Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-04

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America in Congress assembled, That al
proceedings touching the levy and eollee-
ton of the annual tax provided in seheduls
A dissection one hundred Of the act entitled
/" An act to provide an internal revenue 70
/ support the Government, 70 pay the interest
on the public debt, and for other purposes"
approved June Seth, 1864, and the act
amendatory thereof approved March Sd,
1865 and that all proceedings for the levy, b
return and collection Of the income tax pro-
vided by said acts be. and the same are here
BY, postponed for space Of tive months,
provided that all the provisions, remedies
and penalties Of said acts shall remain in
full force and effect, in all respects, except
50 far as the same are changed as to time
| by the postponement aforesaid.
Mr.. GUTHRIE called up the following
| bill, which was passed:
A bill to facilitate the settlement Of tbs
accounts Of the Treasurer of the United
States, and to secure certain monies to the
people of the Q nited States, or to persons to
whom they are due, and who are entitled TO-
receive the safne.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
/ Representatives Of the United States, &C.,
That all amounts Of moneys that are pre-
sented by certificates, drafts OF checks Is
sued By the Treasurer Of the United States,
or BY any disbursing officer of any depart
ment Of the government Of the United
| States, uPen the treasurer or any assistant
treasurer or depository of the United States,
or upon any National bank designated Is a
| depository Of the United States, and which
shall be represented on the books of either
such officers, as standing TO credit Of any
disbursing officer, and bearing date prior to- 9
| July lst, 1858, which were issued 10 faeili-
! tate the payment Of warrants or for any
other purpose in liquidation of debt due
the United States, which mag, remain out
standing on the 1st Of July, 1866, shall be
deposited by the Treasurer of the United
States to be converted into the treasury by
warrant, and to be carried to the credit Of
the parties in whose favor such certificates,
| drafts or checks were respectively issued,
| or to the persons who are entitled to receive
pay therefor, and into an appropriation ac-
| count to be denominated outstanding ia-
bilities.
Section 2, And belt further enacted, That
the certificate Of the Register Of the Treas
ury stating the amount Of any draft, issued
by the Treasurer Of the United States to -
facilitate the payment of q warrant directed
10 him for payment, and which may have
so remained outstanding and unpaid for
three years or more as aforesaid, and which
shall have been thus deposited and con-
verted into the Treasury shall be and the
same is hereby authorized to be, when at
taehed TO any such warrant, sufficient
NouCucE III sdNlaAdCt4tu u SUN MNA-
rant or part of any warrant, the same as if
the drafts correctly endorsed and fully
satisfied were attached to such warrant or
part of warrant and al such moneys mem
toned in this and ;the preceding section
shall remain as permanent appropriation
for the redemption and payment of all such
outstanding and unpaid certificates, drafts
and check as Aforesaid J ID
Section 8. And be it further enacted that
the payee or bona 6de holder of any such
draft or check, the amount Of which has
| been so deposited and converted into the
| Treasury, shall, on presenting the same to
| the proper officer of the Treasury be en-
titled to have it paid by settlement Of an
account and the issuing of q warrant in his
favor, according to the practice in other
cases of authorized and liquidated claims
against the United States.
Section 4. And be it further enacted that
at the termination Of every fiscal year after
this act shall begin to operate, the proYis-
ions thereof shall apply TO all similar certi-
ficates, drafts and checks, which shall then
have for three years or more remained out
standing. unsatisfed and unpaid and to all
dsbursing oAi1ers accounts that shall have
so remained unchanged, as in the next sec
ton provided for. -, -fv ,-v 1
Section 5. Be it further enacted that
amendments, except such as are provided
| for in the first section of this act of the
counts Of every kind of the Disturbing OIL
Ger Of the government Of the United States,
which shall have remained unchanged, or
which shall not have been increased BY
any new deposits thereto, nor decreased By
drafts drawn thereon for the space of three
years, shall in like manner be converted
into the Treasury to the proper appropria-
tion to which they may belong, and amounts
| thereof shall on the certificate Of the Treas
| urer of the Omitted States that such amount
has been deposited in the Treasury, be crsd-
| tied by the proper accounting officer of the
partment to the officer in whose name it had
stood on the books Of any agency of the
| Treasury, if it shall be made to appear that
he is entitled to such credit.
Section 8. And be il further enacted that
for the purpose of giving force and effect to
| the full intent and meaning of this act, it
i shall be the duty of the Treasurer and Of
all Assistant Treasurers, and of all designa-
ting depositaries of the United States, and
of all cashiers Of all National Banks desig
mated as such depositaries, to report to the
Secretary of the Treasury at the close Of
4 business on the Goth of June next and in
like manner at the close Of business on
every 3Oth of June thereafter, the condition
| of every such account so standing as in the
preceding section is specified, On-the books
of their respective Offices, ,rstating the name
Of each Of the deposi a les, respectively, with
official designation, total amount remain q,
ing on deposit to his credit and the dates
respectively of last credit and last debt
made to each of such accounts, and It shall
be the duty of every and each disbursing
officer in any and every department of the
| Government Of the United States, to make
a like return of all checks issued by such
officers, and which may then have been
outstanding and unpaid for three years and
| more, stating fully in such report the name
Of payee, for what purpose given, the office
on which drawn, number Of the voucher
received therefor, and amount for which IL
was drawn, and when known, the resi-
dence of payee. -s-., ,------
After the consideration Of a number Of
bills from the District of Columbia, Mr..
HARRIS called up the bill TO reorganize
the Judiciary Of the United States, which
was pending yesterday, and was published
in full in yesterdays proceedings.