Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-08-26
LAWS OF THE UNION.
Passed at First Session Of 9th Cong ress
[PuBLlc.-No. 4.l

PuBLlc.-No. a.
AN ACT to repeal the act entitled San act
to provide for the collection, safe c-kee ping,
transfer and disbursement, of the public
revenue" and to provide for the punish
mcnt of cmbezzlers Of public money, and
for other purposes.
BE II enacted Ly The Senate and House of
Representatives. Of The United States of .4meri-
ca IN Congress assembled, That the act ent
tied can act TO provide for the collection,
safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement Of
tho public revenue" approved on the fourth
day Of July, A. ID. one thousand eight hun
drcd aud forty. and the same is hereby re-
pealed' Provided oii0uys, That for any often.
ces which may have been committed against
the provisions of the seventeenth section of
the said act, the offenders may be prosecuted
aud punished according to those provisions
and that all bonds executed under the pro-
visions Of said act, and oil civil rights and
liabilities which have arisen or accrued under
said act, and the remedies therefor, shall re
main and continue as if said act had not been
repealed any thing herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding.
SRC. z. find be IL further enacted, That if
any officer charged with the safe keeping.
or disbursement Of public moneys, or connec-
ted with the Post Office Department, shall
convert to his own use, in any way whatever.
or shall use 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 safe keep.
ing, transfer, disbursement, or for any other
purpose, every such act shall be deemed and
HGjudged 10 be an embczzlement Of so much
Of the said moneys as shall be .hus TAKEN
converted, invested, used, or loaned, which
is hereby declared to be felony and the
neglect or e'usal TO pay over Oh demand any
public moneys in his hands, upon the presen.
tation ofa draft, order, or warrant drawn upon
him, and signed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, or to transfer or disburse any such
moneys promptly according 10 law on the
legal requirement of o superior officer, shall
be priina facle evidence Of such conversion TO
his own use Of SO much Of the public moneys
as may be in his hands. Any officer or agent
oil the United Suites, and all persons advising,
or knowingly and willingly participating in
such embezziement, upon being convicted
thereof before any court OF the United States
Of competent jurisdiction, shall for every such
offence, forfeit and pay TO the United States
a fine equal 10 the amount of the money en-
bczzled, and shall suffer Imprisonment, for a
term not less than six months nor more than
five years.
SEC. 3. .4nd be u further enacted. That The
act entitled IAN act to regulate the deposites
Of the public money" approved Oh the twenty
third day Of June, eighteen hundred and
thirty six, excepting the thirteenth and four
teenth sections thereof, be and the same
hereby is, repealed.
SIC. 4. Ind be 10 further enacied, That
30 much Of al act passed the fourteenth Of
April, eighteen hundred and thirty six, en-
titled "An act making appropriations for the
payment Of the Revolutionary and other pen
sioners Of the United States, for the year
eighteen hundred and lhrty-sx." as provides
that no bank note Of less denomination than
ten dollars and sfler the third day of March,
eighteen hundred and thirty seven, no bank
note of less denomination than twenty dol.
lars, shall be offered in payment in any case
whatsoever in which money is to be paid by
the United States or the Post Office Depart
ment, be, and the same hereby is, repealed.
JOHN WHITE,
Speaker QfMe House Of Representatives..
SAML l.. SOUTHARD,
President Of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, August l3, 1871.
JOHN TYLER.