FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 33, 34, 35. 1869. 271 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said assay office shall be a Aswy °m°° .· · to be place of place of deposu for such public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury deposu fm. puh_ may direct. And the superintendent of said assay office who shall per- lic moneys. form the duties of treasurer thereofQ shall have the custody of the same, \}§f6:;h· 9gé and also perform the duties of assistant treasurer; and for that purposeI `P' ` shall be subject to all the provisions contained in an act [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," approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which relates to the treasury of the branch mint of New Orleans. Src. 5. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of said C¢r¢ifi¤¤¤¢¤_¤f assay office be authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the i;`;;];; Treasury, and on terms to be prescribed by him, to issue in payment of or gem dust, the gold dust and bullion deposited for assay and coinage, or bars, drafts, &°·¤ or certificates of deposit, in sums of not less than one hundred dollars, payable at the treasury, or any sub—treasury of the United States, to any b1“’h°¥° P¤Y¤· depositor electing to receive payment in that form. e' Seo. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy-five thou- Appropriutiw sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money of in the United States treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in the construction of said assay office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby C<>¤S*¤r¤¢¤i<>¤ directed, on the passage of this act, to order the immediate construction $§;§§‘§{0ncB_ of said assay office. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the laws and parts of laws ,I1*“‘é$é’f *}*0 now in force for the regulation of the United States assay office at New ;;2;d€d[i:;°;;_ York, and for the government of the officers and persons employed there— to. in, and for the punishment of all offences connected with said assay office, or with the mint of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby, declared to be in full force in relation to the assay office by this act located and established, so far as the same may be applicable thereto. Approved, February 19, 1869. CHAP. XXXIV.—An Act to give an additional Term of the United States Circuit Feb. 19, 1869. Court ybr the Eastern District of Arkruzszzs. `—"`— `‘'”`A Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the United States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of one term a 'l‘ernis of ciryear, as now prescribed by law, the circuit court of the United States for m the eastern district of Arkansas shall hereafter be held on the second Mondays of April and October in each year. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from l¥Vl¤¤*I]I_¤¤¤ and after the passage thereof ta es 6 CCU A1’PI{OVED, February 19, 1869. CHAP. XXXV.—An Act to authorize the Importation of Machinmy, jbr Pwpaif MZ]/, fcc M Duty. Bc it enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That machinery for repair muy im“$gstl;h"‘*;)5; rE_ be imported into the United States without payment of duty, under bond Wl my, to bg to be given in double the appraised value thereof, to be withdrawn and free of duty. exported after said machinery shall have been repaired; and the Score- Rules, Sw. tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud, and secure the identity and character of all such importations when again withdrawn and exported, restricting and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, and also limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more than six months from the date of the importation. Approved, February 19, 1869.
