prescribed by said secretary. The said new bonds ors, &c. new to be taken before the day fixed for this act to take effect. It shall be the bonds. Secretary of duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, at the commencement of each ses- the Treasury to sion of Congress, to report to each house a statement or statements, pre- make annual senting the amount of money expended at each custom-house in the United statements of States, during the fiscal year next preceding, and also the number of per- tom-houses and sons employed, and the occupation and salary of each person at each of number of persons employed the said custom-houses during the period aforesaid. in them.

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СНАР. СХІ. - An Act to extend the Provisions of all Laws now in Force relating to the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels, and the Regulation thereof. SEC. 2. That the act entitled "An act to regulate the carriage of passen- Number of pasgers in merchant vessels," approved February twenty-second, eighteen sengers allowed on vessels passhundred and forty-seven, shall be so amended as that a vessel passing into ing in and or through the topics [tropics] shall be allowed to carry the same num- through the ber of passengers as vessels that do not enter the tropics.

tropics.
1847, ch. 16.

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CHAP. CXII. - An Act to extend the Revenue Laws of the United States over the Terri-
tory and Waters of Upper California, and to create a Collection District therein.
Be it enacted, &c. That the revenue laws of the United States be, and
they are hereby, extended to and over the main-land and waters of all that
portion of territory ceded to the United States by the "treaty of peace,
friendship, and limits, between the United States of America and the
Mexican republic," concluded on the second day of February, in the year
eighteen hundred and forty-eight, heretofore designated and known as
Upper California.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 400.

Revenue laws

of the U. S. ex

tended over Upper California. 1850, ch. 79, and 1862, ch. 92.

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Be it enacted, &c. That all that part of the collection district of Saluria, Collection district of Brazos de south and west of the north side of Padre Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, Santiago estabbe, and the same is hereby, made a collection district, which shall be lished, and Point known as the district of Brazos Santiago, and that Point Isabel be, and the same is hereby, made the port of entry of the said district. SEC. 2. That a collector for the said district of Brazos Santiago shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall reside at Point Isabel, and hold his office for the terms and the time prescribed by law for the like office in other districts.

See act of July 28, 1866, ch. 293.

port of entry. 1860, ch. 134, § 1. Collector to be appointed: his compensation. 1860, ch. 134, § 1. 1866, ch. 293, § 1.

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Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 412.

Towns of Vinal, Haven, North Haven, and Isles

SEC. 3. That any merchandise which shall have been duly entered at the said port of entry, and the duties thereon paid or secured according to law, may be transported by land to Fort Brown, on the Rio Grande, or any other place near the said Fort Brown which may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and be thence exported with the privilege of drawback to any foreign country: Provided, That such exportation shall be made within one year from the date of importation, and under the conditions and provisions of the act entitled "An act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, in Mexico, and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five.

SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint an additional inspector, who shall reside at Fort Brown, or such other place as may be designated by him as aforesaid, and who shall inspect all merchandise entitled to drawback under the provisions of this act, and otherwise protect the revenue.

SEC. 5. That any merchandise which shall have been duly entered at the port of Corpus Christi, and the duties thereon paid or secured according to law, may be transported to Loredo, on the Rio Grande, and from thence exported to Mexico, with the privilege of drawback: Provided, That such exportation shall be made within one year from the date of importation, and under the conditions and provisions of the act entitled "An act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, in Mexico, and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint an additional inspector to reside at Loredo, who shall inspect all merchandise entitled to drawback under the provisions of this act, and otherwise protect the revenue.

SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to appoint a deputy collector to reside at Chesapeake City, in the State of Maryland, with authority to grant enrolments and licenses to vessels: Provided, That the compensation of the said deputy collector shall be the usual fees of office, and nothing more.

SEC. 7. That the owners of vessels residing on New River, in Onslow county, in the State of North Carolina, shall have the privilege of taking out registers or enrolments, and licenses, at Wilmington, in said State, and the collector of that district is hereby authorized to grant the same on the conditions now required by law.

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CHAP. CXXV. An Act to transfer the Towns of Vinal Haven, North Haven, and
Islesboro', from the Collection District of Penobscot to that of Belfast, in the State of
Maine.

Be it enacted, &c. That the towns of Vinal Haven, North Haven, and Islesboro', in the State of Maine, now included in the collection district of boro', to consti- Penobscot, shall hereafter be included in and constitute a part of the coltute a portion of lection district of Belfast.

the collection

district of Bel

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Fort Coving

Be it enacted, &c. That the town of Fort Covington, in the State of

ton, New York, New York, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same

made a port of

delivery.

regulations as other ports of delivery in the United States.

tor for Chesa

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to appoint Deputy colleca deputy collector to reside at Chesapeake City, in the State of Maryland, peake City, Md. to grant enrolments and licenses to vessels: Provided, That the compen- to be appointed. sation of the said deputy collector shall be the usual fees of office, and Ante, p. 324, § 6. nothing more.

No. 318.- JULY 29, 1850.

CHAP. XXVII. - An Act to provide for recording the Conveyances of Vessels, and for other Purposes.

Stat. at Large, Vol. IX. p. 440.

No bill of sale,

in the office of

Be it enacted, &c. That no bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, shall be &c. to be valid except as against valid against any person other than the grantor or mortgagor, his heirs and grantors, &c. devisees, and persons having actual notice thereof; unless such bill of sale, unless recorded mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance be recorded in the office of the the collector of collector of the customs where such vessel is registered or enrolled: Pro- customs where vided, That the lien by bottomry on any vessel created during her voyage, istered or enthe vessel is regby a loan of money or materials, necessary to repair or enable such vessel rolled. to prosecute a voyage, shall not lose its priority, or be in any way affected by the provisions of this act.

Proviso as to lien by bottomry.

Collectors of shall record all

SEC. 2. That the collectors of the customs shall record all such bills of sale, mortgages, hypothecations, or conveyances, and, also, all certificates the customs for discharging and cancelling any such conveyances, in a book or books to bills of sale, &c. be kept for that purpose, in the order of their reception; noting in said and shall receive book or books, and also on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or therefor a fee of fifty cents. conveyance, the time when the same was received, and shall certify on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance, or certificate of discharge or cancellation, the number of the book and page where recorded; and shall receive, for so recording such instrument of conveyance, or certificate of discharge, fifty cents.

An index of

be made out for

SEC. 3. That the collectors of the customs shall keep an index of such records, inserting alphabetically the names of the vendor or mortgagor, and records, &c. to of the vendee or mortgagee, and shall permit said index and books of rec- the convenience ords to be inspected during office hours, under such reasonable regulations of those concerned, and the as they may establish, and shall, when required, furnish to any person a collectors to recertificate, setting forth the names of the owners of any vessel registered ceive a fee of one or enrolled, the parts or proportions owned by each, (if inserted in the dollar for furregister or enrolment,) and also the material facts of any existing bill of tificate of facts sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or other encumbrance upon such vessel, re- from said index. corded since the issuing of the last register or enrolment, viz: the date, amount of such encumbrance, and from and to whom or in whose favor made, the collector shall receive for each such certificate one dollar.

nishing each cer

Collectors to furnish certified copies.

.

In addition to the oath now taken, the owner

ship or part ownership to be

sworn to and inserted in the

register.

SEC. 4. That the collectors of the customs shall furnish certified copies of such records on the receipt of fifty cents for each bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance. SEC. 5. That the owner, or agent of the owner of any vessel of the United States, applying to a collector of the customs for a register or enrolment of a vessel, shall, in addition to the oath now prescribed by law, set forth, in the oath of ownership, the part or proportion of such vessel belonging to each owner, and the same shall be inserted in the register of enrolment; and that all bills of sale of vessels registered or enrolled shall set forth the part of the vessel owned by each person selling, and the conveyed to each person purchasing. SEC. 6. That the twelfth clause or section of the act entitled "An act Amendment of in addition to the several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of the act of 1840, seamen, and the duties of consuls," approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty, be so amended, as that all complaints in writing to the consuls or commercial agents as therein provided, that a vessel is unseaworthy, shall be signed by the first, or the second and third officers, and a majority

part

Bills of sale to recite parts owned and sold.

ch. 48, § 12.

Complaints for unseaworthi

ness.

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