Chapter CXXIX. *to provide for the Appointment of an Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Baltimore*
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CHAP. CXXIX.— An Act *to provide for the Appointment of an Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Baltimore*. June 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, An assistant treasurer of the United States authorized at Baltimore. 1840. ch. 90, § 5.Vol. ix. p. 60. That in addition to the officers provided for in the fifth section of the act approved August six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, 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,” there shall be appointed an assistant treasurer of the United States, to be located in the city of152FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 129, 130. 1870. Appointment, duties, &c.Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; and such assistant treasurer shall be appointed in like manner, for like time, and be subject to all the provisions of law to which the other assistant treasurers provided for in said fifth section are subject. Sec. 2. Rooms, vaults, and safes.*And be it further enacted*, That there shall be prepared within the custom-house of the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, suitable and convenient rooms for the use of the assistant treasurer herein authorized, and sufficient and secure fire-proof vaults and safes for the keeping of the public moneys collected and deposited with him ;
Duties of the assistant treasurer.and the said assistant treasurer shall have the custody and care of said rooms, vaults, and safes, respectively, and of all the public moneys deposited therein, and shall perform all the duties required to be performed by United States assistant treasurers in reference to the receipt, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursements of such moneys: *Provided*, Existing rooms and vaults to be used as far as possible.That the rooms and vaults now used by the United States designated depositary at Baltimore, shall be set apart for the purposes named in this section, as far as they may be applicable.
Sec. 3. Designation of the collector of customs at Baltimore as depositary to be revoked, upon, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That upon the appointment and qualification of said assistant treasurer, the Secretary of the Treasury shall revoke the designation as a United States depositary of the collector of customs at Baltimore, and shall direct the transfer of all the books, accounts, vouchers, property, and public moneys in the office of said depositary to the office of said assistant treasurer.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the assistant treasurer directed Salary.by this act to be appointed shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum, to be paid quarter-yearly at the treasury of the United States ; which salary shall be in full for all his services, and a sufficient Appropriation.amount to pay said salary until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby appropriated. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted*, That the United States assistant Clerks and messengers.treasurer herein provided for, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may appoint the same number of clerks and messengers in his office, and at the same compensation, as is now provided by law for the office of the United States depositary in Baltimore; and all unexpended Appropriations therefor.balances of moneys heretofore appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for the payment of the clerks and messengers in the office of said depositary, shall be applied to the payment of the clerks and messengers appointed in the office of the assistant treasurer under this act.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be appropriated Appropriation for repairs, additions, &c. to rooms, vaults, &c.and paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury in such repairs and additions as may be necessary to put in good condition, for immediate use, the office, rooms, vaults, and safes herein mentioned, and in the purchase of any necessary additional furniture and fixtures, and in defraying any other incidental expenses necessary to carry this act into effect.
Approved, June 15, 1870.