Tl‘rrr.m xxxrv.—COLLECTION OF DUTIES.—Ch. 2. 529 shall ever receive more than four hundred dollars annually exclusive of U- 8- v- Welker. his compensation as collector, surveyor, or naval officer, and the lines and 22 §°‘B· S- forfeitures allowed by law, for any services he may rform for the United ldap? 6°E.a U 'S5 States ln any office or capacity, except as providedpign sections twenty six c. Pierce, 2 Sum., hundred an fifty four and twenty six hundred and fifty-seven.] Vlg¤é¤:w0rt4ly·· . ., o , 2. Donovan v. U. S., 23 Wax 383. Sec. 2692. In all cases in which the fees and emoluments received by 1’¤W¤l‘¤ of Seqany collector or other principal officer of the customs are, in the opinion Tug, °"°' mm' of the Secretary of the Treasury, insufhcient to afford a reasonable com- pensation for the services of such officer, after payment out of the same 18 July. 1866. <=- of reasonable incidental expenses of the office, the Secretary may direct ggé ”· 39 "· 14· P· that so much of the incidental expenses as shall seem to him to be just 2g y,,,,, 18-,4 c_ shall be paid out of the appropriation for paying the expenses of collect- 391, c.23,B.18,pp. ing the revenue; and the Secretary shall have the same power in re rd 190. 191- to incidental expenses which have heretofore been incurred, and which have not been settled and paid into the Treasury; and all fees paid into the Treasury by customs officers shall be placed to the credit of the fund for defraying the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. Sec. 2693. No account for the compensation for services of any clerk, Accounts for or other person employed in any duties in relation to the collection of S°"'1°*>¤ 01 _¢1€1‘l<¤ the revenue, shall be allowed, until such clerk or other person shall must b° v°"H°d‘ have certiiied, on oath, that the same services have been performed, 7 May, 1822, c. that he has received the full sum therein charged to his own use and 1°7’¤·16·V·3»P·696· benefit, and that he has not paid, deposited, or assigned, or contracted to 39?2,J;Q°;,1?g4· °‘ pay, deposit, or assign, any part of such compensation to the use of any 190; {9i_pp° otherluperson, or in any way, directly or indirectly, paid or given, or contract to pay or give, any reward or compensation for his office or employment, or the emoluments thereof. Sec. 2694. The assistant collector appointed at New York shall receive Assistant collecta salary of five thousand dollars a year, and shall perform such duties 0**1* New York and exercise such powers now devolved on the collector as may be assigned 3 Ma, ,863 C to him by that officer; and all the official acts of such assistant, in pur- 79, S_ ;5;’v_ 12; pj suance of such assignment shall be as valid in law as if performed by the 763. collector himself. The collector shall be responsible for the official acts 3g? J';? 187*. c- of such assistant, and no additional appropriation shall be made for the 190"}91_’ "‘ B'?]" payment of his compensation. 130 3, Mm-., 1875, c, , J. 11, v. 18, p. 401, Sec. 2695. The assistant collector at Jersey City, in New Jersey, shall Assistantcollectreceive a salary of two thousand dollars a year in full for all the services to be by him performed, and in lieu of commissions and fees. 5221v1"*;g·» 166365; 22 June, 1874, c. 391, s. 23, z·. 18, pp. 190, 191. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 130, a. i1 v. 18,};. 401; S1-:0. 2696. The assistant collector at Camden, in New Jersey, shall Assistantcollectreceive a. salary of fifteen hundred dollarsa year in full for all services to be by him performed, and in lieu of commissions and fees. mgg 5"f’·;18fZ· E- 417. 22 Jume, 1874, c. 391, s. 23, v. 18, pp. 190, 191. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 130, a. 11, v. 18, p. 401. Sec. 2697. The deputy collectors at New York, Boston, Philadelphia Depulty collect- Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland in Maine, and San Francisco, shall 2:, zibcfw Y°’k . ports. receive a. salary of three thousand dollarsa year each, payable out of the T appropriation for expenses of collecting the revenue rom customs. Z9? ;“1Yg1§6,6· 3. 308. 22 June, 1874, c. 391, a. 23, v. 18, pp. 190, 191. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 10, a. li, c. is,`p, Q01` Sec. 2698. The deputy collectors at Eureka, and Vallejo, in California, Deputy collect- Slmll receive a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars a year each. 2,":,;’égE“’°k° ***1*1 3 Mar., 1871, c. 130, se. 1, 3, v. 16, p. 583. 22 June, 1874, c. 391, a. 23, v. 18, pp. 190, 191. Sec. 2699. The deputy collector at Potomac shall receive a salary of tlgeputyccllecwr one thousand dollars a year. 19 April, 1871, c. 17, s. 2, v. 17, p. 4. 22 June, 1874, c. 391, .1. 23, v. 18, pp. 190. 191. Sec. 2700. The deputy collector at Shreveport shall receive a salary to tlggputywllcctor be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars a year. 25, v_ jj" _ 38j ' 22 June, 1874, c. 391, a. 23, v. 18, pp. 1:.90, 191.
