Chapter LIX. *to establish a Branch Mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.* April 21, 1862.*Post*, p. 827. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Branch mint at Denver to coin gold
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Chap. LIX.— An Act *to establish a Branch Mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.* April 21, 1862.*Post*, p. 827. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Branch mint at Denver to coin gold.That a branch of the mint of the United States be located and established at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado, for the coinage of gold. Sec. 2. Officers of mint.*And be it further enacted*, That, for carrying on the business of said branch, the following officers shall be appointed as soon as the public interest shall require their service, upon the nomination of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, namely: one superintendent, one assayer, one melter and reliner, and one coiner; and the said superintendent shall employ as many clerks, subordinate workmen, and laborers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Pay.Treasury, as may be required.
The salaries of the said officers shall be as follows: To the superintendent, the sum of two thousand dollars; to the assayer, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars; to the melter and refiner, eighteen hundred dollars; Io the coiner, eighteen hundred dollars; to the clerks, subordinate workmen, and laborers, such wages and allowances as are customary according to their respective stations and occupations. Sec. 3. Oath and bond of officers.*And be it further enacted*, That the officers and clerks to be appointed under this act, before entering upon the execution of their offices, shall take an oath or affirmation, before some judge of the United States or of the supreme court of said Territory, faithfully and diligently to perform the duties of their offices, and shall each become bound to the United States of America, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the director of the mint or the secretary of the Territory of Colorado and of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the condition of the faithful performance of the duties of their offices.
Sec. 4. Branch to be under control of director of mint, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That the general direction of the business of said branch of the mint of the United States shall be under the control and regulation of the director of the mint at Philadelphia, subject to the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury; and for Director to prescribe regulations, &c.that purpose it shall be the duty of the said director to prescribe such regulations and require such returns periodically and occasionally, and to establish such charges for parting, assaying, refining, and coining, as shall appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the intention of this act in establishing said branch; also for the purpose of preserving uniformity of weight, form, and finish in the coin stamped at said branch.
THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IL Ch. 59, 63. 1862. 383 Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted*, That said branch mint shall be aBranch mint to be deposit for public moneys. place of deposit for such public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. Ami the superintendent of said branch mint, who shall perform the duties of treasurer thereof, shall have the custody of the same, and also perform the duties of assistant treasurer; and for that purpose shall be subject to all the provisions contained in an act entitled “An act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue,” approved1846, ch. 90.Vol. ix. p. 59.
August six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which relates to the treasury of the branch mint at New Orleans. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted*, That the superintendent of saidCertificates of deposit may be issued in payment for deposits for coinage. branch mint be authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and on terms to be prescribed by him, to issue in payment of the gold dust and bullion deposited for assay and coinage or bars, drafts, or certificates of deposit, payable at the Treasury or any Sub-treasury of the United States, to any depositor electing to receive payment in that form.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted*, That all the laws and parts of lawsLaws for regulation of mint, applicable to branch. now in force fur the regulation of the mint of the United States, and for the government of the officers and persons employed therein, and for the punishment of all offences connected with the mint or coinage of the United States, shall be and they are hereby declared to be in full force in relation to the branch of the mint by this act established, as far as the same may be applicable thereto.
Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted*, That the sum of seventy-five thousandAppropriation. dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and Io meet lite expenses of the current year and for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, April 21, 1862.