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THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 109. 1849. 397 gqlled the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, whose salary shall be ¤r>lp¤i¤¢¤<i= his three thousand dollars per annum, payable in the same manner as that :;Q"y’du§‘;:°"• of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall examine all letters, coutraots, and warrants, prepared for the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury, and who shall perform all such other duties in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, now performed by some of his clerks, as may be devolved on him by the Secretary of the Treasury; who shall also appoint a, clerk at a salary of seventeen hundred dollars per annum, who shall perform such duties as a clerk in the Treasury De- pegljggjjlgygg partment, in aid of said Assistant Secretary, as may be assigned to him appointed. by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- Messcrggers my shall transfer from the office of the First Comptroller one of his 1;:’;;?;‘gE;€ messengers, to perform the same duties in the office of the Commis- frindtobe transsiener of Customs, as also such portion of the contingent fund of the §';“§dtf*‘;{" i'? pthee of the First Comptroller as may be required in that of the Com- gse 1),,,:); $,2;; miseioner of Customs, in consequence of the transfer of clerks from ury Department one office to another, or the transfer of a messenger from that office giggzfefgfgxf to another. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer one of toms and Dehis messengers to the office of the Secretary of the Interior, as also {’°E‘m°¤* °f I¤‘ such portion of the contingent fund of the 0{Hce of the Secretary of mu the Treasury as may be required in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, in consequence of the transfer of clerks from one department to the other. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act con- The powers and tained shall be so construed as to affect or impair any of the powers 2:*;;; Si;;';;? . . y conferred, or` dimes devolved, on the Secretary of the Treasury, in of the Treasury relation to the transfer, safe-keeping, or disbursement of public moneys, gi *h¤ }1_¤<i°P¤¤· by the act of the sixth of August, one thousand eight hundred and ,31:,,,, t32S?; forty-six, entitled "An Act to provide for the better organization of the paired. treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disburse- 4546, ¤h-90· ment of the public revenue." Approved, March 3, }849. Gun. CIX.—An Act ta authorize gre €0li1L¢Ig2 of Gold Dollars and Double March 3, 1849. dg B8. `—;°;—_———— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, Coinage of from time to time, struck and coined at the mint of the United States, g;’,gb;,ld°§§{fs¤ andthe branches thereof, conformably in all respects to law, (except authorized. that on the reverse of the gold dollar the figure of the eagle shall be omitted,) and conformably in all respects to the standard for gold coins now established by law, coins of gold of the following denominations and values, viz. : double eagles, each to be of the value of twenty dollars, or units, and- gold dollars, each to be of the value of one dollar, or unit, Src. 2. And be itjin-ther enacted, That, for all sums whatever, the D¤¤\>1¤ new double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold :‘dbf‘{;‘;;'?€;f dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar. ders. Sec. 3. And be it furzlm- enacted, That all laws now in force in _ All laws www relation to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coining Q'fo:°f§ih‘;‘c;€1; the same, shall, so far as applicable, have full force and effect in rela- of the U, sum tion to the coins herein authorized, whether the said laws are penal or ’*°_ ¤P¥£Y Fo the otherwise; and whether they are for preventing counterfeiting or de- :§:.?,,,,fr°m m` basement, for protecting the currency, for regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, and the preparations therefor, or for the security of the eoin, or for any other purpose. weighs O, $1w. 4. And be it futher muted, That, in adjusting the weights gold cam,