Chapter XCVI. to establish a Branch Mint of the United States in the Territory of Nevada
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Chap. XCVI.— An Act to establish a Branch Mint of the United States in the Territory of Nevada.March 3, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBranch mint established at Carson City, Nevada. a branch of the mint of the United States be located and established at Carson City, in the Territory of Nevada, for the coinage of gold and silver. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That,President to appoint officers of mint. 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 refiner, and one coiner; and theSuperintendent to appoint clerks.Salaries. said superintendent shall employ as many clerks, subordinate workmen, and laborers, under the direction of the Secretary of the 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; to the clerks, subordinate workmen, and laborers, such wages and allowances as are customary, according to their respective stations and occupations. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatOfficers and clerks to take oath. 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 performBond. 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 Nevada, and of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the condition of the faithful performance of the duties of their offices.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatDirector of mint to direct business of branch. 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 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.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatBranch mint to be place of deposit for public moneys.Superintendent to have custody. said branch mint shall be a place of deposit for such public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. And 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 to1846, ch. 90.Vol. ix. p. 59. provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection. safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue,” approved August six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which relates to the treasury of the branch mint at New Orleans.
THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 96, 97. 1863.771 Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatSuperintendent may pay for dust, &c., deposited, by drafts or certify cates of deposit. the superintendent of said 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,* ThatLaws regulating mint, &c., made applicable to this branch. all the laws and parts of laws now in force for 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,* ThatAppropriation to carry this act into effect. the sum of one hundred thousand 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 to meet the expenses of the current year and for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, March 3, 1863.