The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-04-26
OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the FIRST Session Of the Thirty Ninth
Congress.
[PUBLIc-No. 49,
IN ACT mere ehiectuay to provide for the punish
ment of certain crimes against the United States.
Bs it enacted By tie Senate and House of Represen
dti0es 0fthe Urited states Of America in Congress
assembled That if any person or persons shall false
procure to be falsely made altered, forged coun
erfeited; or willingly aid or assist in the false
making, altering, forging, or cOunterteltlng, any
bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security official
bond, public record, affidavit or other writing, for
he purpose of defrauding the United States; or
shall utter or publish true cause to be uttered
published true any such false, forged altered
Dr. counterfeited bond, bid proposal guarantee, Sc
;uriy official bond, public record, affidavit or
other writing, for the purpose OF defraudlng the
United States, knowing the to be false forged,
altered or counterfeited; shall transmit to- or
present at or cause or procure to be transmitted to-
presented at the office of any officer of the United
States, any such false forged, altered, coun-
terfeited bond, bid proposal guarantee, security,
official bond public record, affidavit, or other wri-
ting, knowing the same to be false forged, altered
countereited, for the purpose of defrauding the
United States; every such person shall be deemed
and adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof
duly convicted shall be sentenced to be imprisoned
and kept at hard labor for period not exceeding
ten years, or be fined not exceeding one thousand
dollars or both of said punishments in the discre-
Sec q And be it FURTHER enacted That if any
offence shall be committed in any place which has
been shall hereafter be. coded to- and under the
jurisdiction of the United States which offence is
not prohibited, or the punishment thereof IS not
specially provided for by any law OF the uRitad-
States such offence shall, upon conviction IN any
court of the United States having cOgniZance there
Of be liable to and receive the same punishment as
the laws Of the State in which such place is or may
ho Cftt1af in 6n1
fence when committed within the jurisdiction OF
such State; and no subsequent repeal of any such
State law shall affect any prosecution for such Of
fence in any of the courts of the United States.
Approved, April 8, 1866.
[PUBIIc-No. pol
AN ACT to provide for the transfer of the custody of
the Library of the Smithsonian Institution to the
Library of Congress.
Be ii enacted by the Senate ana House Of Repre-
sentdtf0es of the United States of America in Con-
gresS assembled That the library collected by the
Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of an
act approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and
forty-six, shall be removed from the building of
said institution, with the consent of the regents
thereof, to the new fre-proof extension OF the libra
ry of Congress, upon completion of sufficient por
ton thereof for its accommodation, and shall. While
there deposited be subject to the same regulations
the library of Congress- except as hereinafter pro-
vided
library shall have been removed and deposited, the
Smithsonian Institution shall have the use thereofn
like manner as 1t Is now used, and the puDHc shall
have access thereto for purposes of consultation on
every ordinary week day, except during one month
of each year, in the recess of Congress, when it
may be closed for renovation. All the books, maps
and charts of the Smithsonian library shall be prop
erly cared for and preserved in like manner are
those of the Congressional library. from which the
Smithsonian library shall not be removed. except on
by the Smithsonian Institution to
the Treasury of the United States of expenses in
CURED in binding and in taking care OF the same, or
upon such terms and conditions as shall be mutual
y agreed upon by Congress and the regents OF said
Institution.
Sec B. And be it, turtle. enacted, That the Smith
sonian Institution, through its secretary, shall have
the use of the library of Congress, subject TO the
same regulations as Senators and Representatives.
Sec 4. and be it further enacted, That the libra
ran of Congress shall be authorized to employ two
additional assistants, who shall receive yearly COM
of eight hundred dollars and one thou
sand dollars respectively, commencing July one,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to be paid out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted That the sum of
five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be
necessary, shall be appropriated out Of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to deray
the expenses of the removal herein provided for.
Approved April o, 1866
IPuBL1c-No. 21.l
AN ACT to provide for tern of the district court
for the district Of Minneso' to be held at the city
of Winona, in said district
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled That hereafter, and until other
wise provided by law, there shall be held annually,
on the first Monday in June, term OF the district
court of the United States for the district OF Mime
at the city of Winona in said district and all
process writs and recognizances, civil and criminal
which may have been, or may hereafter be, issued
and made returnable at Mankota, shall be returned
to the said term of the said court at the said city OF
Winona in like manner and with the like effect as
II originally made returnable thereto.
Sec. 2 And be it further eisdcted That all acts or
parts of acts which require term of said court to be
held at Mankato in said district, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved April 5, 1866.
[PUBLc-No. al
AN ACT to amend an act entitled IAN act for the
relief of seamen and Others borne on the books of
vessels wrecked or lost in the naval SERVICE" ap-
proved July 4, eighteen hundred and sixty-fOur,
and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That in case any officer of the navy or
marine corps on board vessel in the employ of the
United States, which, by any casualty, in action
with the enemy, has been or may be sunk other
wise destroyed shall thereby have lost his personal
effects, the proper accounting officers are hereby
authorized with the approval of the Secretary OF the
Navy, to allow to such officer sum not exceeding
the amount OF his sea pay for one month, as com,
pensation for said loss Provided that such loss
has not occurred through the negligence or want Of
skill foresight of the officer making application
for such loss Provided That the accounting officers
shall in all cases require schedule and certificate
from the officer making the claim for effects so lost
And Provided further, That no allowance shall be
Illaue ny Vi prlOl
to the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That so mich Of
the seventh section of the act of Congress- approved
February twenty-fourth, entitled An act to amend
act entitled AN act for enrolling and calling out
the national forces and for other purposes ap-
proved March third, ammo Domini eighteen hundred
and sixty-three," as provides that 1.-THE bounty
money which any mariner or seaman enlisting from
the army into the navy may have received from the
United States from the State in which he enlisted
in the army, shall be deducted from the prize
money to which he may become entitled during the
time required to complete his military service, be-
and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved April f, 1866
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