The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-07-05
An Important Measure.

The following bill for the regulation Of
appointments to- and removals from, office,
is now before Congress and should by all
means pass before the adjournment
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
resentati0es Of the United States of Ameroca an
Congress assembled, That no officer of the
United States appointed on the nomination
or the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate,
shall be removable except by the
same agencies which concurred in his ap-
pointment Provided, hooever, That in case
OF disability or misconduct in Office, occur.
ring during the recess of the Senate, where
the interests of the public make it necessary
to Iii. s,ltce the incumbent until the advice
and consent of that body can be duly had
and obtained thereon, it shall be lawful for
the President, on the recommendation Of the
Attorney General, to suspend the disabled or
detaulting officer, and to commission anoth-
err person to perform the duties of the place
until the Senate shall have an opportunity
of acting thereupon and it shall be the du-
ty of the President within ten days after the
assemblage of that body to report to it the
fact of such suspension, along with the rea-
sons therefor, and the name of the person
temporarily commissioned by him, or of
such other person as he may think proper to
nominate for the place; and in case Of the
refusal Of the Senate to concur in the remov-
al, either by direct vote thereon, or by ad-
wishing and consenting to the person so NOM
mated, the officer who has been thus sus-
pended shall thereupon resume the exercise
of his official functions az though the same
had not been interrupted but in no case
shall the person so restored be entitled tc
any compensation for the interval of time
during which his functions may have been
suspended as aforesaid.
SEC. 2. lind be 1t further enacted, Thai
in case of the refusal of the Senate to advise
and consent to the denomination Of any off
Ger whose term of service may have expired
by its own limitation, the place filled by. the
person so renominated shall be regarded, anC
| is hereby declared to be vacant from the
time OF such refusal; but should the Senate
adjourn without action on such renomina
ton, either in the way of consent or disap
proyal, the same shall be held, and is here
by declared, to be vacant Immediately afte
| such adjournment; and in no case shall any
person who has been nominated by the
President for any Office and rejected by the
Senate, or on whose nomination that body
has failed or declined to act in the way o
consent or refusal, be appointed or commits
stoned by him after the adjournment anC
during the recess of that body to hold thu
same Office for which he had been previously
nominated.
SEQ. 8 Aad be it further enacted, That nj
office shall be considered as inferior within
the meaning of the Constitution, the salary
or emoluments whereof exceed in amour
the sum of one thousand dollars per annum
and in all such cases the appointments there
to shall hereafter be made OF the nomination
by the President by and with the advice 0
the Senate, subject to the same condition
and limitations ae to removals and renomi
nations as are prescribed in the foregoin!
sections of this act.