TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.41. 1840.

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office, or restored to his trust and the performance of his duties, as tothe President may seem just and proper.

Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful forthe Secretary of the Treasury to make or continue in force, any generalorder, which shall create any difference between the different branchesof revenue, as to the funds or medium of payment, in which debts ordues accruing to the United States may be paid.

Sec 23. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of theSecretary of the Treasury to issue and publish regulations to enforcethe speedy presentation of all Government drafts for payment at theplace where payable, and to prescribe the time, according to the differentdistances of the depositaries from the seat of Government, within whichall drafts upon them, respectively, shall be presented for payment; and,in default of such presentation, to direct any other mode and place ofpayment which he may deem proper; but in all those regulations anddirections, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to guard,as far as may be, against those drafts being used or thrown into circu-lation, as a paper currency, or medium of exchange.

Sec. 24. And be. it further enacted, That the receivers-general ofpublic moneys directed by this act to be appointed, shall receive, re-spectively, the following salaries, per annum, to be paid quarter-yearly,at the Treasury of the United States , to wit: the receiver-general ofpublic money at New York shall be paid a salary of four thousand dol-lars per annum; the receiver-general of public money at Boston shall bepaid a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; the re-ceiver-general of public money at Charleston shall be paid a salary oftwo thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and the receiver-generalof public money at St. Louis shall be paid a salary of two thousand fivehundred dollars per annum: the treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia shall, in addition to his present salary, receive five hundred dollars, an-nually, for the performance of the duties imposed by this act; the trea-surer of the branch Mint at New Orleans shall also receive one thousanddollars, annually, for the additional duties created by this act; and thesesalaries, respectively, shall be in full for the services of the respectiveofficers, nor shall either of them be permitted to charge, or receive, anycommission, pay, or perquisite, for any official service, of any characteror description whatsoever; and the making of any such charge, or thereceipt of any such compensation, is hereby declared to be a misde-meanor, for which the officer convicted thereof, before any court of theUnited States of competent jurisdiction, shall he subject to punishmentby fine, or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court beforewhich the offence shall be tried.

Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the UnitedStates be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive at the Treasury, andat such other points as he may designate, payments in advance for publiclands, the payments so made in all cases, to be evidenced by the receiptof the said Treasurer of the United States ; which receipts so given shallbe receivable for public lands, at any public or private sale of lands, inthe same manner as the currency authorized hy law to be received inpayment for the public lands: Provided, however, That the receipts givenby the treasurer of the United States , pursuant to the authority conferredin this section, shall not be negotiable or transferable, by delivery, orassignment, or in any other manner whatsoever, but shall, in all cases,be presented in payment for lands by or for the person to whom the re-ceipt was given, as shown upon its face.

Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That for the purchase of sites,and for the construction of the offices of the receivers-general of publicmoney, by this act directed to be erected at Charleston, South Carolina ,and at St. Louis, Missouri , there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated,

To be no dif-ference betw’uthe funds re-ceivable.

Measures tobe taken to en-force the speedypresentation ofgovernmentdrafts for pay-ment, &c.

Salaries of re-ceivers-general.

Of the treas’rof the mint.

Of the treas’rof branch mintat N. Orleans.

A misdemean-or to charge orreceive anycommission,&c. for officialservice.

Treasurer au-thorized to re-ceive paymentsin advance forpublic lands.

Proviso.

Appropriationfor purchase ofsites, and con-struction ofoffices.