SEC 4. That the said coins shall be a legal tender in any payment, Such coins to the one-cent coin to the amount of ten cents, and the two-cent coin to the and for what be legal tender, amount of twenty cents; and it shall be lawful to pay out said coins in sums. exchange for the lawful currency of the United States, (except cents or half cents issued under former acts of congress,) in suitable sums, by the treasurer of the mint, and by such other depositaries as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, under general regulations proposed by the director of the mint and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the expenses incident to such exchange, distribution, and transmission may be paid out of the profits of said coinage; and the net profits of said coinage, ascertained in like manner as is prescribed in the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be transferred to the treasury of the United States.

SEC. 5. That if any person or persons shall make, issue, or pass, or Penalty for making coins incause to be made, issued, or passed, any coin, card, token, or device what- tended to be soever, in metal or its compounds, intended to pass or be passed as money passed as cents, for a one-cent piece or a two-cent piece, such person or persons shall be &c. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

Branch mint

Be it enacted, &c. That a branch of the mint of the United States be located and established at Dalles City, in the State of Oregon, for the at Dalles City. coinage of gold and silver.

SEC. 2. That, for carrying on the business of the said branch, the following officers shall be appointed, as soon as the public interest shall require their service, upon the nomination of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, namely: one superintendent, one assayer, and one melter and refiner, and one coiner; and the superintendent shall employ as many clerks, subordinate workmen and laborers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, as may be required. The salaries of the said officers and clerks shall be as follows: To the superintendent, the sum of two thousand dollars; to the assayer, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars; to the melter and refiner, eighteen hundred dollars; to the clerks, subordinate workmen, and laborers, such wages and allowances as are customary, according to their respective stations and occupations.

SEC. 3. That the officers and clerks to be appointed under this act, before entering upon the execution of their offices, shall take an oath or affirmation before some judge of the United States or of the supreme court of said State, faithfully and diligently to perform the duties of their offices, and shall each become bound to the United States of America, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the director of the mint or the district judge of the United States for the district of Oregon and of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the condition of the faithful performance of the duties of their offices.

Officers of the branch mint.

Clerks, workmen, &c. Salaries.

Officers, &c.

to take oath.

Branch to be

SEC. 4. That the general direction of the business of said branch mint under the conof the United States shall be under the control and regulation of the di- trol, &c. of the rector of the mint at Philadelphia, subject to the approbation of the Sec- director of the retary of the Treasury; and for that purpose it shall be the duty of the mint. said director to prescribe such regulations, and to require such returns, Rules and regperiodically and occasionally, and to establish such charges for parting, ulations. assaying, refining, and coining, as shall appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the intention of this act in establishing

Branch mint

to be a place of deposit for public moneys.

Superintendent

to be assistant treasurer.

1846, ch. 90. Ante, p. 296.

Certificates of

deposit may be paid for gold dust and bullion.

Laws for regulation of mint, &c. to apply to this branch.

effect.

said branch, also for the purpose of preserving uniformity of weight, form, and finish in the coin stamped at said branch.

SEC. 5. That said branch mint shall be a place of deposit for such public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. And the superintendent of said branch mint, who shall perform the duties of treasurer thereof, shall have the custody of the same, and also perform the duties of assistant treasurer; and for that purpose 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 six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which relates to the treasury of the branch mint at New Orleans.

SEC. 6. That the superintendent of said branch mint be authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and on terms to be prescribed by him, to issue in the payment of the gold dust and bullion deposited for assay and coinage, or bars, drafts, or certificates of deposit, payable at the treasury, or any sub-treasury of the United States, to any depositor electing to receive payment in that form.

SEC. 7. That all the laws and parts of laws now in force for the regulation of the mint of the United States, and for the government of the officers and persons employed therein, and for the punishment of all offences connected with the mint or coinage of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby, declared to be in full force in relation to the branch of the mint by this act established, as far as the same may be applicable

thereto.

Appropriation SEC. 8. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same to carry act into is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to meet the expenses of the current year, and for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, 1865.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. C.-An Act to authorize the Coinage of Three-cent Pieces, and for other PurVol. XIII. p. 517. poses.

A three-cent piece to be coined. Composition, weight, shape, device, &c.

Be it enacted, &c. That so soon as practicable after the passage of this act, there shall be coined at the mint of the United States a three-cent piece, composed of copper and nickel in such proportions, not exceeding twenty-five per centum of nickel, as shall be determined by the director of the mint, the standard weight of which shall be thirty grains, with no greater deviation than four grains to each piece, and the shape, mottoes, and devices of said coin shall be determined by the director of the mint, Laws applica- with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. And the laws now in force relating to the coinage of cents, and providing for the purchase of material and prescribing the appropriate duties of the officers of the mint, and of the Secretary of the Treasury be, and the same are hereby, extended to the coinage herein provided for.

ble.

Laws relating to coins and coinage extended to this coin,

&c.

SEC. 2. That all laws now in force, relating to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coinage of the same, shall so far as applicable be extended to the coinage herein authorized, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, for the security of the coin, regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, for preventing debasement, or counterfeiting, or for any other purpose. And the director of the mint shall prescribe suitable regulations to insure a due conformity to the required weights and proportions of alloy in the said coin, and shall order trials. thereof to be made from time to time, by the assayer of the mint, whereof a report shall be made in writing to the director. SEC. 3. That the said coin shall be a legal tender in any payment to the amount of sixty cents. And it shall be lawful to pay out said coins

The three-cent coin may be paid out in exchange

&c.

in exchange for the lawful currency of the United States, (except cents or half-cents or two-cent pieces issued under former acts of Congress,) in suitable sums by the treasurer of the mint, and by such other depositaries for lawful curas the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and under general regu- rency, except, lations approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. And under the like regulations the same may be exchanged in suitable sums for any lawful currency of the United States; and the expenses incident to such ex- Expenses, how paid. change, distribution, and transmission, may be paid out of the profits of said coinage, and the net profits of said coinage, ascertained in like manner as is prescribed in the second section of the act entitled "An act re- 1857, ch. 56, § 2. lating to foreign coins, and the coinage of cents at the mint of the United Ante, p. 746. States," approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, shail be transferred to the treasury of the United States: Provided, That from and after the passage of this act, no issues of fractional notes of the United States shall be of a less denomination than five cents, under five cents. and all such issues of a less denomination, at that time outstanding, shall, when paid into the treasury or any designated depositary of the United States, or redeemed or exchanged as now provided by law, be retained and cancelled.

No fractional note to be issued

Knowingly making or pass

ing any coin, token, &c. for coin authorized by this act, how

SEC. 4. That if any person or persons shall knowingly make, issue, or pass, or cause to be made, issued, or past [passed], any coin, card, token, or device, whatsoever, in metal or its compounds, intended to pass or be passed as money, for the coin authorized by this act, or for coin of equal value, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punished. and shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, at the discretion of the court.

"In God we

SEC. 5. That, in addition to the devices and legends upon the gold, silver, and other coins of the United States, it shall be lawful for the di- trust," may be placed on coins rector of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, hereafter issued. to cause the motto "In God we trust" to be placed upon such coins hereafter to be issued as shall admit of such legend thereon.

"One-cent" and "two-cent"

SEC. 6. That the one and two cent coins of the United States shall not be a legal tender for any payment exceeding four cents in amount; coins to be legal and so much of the laws of the United States heretofore enacted as are tender only for in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

four cents.

No. 34.- APRIL 7, 1866.

Stat. at Large,

CHAP. XXVIII. An Act making additional Appropriations, and to supply the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Vol. XIV. p. 14. Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other Purposes.

SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to Clerks of asincrease the clerical force in the office of the assistant treasurer of Phila- sistant treasurer in Philadelphia. delphia, and the aggregate salaries of said clerks shall not exceed the sum of nine thousand dollars, which amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 14. That from and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred Salaries of offiand sixty-six, there shall be paid annually, instead of the yearly salaries cers of the mint at Philadelphia, at present authorized, to the director of the mint at Philadelphia, four and assistant thousand five hundred dollars; to the treasurer, three thousand five hun- treasurers. dred dollars, and one thousand five hundred dollars for additional compensation as assistant treasurer of the United States; to the melter and refiner, three thousand dollars; to the assayer, three thousand dollars; to the assistant to the assayer, two thousand dollars; to the chief coiner, three thousand dollars; to the assistant to the chief coiner, two thousand dollars; to the engraver, three thousand dollars; to one clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; to two clerks, two thousand dollars each; to four clerks, one thousand five hundred dollars each; to the treasurer of

Stat. at Large,

Vol. XIV. p. 47.

Five-cent

and nickel.

the branch mint at San Francisco, for salary as assistant treasurer of the United States, in addition to his salary as treasurer of said mint, one thousand five hundred dollars; to the assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, eight thousand dollars; to the assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston, five thousand dollars; to the assistant treasurer of the United States at Saint Louis, five thousand dollars; and the amount necessary to carry these provisions into effect for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby appropriated.

No. 35.- MAY 16, 1866.

CHAP. LXXXI. - An Act to authorize the Coinage of Five-cent Pieces. Be it enacted, &c. That, so soon as practicable after the of this passage pieces to be act, there shall be coined at the mint of the United States a five-cent coined of copper piece composed of copper and nickel, in such proportions, not exceeding twenty-five per centum of nickel, as shall be determined by the director Weight, shape, of the mint, the standard weight of which shall be seventy-seven and devices, &c. sixteen hundredths grains, with no greater deviation than two grains to each piece; and the shape, mottoes, and devices of said coin shall be determined by the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the laws now in force relating to the coinage of cents, and providing for the purchase of material, and prescribing the appropriate duties of the officers of the mint and the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the coinage herein provided for.

Laws relating to coinage of cents, &c. to apply to this coin

age.

Laws relating

ed to this act so

SEC. 2. That all laws now in force relating to the coins of the United to coins extend- States, and the striking and coining of the same, shall, so far as applicafar as applicable. ble, be extended to the coinage herein authorized, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, for the security of the coin, regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, for preventing debasement or counRegulations as terfeiting, or for any other purpose. And the director of the mint shall to alloy. prescribe suitable regulations to insure a due conformity to the required weights and proportions of alloy in the said coin, and shall order trials thereof to be made from time to time by the assayer of the mint, whereof a report shall be made in writing to the director.

To be legal tender to amount of a dollar.

To be paid in exchange for currency.

SEC. 3. That said coin shall be a legal tender in any payment to the amount of one dollar. And it shall be lawful to pay out such coins in exchange for the lawful currency in the United States, (except cents, or half-cents, or two-cent pieces, issued under former acts of Congress,) in suitable sums, by the treasurer of the mint, and by such other depositaries as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and under general regulations approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. And under the like regulations the same may be exchanged in suitable sums for any lawful currency of the United States, and the expenses incident to such exchange, distribution, and transmission may be paid out of the profits of said coinage; and the net profits of said coinage, as ascertained in the manner prescribed in the second section of the act entitled "An act relating to foreign coins and the coinage of cents at the mint of the United States," approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, shall be transferred to the treasury of the United States: ProNo fractional vided, That from and after the passage of this act no issues of fractional notes of the United States shall be of a less denomination than ten cents; and all such issues at that time outstanding shall, when paid into the old issues to be treasury or any designated depository of the United States, or redeemed or exchanged as now provided by law, be retained and cancelled.

1857, ch. 56, § 2. Ante, p. 746.

currency of less than ten cents to be issued, and

cancelled.

Unauthorized making, &c. of such coins punished.

SEC. 4. That, if any person or persons not lawfully authorized shall knowingly make, issue, or pass, or cause to be made, issued, or passed, or aid in the making, issuing, or passing of any coin, card, token, or device

whatsoever, in metal or its compound, intended to pass or be passed as money for the coin authorized by this act, or for coin of equal value, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. That it shall be lawful for the treasurer and the several assist- May be redeemed in sums ant treasurers of the United States to redeem in national currency, under of not less than such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the one hundred dolTreasury, the coin herein authorized to be issued, when presented in sums of not less than one hundred dollars.

lars.

No. 36.- JULY 23, 1866.

Stat. at Large,

CHAP. CCVIII. - An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen Vol. XIV. p. 191. hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes.

Machinery, fixtures, &c. of branch mints at

Be it enacted, &c. **** That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, at his discretion, to remove the whole or any portion of the machinery, apparatus, and fixtures of the branch mints New Orleans, of the United States at New Orleans, Charlotte, and Dahlonega, to such Charlotte, and Dahlonega may other branch mints as in his opinion may require the same, or at his dis- be removed or cretion to discontinue the branch mint at New Orleans, Charlotte, and sold. Dahlonega, and to dispose of the property belonging thereto, if he shall mints may be deem it expedient, at public auction to the highest bidder.

These branch

discontinued.