Chapter VII. *relative to Collectors and other Officers of the Customs.* Feb. 11, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That collectors andOfficers of the customs not to be allowed more than a *pro rata *compensation for the time
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Chap. VII.— An Act *relative to Collectors and other Officers of the Customs.* Feb. 11, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That collectors andOfficers of the customs not to be allowed more than a *pro rata *compensation for the time they may serve. all other officers of the customs, serving for a less period than a year, shall not be paid for the entire year, but shall be allowed in no case a greater than a *pro rata* of the maximum compensation of said officers respectively for the time only which they actually serve as such collectors or officers, whether the same be under one or more appointments, or before or after confirmation.
And no collector or other officer shall, in any case, receive for his services, either as fees, salary, fines, penalties, forfeitures, or otherwise, for the time he may be in service, beyond the maximum *pro rata* rate provided by law. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all accounts for salary, compensation,Accounts for salary to be rendered quarterly. and emoluments shall be rendered quarterly, at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That no portion of the additionalAdditional duties not to be distributed to any officers of customs, but paid in to the treasury.1842, ch. 270. duties provided by the seventeenth section of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled “An Act to provide Revenue from Imports, and to change and modify existing Laws imposing Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes,” shall be deemed a fine, penalty, or forfeiture, for the purpose of being distributed to any 4TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 8. 1846.officer of the customs; but the whole amount thereof, when received, shall be paid directly into the treasury. Sec. 4. Repeal of inconsistent acts. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 11, 1846.