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... ; . ..... . . ' " i . - i- . ! 'I -. - I TIIUIWIAV, 3IA11CII Ot 73. March. BY RArilEL A. SMITH. Shine! shine! fchino! Warm ml sunbeam Rhine! Shine till out of the Front-Kins' hand Melts the sceptre that roled the land ; Shine till over hU sparkling crown Pearls and diamond trickle down ; Shine till stirreth the alumb'ring bee ; shine till out of the maple trees Huns the amber wine. Shine! shine! shine! Blow ! blow ! blow ! North wind, south wind blow! Blow, and echo the thrilling notes lJorno from thousands of warbling throat. I'.low, ye winds of the clud-f ringed west HIow till every birdling's not Holds no more the snow II low! blow ! blow! Fall! fall! fall! Soft-veiced rain drops, fall. ! Fall till, starring the meadows green, Violets, eyes of the Spring, are seen ; '. Fall till over the tree-roota bare f Spreads a drapery rich and rare, j Fall, and whisper so low and light ; ! Fall till April, all fair and bright, Answers to the call. I Fall! fall! fall! i Clippings. 1 - , ! A qiie.,lion of privilege asking to go .home with a girl. i Paper containing many line points iThe paper of needles. A S:m .Francisco Jurv coined the 'phrase "delusional insanity.' Corks will keep a horse on his feet, but thev treacherously come LacK on a man The Ncwbuivport lad who made the school inarin think ho was a ghost is quite a hero among his ellows. Servant girls in Cleveland, Ohio, will not accept a position in a family where the " heart " week. OFFICIAL, changes his shirt twice a A Tennessee State Senator alluded to the snecch of the trentleinan who pre- cecslcd him as a very chaste bundle of remarks. The prisoners in theOlympia (Oregon) jail demand oj-sters or tliey threaten to strike : and they want them served up in some kind of style, too. New Orleans Picayune: "In the olden times in Louisiana, when a man had a lawsuit, ho used la hire a lawyer; now ho has to hire a judge.' A Connecticut editor, having been elected fence viewer, calls on all having fences to be viewed to bring them to his oil ice, under penalty of the law. A Louisville girl spoke of the weath er's lieing so spring-like, a day or two airo, that she lelt like going over into Pete Dillon's lot and taking a good wallow." A Silver City miner remarked, after attending a prayer meeting a few weeks ig. that it was the lirst time he hail liecni the word of (od handled for close onto forty year." The lady librarian of the State of Tennessee "was suddenly called o:i last week to send tothi Supreme Court room "U Story Fq.Jur." 1-adics are not used t such "brevity. The I lost on . I ilvertixfr intimates that it miht not le inappropriate to change the name of the Massachusetts agricul tural college to "A scIim,! to wean f farmers sous from farm work. A Sacrament-- stableman bought an interest in a ready made clothing store recently, tind occasionally startles a customer by going at him with a brush, with a cautionary Whoa there!" lii Perkins is out in Indian:!, where railroad freights are s high that they burn com. says that a, stove tilled w iih yellow. ears gives a beautiful glow, and each grate looks like a basket full of r d lif t wis. j A small - patient g t into the jail sit Ja. ksoii, '1 enn., toe other day, and V,he jador lit out so quickly " that he torgoi to lock up his hastile." When he r.itiic back the small pox man wa- gone. So were the prisoners. ; We hoje thoso gentlemen who w ent qnt to search for the North Pole did not understand, that they would I expected bring it back witli'thwm. The experi ence of the past winter has satisfied the MSile that they don't want it down here. A t liinatnau was summoned as a wit ness in New Yoik, the other day, and. to ascertain his view s on the nature t-f an oath, the jude asked him what v.oiild be his punishment if he should s"ear to lies. "1 shall never re turn to c hina. but always remain in New Vurk," was the reply, and he was at t n e sworn. The Titusville uuricr has an article fu" What the Cubans Want." So far ftsmiy i-onclusioti as to their w ishes is P l-e drawn from occurrences visible to the n.Vkcd eye, the Cutians herealsuts want the donations of mone' to "free i ti i m Kept, up, wniie tuey remain in New York and spend it. A. 1". ( yrrciul wAdrrrtirr. A bank cashier in Hartford, Conn., gave a wretchetl looking beggar rome small change, and did it so kindly that the impecunious wretch dug out of his capacious pockets floor $12 in scrip, nd asked the cashier to exchange it for bills, remarking that " when a tel ler's HK-kets is full of rip he is liable to lose a big part of it." President Thiers lately remarked to a friend, jus he touched the movable head of a grotesque Chinese figure and sent it wagging from right to left: "Th ina r.t ivs No ;' " then, mating it nod ui.. io i;. "Now it says Yes.' " added. " We.-., that is what the com mittee of thirty wants to make of me." He continued, smiling, "But I do not think they will succeed." Job Stevenson has betrayed a capaci ty for sensational invective which ouuht not to be suffered to lie fallow: W shall expect toseehini ricochet like a scintillaut meteor into the middle of the tyninerciar Coernican controversy. There is a maniac madness of excite ment in this business of defending the heliocentric system, which cannot but prove fascinating to the man who puts his little pot hook into the mouth of the leviathan of the speaker's chair. Ohio Mate Journal. T AWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Passed at the third Session of the forty-second Congress. General Nature No. 27. AN ACT revising and amending the law s relative to the mints, assay-offl ces, and coinage of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the mint of the United States is nereoy established as a bureau of the Treasury Department, embracing in its orgrniza tion and under its control all mints fr the manufacture of coin, and all assay- olflces for the stamping of bars, wincn are now. or which mar be hereafter. authorized by law. The chief officer of the said bureau shall be denominate. the Director of the Mint, and shall be under the general direction of the See rptai of the Treasury. He shall be aoDointed bv the President, upon rea sons to be communicated by him to the Senate. Sec. 2. That the Director of the Mint shall have the general supervision of al mints and assav-ollices. and shall make an annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury of their operations, at the close of each fiscal year, ana irom ume io time such additional reports, setting forth the operations and condition of such institutions, as the secretary i the Treasury shall require, and shall lay before him the annual estimates for their sunnort. And the Secretary or tne Treasury shall appoint the number of clerks, classified according to law, .iec . . - ii essarv to disciianro me uuues ' i saiu bureau. See. 3. That the oflicers of each mint shall be a superintendent, an assayer. a melter and refiner, ana a coiner, auu, r Mi mint at Phi adelnhia. an enera ver, all to be appointed by the Presi dent of the United States. ty ana wun the ndvice and consent of the Senate. Sect 4. That the superintendent of i:p lie And The following pathetic lines we In an exchange: "The death angel smote Alexander McXJlue, And gave him pmfrHcteil repose ; lie wore a clit-ckts! oliirt nn.l a iiin shoc. taui mini snail nave uiul-uuiiui iuci-ui. th superintendence of the oflicers and persons employed therein, and the su pervision of the business thereof, sub ject to the approval of the Director of the Mint, to' whom lie snail maKe re ports at such times and according to such forms as the Director of the Mint may prescribe, which shall exhibit in detail, and under appropriate heads, the deposits of bullion, the amount of gold, silver, and minor coinage, and the amoui.t of unparted, standard, and re fined bars issued, and such other statis tics and information as may be required. The superintendent of each mint shall also receive and safely keep, until le gally withdrawn, all moneys or bullion which may bo fortheuseor the expenses of the mint. He shall receive all bullion brought to the mint for assay or coin age ; shall be the keeper of all bullion or coin in the mint, except while the same is legally in the hands of other of licers ; and shall deliver all coins struck at the mint to the persons to whom they shall be legally payable. From the re port of the assayer and the weight of the bullion, he shall compute the value of each deiosit, and also the amount of the charges or deductions, if anj', of all which he shall give a detailed memo randum to the depositor; and he shall al.-io give at the same time, under his hand.ii certificate of the net amount of the dt josit, to be paid in coins or bars of the same sjiecies of bullion as that deposited, the correctness of which. cer tificate shall be verified by the assayer, who shall countersign the same; and in all cases of transfer of coin or bullion, he shall give and receive vouchers. stating thu amount anu cuaractcr oi such coin or bullion. He shall keep and render, quarter-yearly, to the Di rector ot tht mint, lor the purjose of adjustment, acis.ro nig io mu-u lorms may ie prescnucu oy me secretary oi the Treasury, regular and faithlut ac counts of his transactions w ith llieolher oflicers of the mint and the depositors ; : and shall also r liner to him a inonthly siaieiiieut ol the ordinary expensts 1 the mint or us.ty -otlico under1 his charge, llti shall also appoint all as sistants, clerks, (one of whom shall be designated "chief clerk,") and work men employed under his supcrintenri-em-e ; but no person shall Le apiointed to employment in the ollk-es of assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, or engraver, except on the recommendation and nomination in writing, of those oflicers, respectively; and he shall forthwith report to the Director of the Mint the names of all persons appointed by him, tho duties to be 1 1 mm iiKii, the late of compensation, the itjpiojiiatiin Iroin which compchsati'.ii is to be made, and the grounds ol the appointment; and if the Director of tho Mint shall disap prove the same, the appointment shall he vacate l. Sec .i. Tli it lh a-sayer shall assay all me;a!s and bullion, w henever such as says are required in the operations of the mint; he shall also make assays of coin or samples of bullion w henever re quired by the superintendent. Sec. C. That tli.' melter and refiner shall execute all the operations w hkh are necessary in order to form ignots of standard sifver or gold, and alloys for minor coinage, suitable for the coiner, from the metals legally delivered to him for that purpose; and shall also execute all the operations which are necessary in order to ft rnt . bars con formable in alliep -cts to tho law, from the gold and silver bullion delivered to him for that purpose. He shall keep a careful record of all transactions with the superiiitendctii, noting. the weight aud character ot the bullion ; and shall be responsible for all hultiou delivered to him until the s nne is returned to the superintendent and the proper vouchers obtained. Stc. 7. That the coiner shall execute aJl the opera! ions which are necessary in order to form coins, conformable in Ikfl respects to the law, from tho stand ard gold and silver ingots, and alloys f r minor coinage, legally delivered to him for that purjK.se; and shall bo re sonib!e for alt bullion delivered to him, until the same is returned to tho superintendent and the proper vouchers obtained. Sec. 8. That the engraver shall pre pare from the original dies already au thorized all the working-dies required for use in the coinage f the several mints, and, when new coins or devices are authorized, dia!i, if required by the Director of the Mint, prepare the devi ces, models, molds, ami matrices, or original dies, for the same ; but the Di rector .of the Mint shad ueverthclo.ts have swer, with the approval of tho Secretary of the Treasury, to engage temporarily for this purpose the servi ces of one or m ro artists distinguished in their respective departments of art, who shall be paid for such service from tho contingent appropriation for the mint at Philadelphia. , Sec o. That whenever any officer of a or assav-otiiee shall be temnoiari- bsent, on a-eouiit of sickness or her cause, it shall le lawful for the sTi perin teudent, with the consent of said officer, to appoint some person attached to the mint to act in the place of suct officer during ins absence ; but all such iuiiiKt BppoinUnents shall be forthwith report- CW IU 11W CCLOI lit klitJ iMlllt ior 11 IS Sec 81 And he had a pink wart on his tioso. 1 approval; aud in all cases whatsoever No doubt he is happier dwelling i.iiqtai-e the princial shall be responsible for Over there on the everirrevn siwrr. the acta oi" his representative. Incase His friends are iutormed that his Inner- of the temporary absence of the super al takes place Piecisely at quarter past four !' intendent, the chief clerk shall act in his place; and in case of the temporary ausence or me uirector oi tne Mint, the Secretary of the Treasury may desig nate some one to act in his place. Sec. 10. That every officer, assistant, and clerk ot the mint shall, before he There is a woman in Harrisburg who tried sixtee n different times to commit suicide by taking poison. Toward the last it got to bo monotonous, and the doctors, weary with labor at the crank enters noon the execution of his offira of the stomach pump, attached a hose jUake an oath or affirmation before some to the machine, ran the hose in next '"judge of the United States, or judge of door to the saw mill, hitched it the en- ' the superior court, or of some court of giue, ana tola tne engineer to get up two record of any State, faithfully and dili gently to perforin tho duties thereof, in addition to other official oaths prescrib- uea ny law; wnicti oaths, duly certified, hundred pounds pressure to the square inch. It is sakl that at tho fourth or rrfth stroke of the plunger of the pump the woman complained that her toes were beginning to turn inward tow aid her heel. shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury; .and the superintendent of each mint may require such oath or affirmation from any of tne employees of the mint . . , . i Sec 11. That the superintendent, the assayer, the melter and refiner, and the coiner of each mint, before entering upon the execution of their respective khall become bound to the United States, with one or more sure ties, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in. tne sum oi no ten nor more than fifty thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful and dil -gent performance of the duties of his omce. oimiiar oonua uiajr ltd . rr tha asAistAnts and clerks, in sucn sums as the superintendent shall deter m!n with thn annrobation of the Di rector of the Mint; but the sama shall not be construed to relieve the superin tendent or other officers from liability to tha United States for acts, omissions. or negligence of- their subordinates or employees: iTi-ovided, That the Secre tary of the Treasury may, at His aiscre tion, increase the bonds of the superin tendent. Sec. 12. That there shall bo allowed to the Director of the Mint an annual salary of fonr thousand five hundred dollars, and Victual necessary traveling expenses in 4-tsiltng the dinerent mints and assay-offices, for which vouchers shall be rendered : to the suoerinten dents of the 1 mints at Philadelphia and San FranciseoJ each four thousand live hundred dollars : to the assavers. mei ters and refiners, and coiners of said mints, each three thousand dollars; to the engraver of the mint at Philadel phia, three I thousand dollar: to the superintendent of tho mint at Carson city, three tliousand dollars; and to the assayer, to the melter and refiner, and to the coinerof the mint at Carson city, each two thousand five hundred dollars; to the assis tints and clerks such annual salary shall be allowed as tho Director of tho Mintjmay determine, with tho approbation! of the Secretary of the Treasury ; and to the workmen shall bo allowed sucW wages, to bo determined by tho supetintendent, as may be cus tomary and? reasonable according to their respective stations and occupa tions, and approved by the Director of the Mint ; and the salaries provided for in this section, and tho wages of the workmen permanently engaged, shall be paj'able irt monthly instalments. Sec. 13. That the standard for botti gold and silver coins of the United States shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nino hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy; and the alloy of tho silver coins shall be of enpper, a "id the alloy cf the gold coins shall be of copper, or of copper and silver; but the silver shall in no case exceed one-tenth of the whole alloy. Sec. 14. J hat the gold coins ot the United States shall be a one-dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of twenty-live and eight-tenth grains, shall be tho unit of value ; a quarter eagle, or two-and-a-half dollar piece; a three- dollar piece; a half-eagle, or tivo-dollar piece; an eagle, or ten-dollar piece; and a double-eagle., or twenty -dollar piece. And tho standard weight of the gold dollar shall be: twenty-five and eight-. tenths grains; of the quarter-eagle, or two-and-a-half 'dollar piecq, sixtv-four and a half grains.; of the thrco-dollar piece, seventy-iseven and four-tenths grains; of tho lidlf-eagle, or five dollar piece, one Hundred and twenty-nine grains ; of the eagle, or ten-dollar'piece, wo hundred aud fifty-eight grms ; of the double-caglf, or twenty-dollar piece, livo hundred arid sixteen grains; which coins shall be a; legal tender in all pay ments at their nominal value when not below the standard weight and limit of olerance provided in this act for tho single piece, and, when reduced in weight, below--said standard and toler ance, shall tea legal tender at valuation in proportion, to their actual weight; nd any gold coin of tho United States f reduced in Weight by natural abrasion ot more than on -haf of one per Cc-ti- um below tho standard weight pres cribed by law, a ter a circulation of wenty years, as shown by its date of coinage, and at a ratable proportion lor any period less thaiKwenty years, shall be received at their nominal value by the United States treasury and its offi ces, under such .regulations as the Sec retary of the Treasut: may proscribe for the protection ol the government against fraudulent abrasion or other practices; and any gold coins in the treasury of the United- States reduced in weight below this limit of abrasion shall Ins recoincd. i Sec 15. That the silver coins of tho United States "shall be a trade dollar, a half-doihir, or fifty cent piece, a quarter dollar, or t wen five-cent piece, a dime, or ten-cent piece ; aud the weight of the trade dollar shall be four hundred and twenty gtainstroy; iho weight of the hall" dollar shall ho T twelve grams grammes) and;; one-half of a gram, (srramme;) the quarter-dollar and the dinio shall be, r pe-tively, one half and one-f'.fth of th' weight of said half dollar ; and said coins shall lo a lg;d tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding live dollars in an j' one payment;. Sec. 16. TLnt lhi minor coins of the United States shall Ik a five cent piece, a three-cent piece, and a one-cent piece, and the alloy fur the rive and three cent pieces shall be of: copper and nickel, to ba composed of three-fourths copper and one-fourth nickel, and the alloy of the one-cent piece shall bo ninety-five per centum of copper and five per cen tum of tin and zinc, in such proportions as shall bedeterenined by the Director of the Mfnt7 TlieAveight of the piece of five cents. shall bo seventy-seven "and sixteen-hundreths "grains, "troy ; of the three-cent-piece; thirty grains; and of tho ore-cent piece, forty-eight grains which coin's shajl be a "legal tender, at their nominal value; for any amount not exceodiiig twenty-five cents in any one payment. Sec. 17. That no coins, either of gold, silver, or minor coinage, shall hereafter be issued from the mint i.ther than those of the denominations, standards, and weights hefein set forth. i Sec. IS. That (upon the coins of tho United States there shall be the follow ing devices and legends,: Upon one side there shall -be ati impression em blematic of liberty Vith an inscription of the word " liberty and the year of the coinage, an lipp. the reverse shall be the figure or .representation of an eagle, with the-inscriptions "United States of Anies.cal and E Pluribus Unum," and a designation of the. value of the coin ; but on the gold dollar and three-Uollar piece, the dime, live, three, and one cent plere "the figure of the j eagle shall be oiniUcd ; and on the re verse of the silver' trade-dollar the weight and the fineness of the com shall be inscribed; .and the Director of the Mint, with Ihe approval of the Sec retary of the Treasury, may cause the in )lto In God jive trust" to" be inscrib ed upon such coins as shall admit of such motto; and: any otfe of the foregoing inscriptions mar do tne rim of the gold and silver coins t ; j Sec 19. That j at the option of the o iy uci , Kuiu or nvcr may pe cast into valuation as may be, from time to time. established by the ui rector oi tne Mine Sec 22. Thatwhn bullion is depos ited in any of the mints, it shall be weizhed bv the superintendent, and, when practicable,- in the presence of the depositor, to whom a receipt shall be given, which shall state the description and weight of the bullion; but when the bullion is in such a state as to re ouiremeltintr. or tho removal of base metals, before its value can be ascer tained, the weight, after such operation shall be considered as the true weight of the bullion deposited. The fitness of the bullion to be received shall be de termined by the assayer, and the mode of meltincr bv tho md vt and refiner. Sec 23. That from every parcel of bullion deposited for coinage or bars, the superintend-, nt shall deliver to the assayer a sufficient portion for the pur nose of beinir assayed, but all such bul lion remaining from the operations of the assay shall be returned to the su perintendent by the assayer. Sec 24. That the assayer shall report to the superintendent the quality or fineness of the bullion assayed by him, and such information as will enable him to compute the amount of the charges hereinafter provided for, to be made to the depositor. Sec. 25. That the charge for convert ing standard gold bullion into coin shall be one-fifth of one per centum; and tho charges for converting standard silver into trade dollars, for melting and refining when bullion is below stand ard, for toughening when metals are contained in it which render it unfit for coinage, for copper used ioranoy wnen the bullion i.s above standard, lor sepa rating the gold and silver when these metals exist together in the bullion, aud for the preparation of bars, shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Direc tor, with the concurrence of the Secre tary of the Treasury, so as to equal but not exceed, in their judgment, the actual average cost to each mint and assay office of the material, labor, wastage, and use of machinery employed in each of the cases aforementioned. Sec. 26. That the assayer shall verify all calculations made by tho superin tendent of tho value of deposits, and, if satisfied of the correctness thereof, shall countersign the certificate required to be given by the superintendent io the depositor. Sec. Xl. That in order to procure bul lion for the silver coinage authorized by this act, tlo superintendents, with the approval of tho Director of the Mint, as to price, terms, and quantity, shall pur chase such bullion with tho bullion fund. The gain arising from the coinage of such silver bullion into coin of a notni nal value exceeding the cost thereof shall bo credited to a special fund de nominated, the silver profit fund. This fund shall be charged with the wastage incurred in the silver coinage, and with the expense of distributing said coins as hereinafter provided. The balance to the credit of this fund shall be from time to time, and at least twice a year, paid into the treasury of the United States. Sec. 28. That silver coins other than the trade dollar shall be paid out at the several mints, and at the assay office in New lork city, in exchange for gold coins at par, in sums not less than one hundred dollars; and it shall be lawful, also, to transmit parcels of the same. from time to tune, to the assistant treas urers, depositaries, and other officers of the United States, under general regu lations proposed by the Director of the Mint, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; but nothing herein con t'tincd shall prevent tl e payment of sil ver coins, at their nominal value, for silver parted from gold, as provided in his act, or change less than one dollar of the gold coins, the following devia tions snail not be exceeded in any single piece: In Use double eagle and the eagle, one-half of a grain ; in the half eagle, the three dollar piece, the quarter eagie, ana tne one aoiiar piece, one fourth of a grain. And in weiehinz number of pieces together, when deliv ered by tire coiner to the superintend ent and by the superintendent to the depositor, the deviation from the standard weight shall not exceed one hundredth of an ounce in five thousand dollars in double eagles, half eagles, or 3 uarter eagles, in one thousand three ollar pieces, ani in one thousand one aoiiar pieces. . Sec 37. .That in adjusting the weight of the silver coins the following devia tions shall not be exceeded in any single piece: m tne aoiiar, tne half and quar ter dollar, and in the dime, one and one half grains ; and in weighing large num bers of pieces together, when delivered by the coinerto the superintendent, and by the superintendent to the depositor. the deviations from the standard weight shall not exceed two hundredths ot an ounce in one thousand dollars, half dollars, or quarter dollars, and one hundredth of an ounce in one thousand dimes. Sec 38. That in adjusting the weight of the minor coins provided by this act, there shall be no greater deviation al lowed than three grains for the five cent piece and two grains for the three and one cent pieces. Sec. o9. That the coiner shall, from time to time, as coins are prepared, deliver them to the superintendent, who shall receipt for the same, and who shall keep a careful record of their kind. number, and actual weight; and in re ceiving coins it shall be the duty oi the superintendent to ascertain, by the trial of a number of single pieces separately whether the coins of that delivery are within the legal limits of the standard weight; and if his trials for this pur pose shall not prove satisfactory, bo shall cause all the coins of such delivery to be weighed separately, and such as are not cf legal weight shall be defaced and delivered to the melter and refiner as standard bullion, to be again formed into ingots aud recoined ; or the whole delivery may, if more convenient, be re melted. Sec. 40. That at every delivery of coins made by the coiner to a superin tendent, it shall be the duty of such su perintendent, in the presence of the assayer, to taice indiscriminately a cer tain number ot pieces ot each variety for the annual trial of'coins, the number ior goid coins Deing not less than one piece for each one thousand pieces or any fractional part of one thousand pieces delivery ; and for silver coins one piece for each two thousand pieces or any fractional part of two thousand pieces delivered. The pieces so taken shall be carefully sealed up in an in velope, properly labeled, stating the date of the delivery, the number and denomination of the pieces inclosed, and the amount of the delivery from which they were taken. These sealed parcels containing the reserved pieces shall be deposited in a pyx, '.designated for the i 1 t in settlement for gold deposits: Pro vided, 1 hat for two years alter tho pas sage of this act, silver coins shall bo paid at tho mint in Philadelphia and the assay office in New York city for silver bullion purchased for coinage, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Director of the Mint, and ap proved by 1 he-Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2y" That for the purchase of metal for tho minor coinage authorized by this act, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in law ful money of the United States shall be transferred b' the Secre tary of the Teasury to tho credit of tho superintendent of the mint at Philadel phia, at which establishment only, until otherwise provided by law, such coinage shall be carried on. The superintend ent, with the approval of the Director of the Mint as to price, terms, and quan tity, shall purchase the metal required for such coinage by public advertise ment, and the lowest and lest bid shall be accepted, the fineness of the metals to be determined on the 'inint assay. The gain arising from the coinage of such metals into coin of a nominal value, exceeding ihe cost thereof, shall be credited to the special fund denomi nated the minor ' coinage profit fund ; aud this fund shall bo charged w ith the wastage incurred in inch coinage, and with the cost of distributing said coins as hereinafter provided: The balance remaining to the credit of this fund, and any balance of profits accrued from minor coinage under lormer acts, Miali be, from time to time, and at least twice a year, covered into the treasury of the United Slates. , Sec. 30. That the minor coins author ized by this act may, at the discretion of the Director of the Mint, be delivered in any of the principal cities and towns of the United States, at the cost of the mint, for transportation, and shall be exchanged at par at the mint in Phila delphia, at the discretion of the superin tendent, lor any other coins of copper, bronze, or copper nickel heretofore au thorized by law; and it shall be lawful for the Treasurer and the several assist ant treasurers and depositaries of tl.e United States to redeem, in lawful money, under such rules as may be pre scribed by the Secretary of the Treas ury, all copper, "bronze, and coper nickel coins authorized by law when presented in sums of not less than twenty dollars; and whenever, under this autborit3', these coins aro presented for redemption in such quantity as to show the amount outstanding to be re dundant, the Secretary of tho Treasury is authorized and required to direct that such coinage shall cease until otherwise ordered by him. s j Seer. 31. That parcels of bullion shall be, from time to time, transferred by tho superintendent to the melter and refiner; a ca'veful record of these trans fers, n6ting the weight and character of the bullion, shall bo kept, and vouchers shall bo taken for the delivery of the same, duly receipted by the inciter and renner, ana tne bunion thus placed in the hands of the melter and refiner shall be "subjected to Iho several processes which may be necessary to form it into ingots of the legal standard, and of a quality suitable for coinage. Sec. 32. That the ingots so prepared shall be assayed ; and if they prove to lo within the limits allowed" for devia tion, from the standard, the assayer snail certify tue tact to ;nc superintend bars tf fine metal, or of standard fine-I ent, who shall thereupon receipt for tho ness, or unparted, as he may prefer. with a stamp upon the same designating the weight and fineness,, and with such devices impressed thereon as may be deemed expedient to prevent fraudulent imitation, aud tfo such bars shall be issued of a less weight than five ounce. Sec 20. That any owner of gold bul lion may deposit: the same at any mint, to be formed into coin or bars for his benefit; but it shall be' lawful to refuse any deposit of less than one hundred dollars, or any bullion sp? base as to be unsuitable lor the operations of tho mint; and when gold and silver are combined, if either-mtal be in sucli small proportion; that it cannot be sep arated advantageously, no allowance shall be made to : the depositor for its vaiue. . . .. Sec 21. That any owner of silver bul lion may deposit the same at any mint ; to be formed into bars, or into dollars of the weight Of four hundred and twenty grains, troy, designated in this act as trade dollars, and no deposit of silver for other 1 coinage shall be re ceived; but silver bullion contained in gold deposits, and separated therefrom. may be paid for in silver coin, at such same, and transfer them to the coiner Sec. 33. That no ingots shall be used for coinage which differ from the legal standard more than the following pro portions, namely : In gold ingots, one thousandth; in silver ingots, three thousandths; in minor coinage alloys, twenty-five thousandths, in the propor tion of nickel. Sec 34. That, the melter and refiner shall prepare all bars required for the payment ol deposits; but the fineness thereof shall be ascertained and stamped thereon by the assayer ; and the melter and refiner shall deliver such bars to the superintendent, who shall receipt for the same. . Sec 35.. That the superintendent shall, from time to time, deliver to the coiner ingots for the purpose of coinage; a careful record of these transfers, noting the weight and character of the bullion. shall bo kept, and vouchers shall be takeu for the delivery of the same, duly receipted by tho coiner; and the ingots thus placed in the hands of the coiner shall be subjected to the several pro cesses necessary to make from them coins in all respects conformable to law. Sec 36. That in adjusting the weights purpose at each mint, which shall be kept under the joint care of the super intendent and assayer, and be so secured that neither can have access to its eon tents without the presence of the other, and the reserved pieces in their sealed, envelopes from the coinage of each mint shall be transmitted quarterly to the mint at Philadelphia. A record shall also be kept at the same time of the number and denomination of tin pieces so taken for the annual trials of coins, and of the number and denomination of the pieces represented by them and so delivered, a copy of which record shall be transmitted quarterly to the Director of the Mint. Other pieces may, at any time, be taken ior such tests as the Director of the Mint shall prescribe. Sec. 41. That the coiner shall, from time to time, deliver to the superintend ent the clippings and other portions of bullion remaining after tho process of coining; and the superintendent .shall receipt tor the same and keep a careful record of their weight and character. Sec. 42. That the superintendent shall debit the coiner with the amount in weight of standard metal of all the bul lion placed in his hands, and credit him with tiie amount in weight of all the coins, clippings, and other bullion re turned by him to the .superintendent. Once at least in every year, and at such time as the Director of the Mint shall .appin:., there shall bean accurate and' full settlement of the accounts of the coiner, aud the melter and refiner, at which time the said oflicersshall deliver up to tne superintendent an tne coins, clippings, and other bullion in their possession, respective!', accompanied by statements ot all the bullion deliv trod to them since the last annual set tlement, and all the bullion returned by them during the same period, including the amount returned lor the purpose ot settlement Sec. 4". That when all the coins, clip pings, and other bullion have been de livered to the superintendent, it shall Ini his duty to examine the accounts aud statements rendered by the coiner and the melter and refiner, and the dif ference between the amount charged and credited to each officer shall be al lowed as necessary wastage, if the su pui intendent shall be satisfied that there has been a bona fide waste of the preciT ous metals, and if the amount shall not exceed, in the case of the melter and refiner, one thousandth of the whole amount of gold, and one and one-half thousandth of the whole amount of sil ver delivered to him since the last an nual settlement, and in the case of the eijiner, one thousandth of the whole amount of silver, and one haif thou sandth of the whole amount of gold that lias been delivered to him hy the super intendent; and all eopper used in the alloy of gold and silver bullion shall be separately charged to the melter and refiner, -and accounted for by him. Sec. 44. That it shall also be the duty of tho superintendent to forward a cor rect statement of his balance-sheet, at the close of such settlement, to the Di rector of the Mint, who shall compare the total .amount of gold .and silver bullion and coin on hand with tho total liabilities of the mint. At the same time a statement of the ordinary-expense account, and the moneys therein, shall also be' made by the supe: intend ent. Sec. 45. That when the coins or bars which are the equivalent to any deposit of bullion are ready for delivery, they shall be paid to the depositor," or his order, by the superintendent; and tho payments shall be made, if demanded, in the order in which the bullion shall have been brought to the mint ; but in cases where there is delay in manipu lating a refractory deposit, or for any other unavoidable cause, the payment j of subsequent deposits, the value of being made, the bullion so deposited shall become the property of theUnited States ; but the Secretary of the Treasury may at any time withdraw the fund, or any portion thereof. Sec 4S. That to secure a due conform ity in the gold and silver coins to their respective standards of fineness and weight, the judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, the the Comptroller of the currency, the assayer ot the assay office at New York, and such other per sons as the President shall, from time to time, designate, shall meet as assay commissioners, at the mint in Phila delphia, to examine and test, in the presence of the Director of the Mint, the fineness and weight of the coins reserv ed by the several mints for this purpose, on the second Wednesday in February, annually, any may continue their meet ings by "adjournment, if necessary ; if a majority of the commissioners shall fail to attend at any time appointed for their meeting, tho Director of tho Mint shall call a meeting of the commission ers at such other time as he may deem convenient; and if it shall appear by such examination and test that these coins do not differ from the standard fineness and weight by a greater quanti ty than is allowed by law, the trial shall beeomijeid and reported as satisfac tory; but if any greater deviation from the legal standard or weight shall ap pear, this fact shall be certified to the President of tho United States ; and if, on a view of the circumstances of the case, he shall so decide, the officer or oflicers implicated in the error shall be thenceforward disqualified from holding their respective offices. Sec. 49. That for the purpose of secur ing a due conformity in w eight of the coins of the United States to tiie provis ions of this act, the brass troy-pound weight procured by the minister of the United States at London, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, for the use of the mint, and now in the custody of the mint at Philadelphia, shall be tlje standard troy pound of the mint tho TTnito1 Sitat&v i-niifnrmalllv to which the coinage thereof shall bo regulated. Sec. 50. That it shall be the duty of the Director of tho Mint to procure for each mint and assay-office, to be kept safely thereat, a series of standard weights corresponding to the aforesaid troy pound, consisting of a one-pound weight and the requisite subdivisions and multiples thereof, from the hun dredth part of a grain to. twenty-five pounds ; and the troy weights ordinarily employed in tho transactions of such 4ii hits and assay-offices shall be regulat ed according to the above standards at least once in every year, under the in spection of the superintendent and as-sa3-er; and the accuracy of those used at the mint at Philadelphia shall be tested annually, in the presence of the assav-commissioners, at ine time oi tne annual examination and test of coins. Sec. 51. That the obverse-working-dies at each mint shall, at the end of each calendar year, be defaced and destroyed bv the coiner in the presence of the su perintendent and assayer. See. OS. - inat uies oi a nauonai cuar- acter may be executed bv the engraver, and national and other medals struck by the coiner of the mint at Philadel phia, under such regulations as the su perintendent, witn the approval oi.uie Director or the Alint, may prescribe: Provided, That such work shall not in terfere with tiie regular coinage opera tions, and that no private medal dies shall be prepared at said mint, or the machinery or apparatus thereof be used for that purpose. Sec. 53. That the moneys arising from all charges and deductions on and from gold and silver "bullion and the manufacture of medals, and Irom all other sources, except as hereinbefore provided, shall, from time to time, be covered into the treasury of the United States, and no part of such deductions oi medal charges, or profit on silver or minor coinage, spall bo expended in salaries or wages ; but all -expenditures of the mints and assay-offices, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid from appropriations made by law. on estimates furnished by the Secretary of the Ircasury. Sec. 54. That the officers' of tho United States assay-office at New York shall be a superintendent, an assayer, and a melter aud refiner, who shall be ap pointed by the President, by and with Iho advicaand consent of the Senate. The business of said assay -lnce shall be in all respects similar to that of the mints, except that" bars only, and not coin, shall bo manufactured 'Therein ; and no metals shall be. purchased for minor coinage. All bullion intended by the depositor to be converted into coins of the United States, and silver bullion , purchased for coinage, when .assayed, parted, and refined, and its net value certified, shall be transferred to the mint at Philadelphia, under such direc tions as shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, at the expense of tho contingent fund of the mint, and shall be there coined, and the proceeds re turned to tho assay-office. ,And tho Secretary of tho Treasury is hereby authorized to make the necessary ar rangements for the adjustment of . the accounts upon such transfers between the respective offices, Sec. 55. That tho duties of the super intendent, assayer and melter and re finer of said office shall correspond to; those of superintendents, assavers and melters and refiners of mints: and all parts of this act relating to mints and their officers, the duties and respousi bilities of such officers, and others em ployed therein, the oath to be taken and the bonds and sureties to bo given by. them, (as far as the same my bo ap plicable,) shall extend to the assay-ol- hce at New xork, raid to its officers. assistants, clerks, workmen, and others empl03-ed therein. ; Sec. 56. That there shall be allowed to the officers of the assay-office at New iorfc city the following salaries per annum: To the superintendent, lour thousand five hundred dollars ; to tho assayer, and to the melter and reiiner, each, three thousand dollars ; and the salaries of assistants and clerks, and wages to workmen, and their manner of appointment, shall be determined and regulated as herein directed in re gard to mints. Sec. o7. that -the business at the branch-mint at Denver, while conduct ed as an assay office, and ot the assay- office at Boise city, Idaho, ad all other assay-offices hereafter to be established, shall bo confined to the receipt of gold and silver bullion, ior melting and as saying, to be returned to depositors of tne same, m bars, with the weight and fineness stamped thereon; and the offi cers of assay -ofii ces, when their services are necessary, shall consist of an assay er, who shall have charge thereof, and a inciter, to be appointed by the Presi- which is known, shall not be delayed j dent, by and viich the advice and con- thejeby ; and in tho denominations of cion delivered, ihe superintendent shall comply with the wishes ot the depositor, except when impracticable or inconve nient to do so. Sec. 46. That unparted bullion may be exchanged at any of the mints for fine bars, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Sec retary of the Treasury ; and the fineness, weight, and value of the bullion receiv ed and given in exchange shall in all cases be determined by the mint assay. The charge to the depositor for refining or parting shall not exceed that allowed and deducted for the same, operation in the the exchange of unrefined for re fined bullion. 4 Sec. 47 That for the purpose of ena bling the mints and the assay-office in New York to make returns to deposi tors with as little delay as possible, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to keep in the said mints and assay -office, when the state of the treas ury will admit thereof, snch an amount of public money, Or bullion procured for the purpose, as he shall judge con- venient and necessary, out of which those who bring bullion to the said mints and assay-office may be paid the value thereof, in coin or bars, as soon as practicable alter the value has been as certained ; and on payment thereof seut of the Senate : and the assayer may employ as many clerks, workmen and laborers, under the direction of the Di rector of the Mint, as -may be provided for by l iw. Tho salaries of said officers shall not exceed the sum of two thou sand five hundred dollars to the assayer and melter, one thousand eight hundred dollars each to the clerks, and the workmen and laborers shall receive such wages as are customary, according to their respective stations and occupa tions. - $ Sec 58. That p-.ich officer and clerk to be appointed, at such assay-offices, be fore entering upon the execution of his office, shall take an oath or affirmation before some judge of the United States, or of the supreme court, as prescribed by the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and each be come bound to the United States of America, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the Director of the Mint or of one of the judges of the su preme court of the State or Territoryin which the same may be located, and of the Secretary of the Treasury, condi tioned for the faithful performance of the dufies of their offices; and the said as sayers shall discharge the duties of dis bursing agents for the payment of the expenses of their respective assay-offices. , , See. 59, That the general direction o the business of assay-offices of tho Uni ted States! shall be under the control and regulation of tho; Director of tho Mint, subject to the approbation of tho Secretary, of the Treasury ; and for that Eurpose it shall be the jduty of the said irector to prescribe such" regulations and to require such returns periodically and occasionally, and to establish such charges fori melting, parting, assaying, and stamping bullion as shall appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the intention of this act. I - i Sec. 60. That all the provisions of this act for tho regulation of the mints of tho United States, and fori the government of all officers and persons employed therein, and for the punishment of all ofienses connected wun the mints or coinage of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby .declared to be, in full force in relation to the assay-offices, as far as the same may be applicablo thereto. I Sec. 61. That if any person or persons shall falselyj ,uake forge, or "counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any coin or bars in si militude of tho gold or silver coins or bars which have been, or may 'hereafter be, coined or stamped at tho mints and assay-offices of the United States, or. in resemblance or similitude of any foreign old or silver coin which by law is, or hereafter may bo made, current in the United States, or are in actual use anil circulation as money within tho United States, or shall pass,' utter, publish, or soil, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States from any loreign place, or nave in nis possession, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin or bars, knowing tho same to be false, forged, or counter feited, every person so offending shall bo deemed i guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding live thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement at hard labor not exceeding ten years, according to tho aggravation of the of fense, i Sec. 62. That if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counter feit, or cause or procuro to bo falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or 'wil lingly aid or assist in falsely making, foriring, or counterfeiting, any coin in the resemblance or similitude of any of the minor coinage which has been, or may hereafter be, coined at the mints of the United States ; or shall pass, pub lish, utter, or sell, or bring into tho United States from any foreign place, or have in nis possession, any such false, forged, or counterfeited .coin, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporation, or any person or persons whatsoever, even- person so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine nut exceeding One thousand dol lars and by imprisonment and confine ment at hard labjr not exceeding three y ears. 1 Sec. 63. That if any person shall fraudulently, by any art, way, or means whatsoever deface, mutilate, impair, diminish, ; falsify, scale, or lighten the gold or silver coins which have been, or which shall hereafter be, coined at the mints of the United States, or ary for eign gold or silver coins which are by law made cum .it, or are in actual use and circulation as money wiihin tho United States, every person so otlouding shall bo deemed guilty of a higli misde meanor, and shall bo imprisoned not exceeding! two years, and fined not ex ceeding two thousand dollars. See. 64: That if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at any of the mints of the United States shall be debased, or made worse as to the proportion of lino gold or lino silver therein contained ; or shall bo of less weight or value than the samo ought to bo, pursuant to tho several acts relative thereto ; or if any of tiie weights Used at any of the mints or assay-offices of the United States shall be defaced, increased, or ' diminished through the fault or Connivance of any of the officers or persons who shall be employed at the said mints or assay offices," with a fraudulent intent; and if i.ny of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which shall at any time be committed to their charge for the purpose of. being coined, or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mints, pr any med als, coins, or other moneys of said mints or assay-oiiices at any tinio committed to their charge, or of which they may have assumed the charge, every -such officer or person who shall commit any or either of the said offenses shall bo deemed guilty of felony, and shall bo imprisoned at hard labor for a term not less than one j'car nor more than ten years, and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Sec. 65. That this act shall take effect on the first day of April, eighteen hun dred and seventy-three, when the offices of the treasurer of tho mints in Phila delphia, San Francisco,and New Orleans shall be vacated, and the assistant trea sdrer at New York shall ccasc'to perform the duties of treasurer of tho assay-office. The other officers and employees of tho mints and assay offices now appointed shall continue to hold their respective offices, they having first given tho ne cessary bonds, until further appoint ments may be required, tho Director of the Mint at Philadelphia being styled and acting as superintendent thereof. The duties of. tho treasurers shall de volve as herein provided upon tho sup erintendents, and said treasurers shall act only as assistant treasurers of tho United States: Provided, That the sal aries heretofore paid to the treasurers of tue mints at Philadelphia, Sun Franciscc and New. Orleans, acting as assistant treasurers, shall hereafter I bo paid tc them as " assistant . treasurers of the United States'," and i that the salary of tne assistant treasurer at New lork shall not bo diminished by the vacation of ,his office as treasurer of the assay - omce. ; Sec. 66. That thu different mints and assay-offices authorized by this act shall be known as "the mint"of the United States at Philadelphia," "tho mintof the United States at San Francisco," " the mint ol the United States at Car son," ." the mint of the United States at Denver," "the United States assay- office at New York,"Jimd "the United States assay-office at Boise city, Idaho," "the United States assay-office at Char- ioiie, ioriu uaroiii a; - and ail unxe- pended appropriations heretofore auth orized by law lor the use of the mint ol the United States at Philadelphia, the branch mint of- the United States in California, the branch mintof theUnited fttates at Denver, the United States assay office in New A ork, tho United States assay otlico at Charlotte. North vaiouna, anu uio u nued ft a es assay office at Boise city. Idaho, are hereby : a t . . - auioorizeu io ue iransierreu ior tho ac count and use of the institutions estab lished and located respective! v at the places designated by this act. &ec. c. That this act shall be known as the " Coinage act of eighteen hundred and seventy-thaee ;" and all other acts and parlsol acts pertaining to the mints. assay offices, and coinage of the United States inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed:-Provid ed, That thi3 act shall not bo construed to affect any act done, risrht accrued, or penalty incurred, onder former acts, but every such right is hereby saved: and all suits and prosecutions for acts al ready done in violation of any former act or acts of Congress relating to the subjects embraced in this act may be begun or proceeded with in like manner as if this act had not been passed ; and all penal clauses and provisions in m. ! sting laws relating to the subiects em braced in this act shall be deemed ao- plicable thereto : And provided further. lhat so much of the first section of An act makinz appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the govern ment forthe year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. and for other ; purposes ". annrovwrl .Inlv fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, as provides that until after the comple tion and occupation of the branch mint building in San Francisco, it shall be lawful to exchange, at any mint or 1 1.1 uiiinciL mini oi tne i nitr-ft rennedror unparted bullion in me opinion oi Ilio .sv,. W lie. ' j , ..a. .j iiiiiiii .i-. .i - . . i ii.' " 'in n io,iuc gov crnnieii pealed.; ; ' Approved, February 1J, js;. ili't . tiert!. "" Aii Act to In Soeti puis Lie act. Prohibit th WAiviuuij; I.lqitor, Certain Localitj,., e -,! in 1. The general s North Carolina do e.ii w.' . i . I .. ., I . ... i-., I r. . i.il uv Ullinn nil i Jlliv pCl, ,,r to sell or give away iinv iM liquors in any wavor inatu , quantity,' so as to receive ,lu." sanon ior tue same wh. directly or indirectly wit oi Antioch church, in All. ty; Bliill Pres;,yferiaii Hint. i i i . . Baptist, hiii eh", ill Boi.cs ,M Yopp'sj Meeting llo-is, county! r within it .i;- inn I.Hliv , ' tl.-,. '. . A-' Kir r. in I i.., 'li.'i 15- s r!i:; liuri-i ui i, thn '. following places, t..u;(. Pleasant Academy, in l li-t,,i , , ty; Cumberland ! Union h,,,' ! VValkeftown, in Cjimbciht!,,! Blockers store in j Cedar five,, in Cumberland county ; .In,u ";i i College in Henderson emu.: -villein Jones county; BuirclYli' in Biclitncn.l count v; liinfisfi iIhii..i K,, . '' .v.... ......v.., maun .si,,, Ashepjle Preshytoi i.uT Hun Taberiilacle l?a; list clmr, !, churchL Horeb Meth. ilisf Mnnnt i.,rl.,l. .,...:. . . . II V C.I I.IU lM'llM'l,lli 111 I' son county: or within tivoan.'i,,. miles of Bocky Noleehuivli. in ( county!; or w'lthin tno n;if,.s ' lowing; places, to-wit: p,M. , church, Luncville church. ,,r "p.,.'' church jor School house, in '' ty; Christian Delight chinch. fr', cord church, in Beaufort m'n-'r,,, Creek Baptist church, I h. v Presbyterian church, in BUj,.,, ,',! Kndor iFurnace or ri. uiii - .Bi. '; IxK-kvilte, in Chatham counfv; V.' dist church, Presby tei i.tn cki,,' Baptist church near l-V.rt llwi.i.i'' Hick's iligh. School, B.u-iiar.i's , groundj in Clay ouii! ; t( Plains church or lVacociVs s, , Columbus county; Block Villi' .v or Cokesberry church, iuCun. couniyj ,M'w linage cium county; .Mountain island 1 (Jaston county ; Corinth liaph in (iranvillo county; lia (luilford county: -Johnston's jounsum eouniv ; ii 1 1 u ( ored, School House No. 'i. i leciuvt .iowiisiisp, in .iv county Zion church, in V,ih, county t Lumber' "Bridie pp j church Sir Providence baptist 1. 1, (!. in Kol4on vountjy; Ulk i in ( v ., .' in Bicliulond eouniv; jl-iith ; , churchy in Trans y!l van ia-. nut y , chiircii, Sampson couu. : tut i :n ... ,1 . .il.l.'s- - Willis hi me i.ui.-. oi .t, ciisc i.i vi r it, county: tho' Court Hon t j,, v, bciro, in Wilkes county, m me corporate iiuuis oi me t-', n ni i age in Moore county, or l.uniU -1 to besot i county,r or Bu;i'ior:.-ij: Rutherford county", o, widiintw . of the corporate Uiiuils of 'u;i, Lumber to u, provided tiiiv sj,,j the power of iho com in i-.s-i nil -j,; oertoti to grant u i.s.- v. H j;i, porale limits; or' within oin- jyt; miles of Cherry rove' I'..ijm;' in Columbus comity;, l.'-.i I'.L by tcrian church, (colored)' 1 l,in;( .MfclilOdlst CnillCll at l ol-l .s, .;,!! ground! or Methodist iiu.rii,ti lamp urounu, in i anarrns con:. Murchison Factory, in .M-un-lr i bciihindi county, or within u-ii'.J Uooso croon ; island ciiunii, in li i comity tho Baptist chun-li in ; burg, lui Bladen county ; Ni . t .ul'. my, or Fair View school Imu-c, i:j J. S. -Shu ford taught s.-li ...I, i.j !i: . com be comity; Pioneer 1 UN l' 4' ; in Cabarrus county; Cypn s 1 1 church,' or the Baptist or .N.' j.i church in HallvilJe, I u j iin in Vino Hill Academy, in llati.Ux -t.a Bethel church, in Pitt county; :;( j House in Ashboro, in Rai;d"i h i i Turnersbury church, inio ".U A hh;.; or Union Chapel Mcth idid i-inn a. . Robeson county. . See. '2. Any person or p.-rsi.:- '. inir any of the provision- ,i ilii-. shall bo deemed guilty of a ini-d or and upon cun i'timi Ujckoi any acting Justice of thi'-Peace, I and every ollVine, shall pay a not less than ten nor inure 1... dollars pr be imprisoned, in u. i tion of jthc Court not to excoi il days. I - V Sec. o. The Secretary !' N.i 1 furnish a certified copy of ih;sji,l, mediately alter ils ratilie.it;'. a i i .rj.iii ni ! JJra, i&'endurl and AVc. i See. 4. This act shall lu and after tho .first day ! .Uv. M-1-573. Hi (icncral Assent. n 1 times tiiul ratified this f -ir-i '. March, A. !., Ia7'.l, J. L. IKMU.vo.v Speaker- of tlf H":- c. li. br.m.M.N. President of ti"' '-' STATK.OP NORTH 'AK 'LIN-'. : -"Okkick StX'KfcTA K v -or s i a 1 1. Raleigh, March 7, I. William 11. 1 iowert-.n, S- n : ' State, hereby certify that the f '' is a true cop-.- of the original n'' ' 1 in this oflioe" , WM 11. lloi:I.'i"V Seen laiy l '' March 8, 1873. s I2L.KCTION FOK i:xoini:i:k or iEPAin,3ii: A Ci"! iTiri: Notice to tlui rii-4-iiKMi'oi' t City of Ifalcig?!. SECTION 15 of the "(Hoi:':"' ' the Government of l iH"' :l in the City of Raleigh, '', 1 Board of Citv Commissioner-, -Ui l 1870," says: C- . 1ft rri... , lm f.1p-tl'll i'S ' month of March, in cadi an 1 vi rv a Chief Fnginecror tli'- BiV;' Department, who shall I"11'"-1 supervision of all the Coini':"'"' ' city. Hobnail neeieiifi " i" bers of the several Com pan h eral election held for that pun engine house at Market H i term of one year, or unto shall be installed. In compliance with th'' flin alinvn rnlttv.iiii'i AN for a Chief L'nginecr of tlic'H''; nient of Raleigh is h' rrhy -i .. n THURSDAY, MARCH -!f ' foils open at l ireinan s n Metropolitan Hall, fro in "-S Iv o'clock, p. m. ,,. v j 11. l. i.i" Acting Chi''" '-"'fr' Raleigh, March , l7:i. i lHS ! jeov,-; A: NNOUNCKMKNT!' ' To the Firemen of Il'ildy! " Thn linrloruifrnnd iinolll!C- I"1" candidate for the oliice of i'b'' J'"-' of tho Fire Department -i t. Raleigh. .. very Respectfully, mar 7 td JI. T. CK.VW MAYOR'S 01"1I( ':: Raleigh, A". (, M " '' T WILL ATTEND at t" X office in the City or Ralel-!'.''" day, the 1st day r.f April, P ' ' tho tax list for the" present M;'" sons failing to list their pn'i,v- " subjected to double tax. 172-td V. W 1 1 ITA K 1 " I ' I"'-' -pop. RITN' The I'.xchango street, is for rent. Apply to WIL 169 10d Hotel, en B- LLIAM.tilIIV, Raid?.'!'. ' L ....
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