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Statute ⅠⅠ.


March 3, 1835.

Chap. XXXVII.An Act to authorize the removal of the land office at Wapaughkoneta to Lima, in the state of Ohio.

Wapaughkoneta land office removed to Lima.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the land office at present established at Wapaughkoneta, in the state of Ohio, be removed to Lima, in Allen county, in the same state.

Approved, March 3, 1835.

Statute ⅠⅠ.



March 3, 1835.

Chap. XXXIX.An Act to establish branches of the mint of the United States.[1]

Branches of the mint to be established at
New Orleans;
Charlotte;
Dahlohnega.
Appropriation for purchasing sites, &c.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That branches of the mint of the United States shall be established as follows: one branch at the city of New Orleans for the coinage of gold and silver; one branch at the town of Charlotte, in Mecklinburg county, in the state of North Carolina, for the coinage of gold only; and one branch at or near Dahlohnega, in Lumpkin county, in the state of Georgia, also for the coinage of gold only. And for the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting suitable buildings, and completing the necessary combinations of machinery for the several branches aforesaid, the following sums, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and hereby are, appropriated: for the branch at New Orleans, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; for the branch at Charlotte, fifty thousand dollars; for the branch at Dahlohnega, fifty thousand dollars.

Officers to be appointed when the buildings are erected.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the necessary buildings are erected for the purpose of well conducting the business of each of the said branches, the following officers shall be appointed upon the nomination of the President, and with the advice and consent of the Senate: one superintendent, one treasurer, one assayer, one chief coiner, one melter, and one refiner. And the superintendent of each mint shall engage and employ as many clerks and as many subordinate workmen and servants as shall be provided for by law; and the salaries of the said officers and clerks shall be as follows:

Salaries.For the branch at New Orleans, to the superintendent, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; to the treasurer, the sum of two thousand dollars; to the chief coiner, the sum of two thousand dollars; to the assayer, melter, and refiner, the sum of two thousand dollars each; to two clerks, the sum of twelve hundred dollars each; to the subordinate workmen, and servants, not exceeding twenty in number, such wages and allowances as are customary and reasonable, according to their respective stations and occupations. For the branches at Charlotte and Dahlohnega, to the superintendents, each the sum of two thousand dollars, who shall respectively discharge the duty of treasurers; to the chief coiners, each the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars; to the assayers, melters, and refiners, each the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars; to the clerks, not exceeding one at each branch, the sum of one thousand dollars; and to the subordinate workmen and servants, not

  1. Act of January 18, 1837, ch. 3.
    An act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish branches of the mint of the United States,” passed March 3, 1835. February 13, 1837, ch. 14.
    An act to provide for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, July 4, 1840, ch. 41, sec. 4.
    An act amendatory of an act establishing the branch mint at Dahlohnega, Georgia, and defining the duties of assayers and coiners, February 27, 1843, ch. 46.
    An act to amend the act entitled “An act to establish branches of the mint of the United States,” April 2, 1844, ch. 7.

    Appropriation for a building in the place of the one destroyed by fire, at Charlotte, North Carolina, act of March 3, 1845, ch. 72.