882 'I`HIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 58, 59. 1862. California' can- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That rhs sum of one million dollars
- 1 *’°¤*°· is hereby appropriated, out of any money ID the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the service of the California central route. Laws giving Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts here- P¤¢f¢¤‘9¤¢¢ to tofore passed requiring that the Postmaster General in causing the mms.
portation of mails by steamships between the United States and any
ships repealed. foreign port or ports, or between any ports X; the United States, touching at 2. foreign port shall give preference to erica.11 over foreign steam- 18§m’hb13g§9 4- ships, when depslrting from the same port for the same destination within 'three days of each other be and the same are hereby repealed. twflossg Src. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General be - m and he is hereby authorized to establish s. coast mail not less than semi-
- 2 sitgcm- monthly, by steam vessels, between San Francisco and Crescent City, in
_ the Qtate of California, including service at the intermediate ports: i"°'”°- Provtded, That the sum to be paid for such service shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars per annum. Approved, April 17, 1862. A1>r¤¤r186¤- 0¤n·.L1x.-An Act to maze:. a Bmw. mm: arm mm sem ae mw, in Post, P, 827, the Territory of Colorado. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United at%`:;:;“$’gh States qf.Amer£ca in Congress assemblecL That a branch of the mint of g,,]d_ thegnited Sléates be located and established at Denver, in the Territory of olorado, or the coinage of gold. m£f°°'“ °f SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for carrying on the business ' of said branch, the following officers shall be appointed as soon as the public interest shall require their service, upon the nomination of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate name} : ' ons superintendent, one assayer, one melter and refiner, and ohe coinelt; an the said superintendent shall employ as many clerks subordinate workmen, and laborers, under the direction of the Secretary of the PW- Treasury, as may be required. The salaries of the said officers shall be as follows: To the superintendent, the sum of two thousand dollars; to the assayer, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars; to the rlpeltgzr danélurefiner, eiihteep lhundred dollars; to the coiner, eighteen un re dollars; to the cer s subordinate workmen a d lb such wages and allowances as are customary according tcstherir respddllilyt stations and occupations. dw: *;:*1 l><>¤<’· 8. And he ztfurzlzer enacted, That the officers and clerks to be appointed under this act, before entering upon the execution of their offices, shall take an oath or aihrmation, before some judge of the United States or of the supreme court of said Territory, faithfully and diligently to perform the duties of their offices, and shall each become bound to the 3_nHeg.d$x;a;€s og Slmerict, wig: one or morefsulretigs, to the satisfaction 1 oro emm or e secretary 0 the erritory of Colorado and of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the condition of the faithful B mmm pexgormance of the duties of their offices. ¤¤¤ Ec. 4. And be it further enacted That the general direction of the • n · - . . Ilgggycmigg business of sand branch of the mint Jr the United States shall be under &c. the, .co€1t:0l tgmd regullgtion ot" the director of the mint at Philadelphia, su gee o e. appro tion o the Secretary of the Treasury; and for p;,€m,.,,,P,,,_ that purpose it shall be the duty of the said director to prescribe such gribesrpgulw- regulsuons and require such returns periodically and occasionally, and to °"“= establish such charges for parting, assayiug, refining, and coining, as shall {appear to him be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect tho mtentnop of this act m establishing said branch; also for the purpose of pixcglgggbunxformq of weight, form, and finish in she coin stamped at
