Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-06-11


morning for the repeal of the -Treasur
While that odious feature is bottcd out,
part of the penal provisions of tho Act of
July Sd, 1910, is retained. That the Bill
will pass, there can be but little doubt, and
Just as little that it will be met in Hmine by
Mcssrs. Calhoun, Benton, Woodbury., and
others. 1t was ordered to second reading
and, on motion of Mr.. Clay, was made the
special order for Monday. AS the Bill 10
short, and of some importance, transcribo
1t Tor the benefit of your readers.
BILL to repeal the act entitled "An act to provide
ior 'hc c'ilectlon saie-keepng, transfer and dis
buiscnen Of the public revenue and TO provide for
.ie punlshh,nt OF embezzlers of the public money"
SECTION ]. Belt enacted by The Senate and House of
Representatives. THE tnitcd States in Con press as
Scm5icI That the act entitled "An act to provide for
the collection, safe keeping, transfer md disburse-
mcn of tle public revenue" approved on the fourth
July eighteen hundred and forty be- and the Same Is
hereby repealed froridcd alrayo, That fo- any Of.
provisions of the seventeenth section of the said act
the offenders may be prosecuted and punished accord
ing to those provisions any thing herein contained to
| the contrary notwithstanding.
| SEc1toS q Andbe IL further enacted That If any
officer charged with the sale-kcepinQ, transfer,
disbursement of public moneys or connected with
the post Office department, shall convert to his own
| use in any way whatever or shall use y way of in
vestnent in any kind of property or merchandise, or
shall loan with or without interest any portion Of the
public moneys entrusted to him for saie-keepng,
transfer disbursement or for any other purpose every
| such act shall be deemed and adiudgcd to be an en-
lbczzlemcnt of so much ofthe said moneys shall be
thus Ia en- converted, invested, used, or loaned,
which is hereby declared to be felony; and the
flsal TO pay over. on demand any ruic moneys in
his hands upon the presentation Of warrant drawn
vpon him and slgncdby the Secretary ofthe Treasury
shall be prima fdcie evidence of such conversion to
his own use of so much of the public moneys as msy
be in his hands. Any officer OF agent Of the United
States, and all persons advising or knowingly and
willingly participating in such embe 2zlement. upon
being convicted thereof before any court of the United
States Of competent jurisdiction, shall, for every ch
offence forfeit and pay to the United States fine equal
to the amount ithe money en- ezzed, and shall suf-
fer imprisonment or term not less than -ix months
nor more than five years.
Memorials from the East and West con.
tinuc to pour in for the enactment of uni
form Bankrupt Law. There is spirit brea-
f tlled in these memorials in favor Of this lust
and salutary measure, which would seem to
indicate that such measure must SOONER
or later he passed.
, Mr.. Young, on moving the printing of a
d memorial relating to land claims, was met by
Mr.. Clay with the expression of hope that
e the subject would not be passed. 1t was i'm
i portant to have correct understanding as
= to the business that should occupy their
e time. He thought it would be better to lin
:, :; it it to the subjects contained in the Presi-
d dents Message; for if they attempted 10 run
IS into the business of an ordinary session, then
e he could very plainly sec that the present
would be a very extraordinary one for its
T. length.
is Mr. Young replied that the memorial was
J. desiring TO have it printed was that it might
,e be useful 10 the COMMITTEE.
s. Mr.. Clay suggested that it would be better
Il, not to have any printed when it mus, be
" manifest that they would not be able to act
as on private claims. Asto this matter Of priu-
ed ting, it was time that some check should ba
'' put to it. Look at the documents put OH
e. our table this morning Ololding an imnonse
IN large one in his hand,) would it be believed
Sc that i; was possible for any Senator TO wade
Id through such mass Of paper9 (Ths wa,
~ document which had been printed by order
IS Of the Treasury Department at the "Glohc'
office, previous TO the lh Of March last, by
e. way of anticipaion.) Mr.. c. said, he woul'
'"' cndcavour TO prepare protocol Tomorrow
- limiting the business to be discussed
n The Bankrupt law was considered, h,
il. sand, a question of grea, Importance, bu
he was not disposed to commence discus
sion upon it this SESSION, because he though
M there was little probability that it would pas
W. at this session, owing to the diversity o
d. opinion that existed in relation to it,
-. Mr.. Calhoun suggested that the majority
should indicate its wishes as to what business
'h' they would &C, on, aud lc, the people know
m, it. 1t was due to them that they should b.
~, informed.
-, Mr.. Young withdrew the memorial, &c.
and adjourned over to Monday.