law and to issue certtlicales ol debt to
the public creditors for the amounts due
to them. The sweral minis of the Fuit
etl Slates are to receive deposites and is
sue certificates in like manner, in sums of
from '." lot, 100, such certificates to he re
ceivable and redeemable at each and eve
ry agency, and no premium is to be
charged on them. The board and agen
cies are to be authorized to draw bills or
drafts on the several agencies, and to sell
the same at a premium not exceeding the
fair cost of letnittiug specie to the place of
payment, provided that no bill or draft
shall be sold except for cash or such funds
as are received in payment of the public
dues, that is, treasury notes, certificates of
the board of agencies, and the notes of
specie paving banks and to purchase do
mestic and foreign bills of exchange under
the direction of the secretary of the trea
sury, when necessary, for the purposes of
the government. All payments made by
the hoard and its agencies are lobe in gold
or silver coin, or witli the consent of the
public creditor, iu treasury notes, or cer
tificates of deposite. All dues lo the Uni
ted Stales, or any officer or department
thereof, may bo paid in gold and silver, in
certificates of deposite issued under this
; i i . i
act, in treasury tiutcs, or in notes of hanks
wliicli shall he iinnifiliatfly payable, on
ili-nvatul, in gohl ami filter, at the places
wlit ii! ii'CL'iveil. 'J'lie bill contains snila
hlt: chocks tr.i l ";nan!s to prevent the cn;
ht .zli tin nt ami improper ti;:e nf tin; pub
lit: money, ami to sec. to the Iklelity of
llie i I'.'.ct rs ul' tin- hoatil.)
Mr. Davis i f Ky., nitwit a minority re
ioi t, which wiis tils-) Mmil ami ordered to
he ptinted with the npoti and hill of the
iil.ijoi ;ty. Adj.
