CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 59, 63. 1862. 383 S20. 5. And oe it further enacted, That said branch mint shall be a Branch mint to place of deposit for such public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury g;,$$é";;§Dg’;S_ may direct. And the superintendent of said branch mint, who shall perform the duties of treasurer thereoil 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, sate-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue," ap- 1846, ch. 90. proved August six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which relates to the VOL ix- p- 59- treasury of the branch mint at New Orleans. Size. 6. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of said Certificates of branch mint be authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the Sl°P°?.m*‘Y be Treasury, and on terms to be prescribed by him, to issue in payment of :33; {gi ggggsm the gold dust and bullion deposited for assay and coinage or bars, drafts, for ¢¤i¤=¤g¤· 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. And be it further enacted, That all the laws and parts of laws Laws for_regunow in force for the regulation of the mint of the United States, and for ;“t"{;;€,;";§t• the government of the officers and persons employed therein, and for the b€£,ci,_ 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. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy-five thou- Appropriation. sand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of 'any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into eifectthe provisions of this act, and to meet the expenses of the current year and for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- three. Approved, April 21, 1862. CHAP. LXIlI.—·An Act relating to Highw%s in the County of Washington and Dis- May 3, 1862. trict of umbia. W""' ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the pas- Levy court sage of this act, it shall be lawful for the levy court of Washington m“Y "°°'·&°‘ county, in the District of Columbia, to alter, repair, widen, and regulate the public roads and highways in said county, and to lay out additional roads as hereinafter specified. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all roads within said county What shall be of Washington which have been used by the public for a period of twen- ,‘:?°’,;‘;_‘; i;“bl‘° ty-tive years or more as a highway, and have been recognized by the said g y ` levy court as public county roads, and for the repairs of which the said levy court has appropriated and expended money, are declared public highways, whether the same have been recorded or not; and any person who shall obstruct the free use of said highways, or any one of them, Penalty for obwithout authority from said levy court, shall be subject to a fine for each “’“°*“'g· and every offence of not less than one hundred or more than two hundred and fifty dollars, to be imprisoned till the said line and the costs of suit and collection of the same are paid; said fines to be collected in the name of the United States, for the use of the levy court. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That within one year from the pas- Pubgicbhigh- Sage of this act the levy court shall cause the surveyor of the said county y;;§d,(Q;,f B"` of Washington to survey and plat all such roads as are named in the last preceding section, and have the same recorded among the records of said Pl;;’3· °g5€1· county now used for recording surveys and plats of other public county ’p' ` roads; and, in making said survey, the county surveyor shall follow, as
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