Chapter CII. *limiting the Appointment of certain Officers in the Treasury Department*
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CHAP. CII.— An Act *limiting the Appointment of certain Officers in the Treasury Department*. May 12, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Special agents to examine books, accounts, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be. and is hereby, authorized to appoint special agents, not exceeding fifty-three in number, for the purpose of making the examinationsFORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 102, 100. 1870.123 of the books, papers, and accounts of collectors and other officers of the&c. of collectors, &c.; 1799, ch. 22, §21.Vol. i. p. 642. customs, required to be made pursuant to the provisions of the twenty-first section of “An act to regulate the collection of ditties on imports and tonnage,” approved March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and to be employed generally, under the direction of said Secretary, in the prevention and detection of frauds, on the customs revenue; and the expense thereof shall be charged to the “appropriation to defray the expense of collecting the revenue from customs.
” Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That said special agents shall beto be divided into three classes.Number and pay of 1st class; divided into three classes : the first class shall consist of nineteen agents, two of whom shall each receive, in addition to the expenses necessarily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of ten dollars per day, and seventeen of whom shall each receive, in addition to expenses necessarily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of eight dollars per day; the second class shall consist of sixteen agents, each of whom shall2d class; receive, in addition to expenses necessarily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of six dollars per day; the third class shall consist of3d class. eighteen agents, each of whom shall receive, in addition to expenses necessarily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of five dollars per day ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the governmentRules, &c. for their government.Proviso. of said special agents as he may deem expedient and necessary : *Provided*, That no sum shall be paid to any such agents for mileage, or any other expenses except such as are actually incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the present number of specialPresent number to be reduced.No special agent, except, &c. to be appointed or employed. agents shall be reduced to fifty-three, and no special agent, in addition to the number authorized by this act, shall be hereafter appointed or employed upon any business relating to the customs revenue. Approved, May 12, 1870.