5, s. 1, v. 12, p. 259, ante, p. 38. 5 Aug., 1861, c. 313, ante, p. 43. 17 July, 1861, c. United States notes, or notes of national banks; and upon every such payment credit shall be given for the amount of 46, s. 5, v. 12, p. principal and interest due on any Treasury note [or notes] not received in payment on the day when the same are received. 12 Feb, 1862, c. 20, v. 12, p. 338, ante, p. 44; 25 Feb., 1862, c. 33, ss. 1, 5, v. 12, pp. 345, 346, ante, pp.44,46; 11 July, 1862, c. 142, s. 1, v. 12, p. 532, ante, p. 50; 3 March, 1863, c. 73, ss. 3, 5, v. 12, pp. 710, 711, ante, pp. 55, 57; 3 June, 1864, c. 106, s. 23, v. 13, p. 106, post, p. 163; 30 June, 1864, c. 172, s. 2, p. 13, p. 218, ante, p. 64. Amended and part repealed by act Feb. 27, 1877. What coin receivable. 31 Aug., 1852, c. 102, s. 2, v. 10. 21 Feb, 1857, c. SEC. 3474. No gold or silver other than coin of standard fineness of the United States, shall be receivable in payment of dues to the United States, except as provided in 56, ss. 2, 3, v. 11, section twenty-three hundred and sixty-six, Title "PUBLIC LANDS," and in section thirty-five hundred and sixty-seven, Title "COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. p. 163, ante, pp. 24, 25. notes receivable ted States, ex Nationalbank SEC. 3475. The notes of national banks shall be received for debts of Uni- at par for all debts and demands owing by the United States to any person within the United States, except interest on 3 June, 1864, the public debt, or in redemption of the national currency. cept. c. 106. s. 23, v. 13, p. 106, post, p. 163. Treasury notes pavable for debts [See § 5182, post, p. 196.] SEC. 3476. Treasury notes bearing interest may be paid of United States. to any creditor of the United States at their face value, ex3 Mar., 1863, c. cluding interest, or to any creditor willing to receive them 73, s. 2, v. 12, p. at par, including interest. 710, ante, p. 55; 30 June, 1864, c. 172, s. 2, v. 13, p. 218, ante, p. 64. Enumeration of mints and assay-offices. 12 Feb., 1873, c. 131, s. 66, ante, p. 106. Assay-office at Helena established by act May 12, 1874, v. 18. Officers of mints. 3, ante, p. 89. COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. SEC. 3495. The different mints and assay offices shall be known as First. The mint of the United States at Philadelphia. Eighth. The United States assay-office at Charlotte, SEC. 3496. The officers of each mint shall be a superin12 Feb. 1873, s. tendent, an assayer, a melter and refiner, and a coiner and, for the mint at Philadelphia, an engraver; all to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Superintendents of certain mints SEC. 3497. The superintendents of the mints at Philadel to perform duties phia, San Francisco, and New Orleans shall be, and perform the duties of, treasurers of said mints respectively. Salaries of offi- SEC. 3498. The officers of the several mints shall be enti of treasurer. Ibid., s. 65. cers of mints. Ibid., s. 12, ante, tled to the following salaries, to be paid monthly : p. 92. First. The superintendents of the mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco, to four thousand five hundred dollars a year each. Second. The assayers, melters and refiners, and the coiners of those mints, to three thousand dollars a year each. Third. The engraver of the mint at Philadelphia, to three thousand dollars a year. Fourth. The superintendent of the mint at Carson City to three thousand dollars a year. Fifth. The assayer, the melter and refiner, and the coiner of the mint at Carson City, to two thousand five hundred dollars a year each. Salaries of assistants, clerks, ployed in mints. Ibid. SEC. 3499. There shall be allowed to the assistants and clerks of the several mints such annual salaries as the Direct- and laborers em or of the Mint may, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, determine, and to the workmen employed therein such wages as may be customary and reasonable according to their respective stations and occupations, to be determined by the superintendent, and approved by the Director of the Mint. The salaries provided for in this and the preceding section, and the wages of workmen permanently engaged, shall be payable in monthly installments. of officers, assist p. 91. SEC. 3500. Every officer, assistant, and clerk appointed Oath of office for any mint shall, before he enters upon the execution of ants, and c erks. his office, take an oath before some judge of the United Ibid., s. 10, ante, States, or judge of some court of record of the State in which such mint is located, faithfully and diligently to perform the duties thereof; in addition to other official oaths prescribed by law, such oath, duly certified, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. The superintendent of each mint may require such oath from any of the employés of the mint. cers, assistants, SEC. 3501. The superintendent, the assayer, the melter Bonds of offi and refiner, and the coiner of each mint, before entering and clerks. upon the execution of their respective offices, shall become Ibid., 8. 11. bound to the United States, with one or more sureties, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the sum of not less thon ten nor more than fifty thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful and diligent performance of the duties of his office. Similar bonds may be required of the assistants and clerks, in such sums as the superintendent shall determine, with the approbation of the Director of the Mint; but the same shall not be construed to relieve the superintendent or other officers from liability to the United States for acts, omissions, or negligence of their subordi Who to act in absence of Direct ent, or other offi cer. p. 91. nates or employés; and the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, increase the bonds of the superintendents. SEC. 3502. Whenever any officer of a mint or assay-office or, superintend- shall be temporarily absent, on account of sickness or any other cause, it shall be lawful for the superintendent, with Ibid., 8.9, ante, the consent of such officer, to appoint some person attached to the mint to act in the place of such officer during his absence; but all such appointments shall be forthwith reported to the Director of the Mint for his approval; and in all cases whatsoever the principal shall be responsible for the acts of his representative. In case of the temporary absence of the superintendent, the chief clerk shall act in his place; in case of the temporary absence of the Director of the Mint the Secretary of the Treasury may designate some one to act in his place. General duties of superintendents of mints. p. 89. SEC. 3503. The superintendent of each mint shall have the control thereof, the superintendence of the officers and Ibid., s. 4, ante, persons employed therein, and the supervision of the business thereof, subject to the approval of the Director of the Mint. He shall make reports to the Director of the Mint at such times and according to such forms as the Director may prescribe; which shall exhibit in detail, and under appropriate heads, the deposits of bullion, the amount of gold, silver, and minor coinage, and the amount of unparted, standard, and refined bars issued, and such other statistics and information as may be required. Ibid. SEC. 3504. He shall keep and render, quarter-yearly, to the Director of the Mint, for the purpose of adjustment according to such forms as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, regular and faithful accounts of his transactions with the other officers of the mint and the depositors; and shall also render to him a monthly statement of the ordinary expenses of the mint or assay-office under his charge. He shall also appoint all assistants, clerks, one of whom shall be designated "chief clerk," and workmen employed under his superintendence; but no person shall be appointed to employment in the offices of the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, or engraver, except on the recommendation and nomination in writing of those officers, respectively. He shall forthwith report to the Director of the Mint the names of all persons appointed by him, the duties to be performed, the rate of compensation, the appropriation from which compensation is to be made, and the grounds of the appointment; and if the Director of the Mint shall disapprove the same, the appointment shall be vacated. Coins reduced Ibid., s,14, ante, SEC. 3505. Any gold coins of the United States, if re- in weight by duced in weight by natural abrasion not more than one- abrasion. half of one per centum below the standard weight prescribed p. 93. by law, after a circulation of twenty years, as shown by the date of coinage, and at a ratable proportion for any period less than twenty years, shall be received at their nominal value by the United States Treasury and its offices, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe for the protection of the government against fraudulent abrasion or other practices. intendents in re bullion. SEC. 3506. The superintendent of each mint shall receive Duties of superand safely keep, until legally withdrawn, all moneys or spect to coin and bullion which shall be for the use or the expenses of the Ibid., s. 4, ante, mint. He shall receive all bullion brought to the mint for p. 89. assay or coinage; shall be the keeper of all bullion or coin in the mint, except while the same is legally in the hands of other officers; and shall deliver all coins struck at the mint to the persons to whom they shall be legally payable. From the report of the assayer and the weight of the bullion, he shall compute the value of each deposit, and also the amount of the charges or deductions, if any, of all which he shall give a detailed memorandum to the depositor; and he shall also give at the same time, under his hand, a certificate of the net amount of the deposit, to be paid in coins or bars of the same species of bullion as that deposited, the correctness of which certificate shall be verified by the assayer, who shall countersign the same, and in all cases of transfer of coin or bullion, shall give and receive vouchers, stating the amount and character of such coin or bullion. ers. Ibid., s. 5, ante, SEC. 3507. The assayer shall assay all metals and bullion, Duties of assaywhenever such assays are required in the operations of the mint; and shall make assays of coin or samples of bullion p. 90. whenever required by the superintendent. SEC. 3508. The melter and refiner shall execute all the operations which are necessary in order to form ingots of standard silver or gold, and alloys for minor coinage, suitable for the coiner, from the metals legally delivered to him for that purpose; and shall also execute all the operations which are necessary in order to form bars conformable in all respects to the law, from the gold and silver bullion delivered to him for that purpose. He shall keep a careful record of all transactions with the superintendent, noting the weight and character of the bullion, and shall be responsible for all bullion delivered to him until the same is returned to the superintendent and the proper vouchers obtained. Duties of melt ers and refiners. Ibid., s. 6. ers. Ibid., 8. 7. Duties of coin- SEC. 3509. The coiner shall execute all the operations which are necessary in order to form coins, conformable in all respects to the law, from the standard gold and silver ingots, and alloys for minor coinage, legally delivered to him for that purpose; and shall be responsible for all bullion delivered to him, until the same is returned to the superintendent and the proper vouchers obtained. Dutics of engravers. p. 91. SEC. 3510. The engraver shall prepare from the original Ibid., s. 8, ante, dies already authorized all the working-dies required for use in the coinage of the several mints, and, when new coins or devices are authorized, shall, if required by the Director of the Mint, prepare the devices, models, molds, and matrices, or original dies, for the same; but the Director of the Mint shall nevertheless have power, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to engage temporarily for this purpose the services of one or more artists, distinguished in their respective departments of art, who shall be paid for such service from the contingent appropriation for the Mint at Philadelphia. Gold coins of the United States Ibid., s. 14. ante, p. 92. SEC. 3511. The gold coins of the United States shall be a and their weight. one-dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of twentyfive and eight-tenths grains, shall be the unit of value; a quarter-eagle, or two and a half dollar piece; a three-dollar piece; a half-eagle, or five-dollar piece; an eagle, or ten-dollar piece; and a double-eagle, or twenty-dollar piece. And the standard weight of the gold dollar shall be twenty-five and eight-tenths grains; of the quarter-eagle, or two and a half dollar piece, sixty-four and a half grains; of the threedollar piece, seventy-seven and four-tenths grains; of the half-eagle, or five-dollar piece, one hundred and twenty-nine grains; of the eagle, or ten-dollar piece, two hundred and fifty-eight grains; of the double eagle, or twenty-dollar piece, five hundred and sixteen grains. Recoinage gold coins. Ibid. of SEC. 3512. Any gold coins in the Treasury of the United States, when reduced in weight by natural abrasion more than one-half of one per centum below the standard weight prescribed by law, shall be recoined. Silver coins and their weight. p. 93. SEC. 3513. The silver coins of the United States shall Ibid.,s. 15, ante, be a trade-dollar, a half-dollar, or fifty-cent piece, a quarterdollar, or twenty-five-cent piece, a dime, or ten-cent piece; [See acts 3 Mar., 1875, post, p. 146; and the weight of the trade-dollar shall be four hundred and April 17, 1876, post, p. 147; res. twenty grains troy; the weight of the half-dollar shall be No. 17, July 22, 1876, post, p. 148.] twelve grams and one-half of a gram; the quarter-dollar and the dime shall be, respectively, one-half and one-fifth of the weight of said half-dollar. |