Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-04
CHAPTER Xix

CHAPTER NIX
ACTS BEARING UPON THEPOST OFFICE
IN COMMON WITH THE OTHER Exc
CUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
Sec. 1913. And be 1T further enacted, That
on the said first Monday in December. in the
year one thousand eight hundred, the seat of
the Government of the United States shall, by
virtue OF this act, Re transferred to the District
aud place aforesaid, District of Columbia,
Washington city, And all the offices attach
| cd to the said seat of Government, shall ac-
eordingly be removed thereto by their respec-
| tive holders, and shall after the said day
cease to be exercised elsewhere; and that the
necessary expense of such removal shall be de-
| trayed out Of the duties on imports and ton
| nage-oi which sufficient sum is hereby ap-
proprIated. Sec. 8, act Of July I6, 1890
Sec l94 A3'1 be Ut further enacted, That
where any revenue officer, or other person,
hereafter becoming indebted to the United
States, by bond or otherwise, shall become in
solvent, or where the estate of any deceased
debtor, II the hands of executors or admins
traitors, shall be Insufficient to pay all the
debts due from the deceased, the debt due to
tho United States shall be first satisfied: and
| the priority* hereby established shall be
deemed to extend, as well as to cases in which
| debtor, not having sufficient property to nav
all of his debts, shall make a voluntary as.
slgnment thereof, or in which the estate and
effects Of an absconding, concealed, or absent
debtor, shall be attached by process of law. MS
to cases in which an act Of legal bankruntcv
shall be committed. Sec. ), Gct of Marck 3.
1897. =
\ See No. 196 for subsequent statute on this
! point
Sec 1876. A1ad be IT further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, no mem
Der OF Congress shall, directly or indirectly.
| himself, or by any other person whatsoever ia
trust for him, or for hisuse or benefit, or on
his account, undertake, exc cute, hold or en-
! JOY, IN the whole or in part, any contract or
agreement, hereafter TO be made or entered
| into with any officer Of the United States, in
their behalf, or with any person authorized to
make contracts on the part of the United
States; and if any member of Congress shall,
directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other
person whatsoever in trust for him. or for his use
or benefit, or on his account enter into, accent
OF, agree for, undertake or execute, any such
contract or agreement in the whole or in part,
every member so offending shall, for every
such offence, upon conviction thereof, before
any court of the Unit ed States, or of the Ter
rltorles thereof, having eognizance Of such Of
fence, be a1judged guilty of high misde-
meanor, and shall be fined three thousand dol
lars; and every such contract or agreement as
aforesaid shall, moreover, be absolutely void
and OF no effect: PrOUtdcd, 11evertkekess,
ihat In all cases where any sums of money
snail have been advanced on the part of the
United States, in consideration of any such
contract or agreement, the same shall be forth
with repaid; and, in case of refusal or DELAY
to repay the same, when demanded, by the
proper officer of the department under whose
authority such contract or agreement shall
nave been made or entered into every person
SO refusing or delaying, together with his sure
ty or suretics, shall be forthwith prosecuted at
law for the recovery of any such sums of mo-
ney advanced as aforesaid. Sec. l, act of 2I
Aprtt, 1908.
See. 1876, Aad be 1T further enacted, That
nothing herein contained shall extend, or be
construed to extend to any contract or agreo-
men, made, or entered into, or accepted by
any incorporated company, where such con-
tract or agreement shall be made for the gen.
eral benefit of such Incorporation or company;
nor to the purchase or sale of billsof exchange
or other property, by any member of Congress
Where the same shall be ready for delivery
and for which payment shall be made at the
time OF making or entering into the contract
or agreement. Sec. 2. act Of 81 ApriI, 1903
Sec. 1877. And be it f1rtAer enacted, That
In every such contract or agreement, to te
maze, or entered into, OF accepted, as afore-
said, there shall be inserted an express condi-
ton that no member of Congress Shall be ad-
mittea 10 any share or part of such contract
VI agreement, or TO any benefit to arise there
upon. Sec. 3, act Of 81 April, 1908.
sec I9o And be 1T further enacted, That if
any olncer OF the United States, on behalf of
the United States, shall directly or indirectly,
make or enter into any contract, bargain or
agreement, In writing or otherwise, other than
sucn as are herein excepted, with any mon
Der OF congress, such officer so offending, on
convection thereof, before any court having
luIisoicn9n thereof. shall be deemed and
taken to be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and
be nned IN a sum of three thousand dollars.
Sec. 4, act Of Aprtt 81, 1908.
Sec I99. Amd be 1T further enacted, That
from and alter the passing of this act, it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury,
secretary OF War, Secretary of the Navy, and
she postmaster General, annually, to lay be-
fore congress statement Of all the contracts
whieh nave been made in their respective de-
partments, during the year preceding such re-
port exhibiting in such statement the name of
the contractor, the article or thing contracted
for, the place where the article was to be de-
ilvered OF the thing performed, the sum 10 be
pno ior It's performance or delivery, the date
and duration Of the contract See 5, act of
Aprtt 81, lS08
Sec: 200. And be 1T further enacted, That
IL snail be lawful for any person or persons to
Whoin ietters testamentary, or of administra-
tion, hath been or may hereafter be granted
by the proper authority in any of the United
States or the Territories thereof, to maintain
any suit or action, and TO prosecute and recov-
er any claim in the District of Columbia in
the same manner, as if the letters testamenta-