Chapter 242.
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Chap. 242. 1854. Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That the first proviso to the first First proviso of act of 1853, ch. 89, s. 1, not to apply to collector at Buffalo. section of the act entitled “An act to provide compensation to such persons as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive and keep the public money, under the fifteenth section of the act of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the additional services required under that act,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, shall not be construed to apply to the collector of the District of Buffalo Creek, while such collector shall be one of the designated depositors of public money.
Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* That the accounts of the public Adjustment of accounts of public printers. printers, and the certificates of the superintendent of public printing thereon, shall be subject to the examination and control of the accounting officers and Secretary of the Treasury, in like manner as other public accounts. Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* That from and after the thirtieth Clerks of assistant treasurer at New York. of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, in lieu of the clerks heretofore authorized by law for the office of the assistant treasurer at New York, he be authorized to appoint, with the approbation of the President of the United States, one chief clerk at a salary of two thousand one hundred dollars, one clerk at two thousand dollars, two clerks at eighteen hundred dollars each, two clerks at fifteen hundred dollars each, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars, one messenger at nine hundred Messenger.Watchmen. dollars, and two watchmen at five hundred and fifty dollars each, per annum.
In case of the sickness or unavoidable absence from his office of the assistant treasurer, he may in his discretion authorize the said Chief clerk may act as assistant treasurer. chief clerk to act in his place, and to discharge all the duties required by law of the assistant treasurer. Sec. 12. *And be it further enacted,* That, from and after the thirtieth Salary of chaplains of Congress. of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, the annual salary of the chaplains to Congress shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars, and such sum addition to that elsewhere provided as may be required to pay the same to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; *Provided,* That the said sum shall be in full of all compensation to be received by said chaplains.
Sec. 13. *And be it further enacted,* That the seventh section of the Clerks in the mints. act of January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled ”An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act establishing a mint, 1837, ch. 3. and regulating the coins of the United States,’” be so amended as to extend the limit for the annual salary of clerks in the Mint of the United States to eighteen hundred dollars each, from and after the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, at the discretion of the officers authorized by law to appoint, with the approbation of the President of the United States, including also one clerk in the office of the assistant treasurer at Philadelphia, and that the salary of the chief clerk of the branch mint at New Orleans, shall be twenty-two hundred dollars from and after the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
Sec. 14. *And be it further enacted,* That whenever it shall become Special agents to give bonds. necessary for the head of any department or office to employ special agents, other than officers of the army or navy, who may be charged with the disbursement of public moneys, they shall, prior to entering upon duty as such, give bond in such form and with such security as the head of the department or office employing said agent may approve. Sec. 15. *And be it further enacted,* That hereafter the Warden of Reports of Warden of Penitentiary. the Penitentiary of the United States for the District of Columbia, and the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, shall make to the Secretary of the Interior, annually, in time to accompany the annual message of the President to Congress, report of their operations for the preceding year, and of the manner in which all appropriations have been 574THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
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