Chapter CCXLII. to establish a Branch Mint of the United States at Dalles City, in the State of Oregon
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Chap. CCXLII.— An Act to establish a Branch Mint of the United States at Dalles City, in the State of Oregon.July 4, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBranch mint established at Dalles City, Oregon. a branch of the mint of the United States be located and established at Dalles City, in the State of Oregon, for the coinage of gold and silver. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That,Officers of the branch mint. for carrying on the business of the 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, and one melter and refiner, and one coiner;Clerks, workmen, &c.Salaries. and the 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 and clerks 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, &c., 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 state, 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 district judge of the United States for the district of Oregon 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,* ThatBranch to be under the control, &c., of the director of the mint.Rules and regulations. the general direction of the business of said branch 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 to 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 theTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 242, 243. 1864.383 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 a place of deposit for public moneys.Superintendent to be assistant treasurer. 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 to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue,”1846, ch. 90.Vol. ix. p. 59. approved 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,* ThatCertificates of deposit may be paid for gold dust and bullion. 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 the 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 for regulation of mint, &c., to apply 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 curry 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 day of June, 1865. Approved, July 4, 1864.