Thirtieth Congress,
thiSecond Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

That a branch of the mint of the United States shall be Established in the city of New York, for the coinage of gold and silver. And for the purpose of purchasing a site, Erecting a suitable building, and completing the necessary combinations of machinery for the said branch, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars in hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec 2, And be it further Enacted, That so soon as the necessary buildings shall be Erected for the purpose of well conducting the business of the said branch, the following officers shall be appointed, upon the nomination of the President, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, viz; one superintendent, one treasurer, one assayer, one melter and Refiner, and one coiner. And the said superintendent 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 said officers and Clerks shall be as follows:

To the superintendent the sum of two thousand

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five hundred dollars; to the treasurer the sum of two thousand dollars; to the assayer two thousand dollars; to the melter and Refiner two thousand dollars; to the coiner two thousand dollars; 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.

Sec 3. And be it further Enacted, That the officers and clerks to be appointed under this act, before Entering upon the duties thereof, shall take an oath or affirmation, before some judge of the United States, faithfully and diligently to perform the duties thereof; 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 and the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition for the faithful and diligent performances of the duties of their offices

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Sec 4. And be it further enacted That the general direction of the business of said Branch of the mint of the United State shall be under the control [...?] and regulation of the Director of the mint at Philadelphia, subject to the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury; and, for that purpose, it shall be the duty of the said Director to prescribe such regulations and require such returns, periodically and occasionally, as shall appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the intentions of this act in establishing the said branch; also for the purpose of discriminating the coion which shall be stamped at said branch and at the mint itself; also for the purpose of preserving uniformity of weight, form, and fineness in the coins stamped at said branch; and, for that purpose, to require the transmission and delivery to him at the mint, from time to time, of such parcels of the coinage of said branch as he shall think proper, to be subjected to such assays and tests as he shall direct

Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That all the laws made 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,

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and the same are hereby declared to be, in full force in relation to the branch of the mint by this act established, so far as the same shall be applicable thereto