Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-09-18
RsX AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF TwENTY.sEv.
ENTH CONGRESS.
tPUBL1c.-No Al

AN ACT to repeal The act entitled can act to
provide for the collection, saIc.keeping, trans.
fer, and disbursement of the public revenue, "
and to provide for the punishment Of embez-
zIers Of public money and for other purposes
Be II enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of america
in Congress assembled That the act entitled San
act to provide for the collection, safe keeping,
transfer, and disbursement Of the public reve.
nue., approved on the fourth day Of July, A. D.
one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and
the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, always,
That, for any offences which may have been
committed against the provisions Of the seven.
teenth section Of the said act the offenders may
be prosecuted and punished according TO those
provisions; and that all bonds executed under
the provisions Of said act, and all civil rights
and liabilities which have arisen or accrued un.
der said act, and the remedies therefor, shall
remain and continue as if said act had not been
repealed; any thing herein contained to the con.
trary Notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. and be 1t further enacted, That if
any officer charged with the safe.keeping, trans
fer, or disbursement OF public moneys, or con.
nected with the Post Office Department, shall
convert to his own USE in any way whatever,
or shall nse by way Of investment in any kind
Of property or merchandise, or shall loan, with
or without interest, any portion Of the public
moneys entrusted to him for sale keeping, trans.
fer, disbursement, or for any other purpose, every
such act shall be deemed and adjudged 10 be
an enlightenment Of so much of the said mo
neys as shall be thus taken, converted, invested,
used, or loaned, which is hereby declared to be
a felony and the neglect or refusal to pay over
on demand any public moneys in his hands
upon the presentation Of a draft, order, or war.
rant drawn upon him, and signed by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury, or TO transfer or dsburse
any such moneys promptly according to law on
the legal requirement OF superior officer. shall
be prma lace evidence Of such conversion 10
his own use of so much Of the public moneys
as may be in his hands Any officer or agent
or the United States, and all persons advising, or
knowingly aid willingly participating in such
fore any court OF the United States Of compe.
tent jurisdiction, shall, for every such offence,
forfeit and pay 10 the United States fine equal
to the amount Of the money embezzled and shall
suffer Imprisonment for term not less than six
months nor more than five years.
Sec, 3. And be it further enacted, That the
act entitled IAN act to regulate the deposites of
the public money" approved on the twenty
third day Of June, eighteen hundred and thirty
six, excepting the thirteenth and fourteenth sec,
tons thereof, be and the same hereby is, re.
pealed.
Sec. 4. and be IL further enacted That 50
much Of an act passed the fourteenth of April,
eighteen hundred and thrty.sx entitled IAN act
making appropriations for the payment Of the
Revolutionary and other pensioners Of the Uni,
ted States, for the year eighteen hundred and
thirty six" AS provides that no bank note Of
less denomination than ten dollars, and after the
hrd Of March, eighteen hundred and thiry-sev,
en-, no bank note Of less denomination than
twenty dollars, shall be offered in payment in
any case whatsoever in which money is to be
paid by the United States or the Post Office
Department, be, aud the same hereby is, re.
pealcd,
JOHN WHITE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
SAML. l.. SOUTHARD,
President Of The Senate pro tempOre.
Approved, August -, 1871.
JOHN TYLER.