The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-27
The Tenure of Office Bill,


the veto
AN ACT relating the tenure of certain civil officers
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
Teseztatires Of the United States of america u,
Congress assembled, That every person holding any
civil Office to which he has been appointed by and
with the advice and of the Senate and every
person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such
Office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein
is and shall be entitled hold such Office until sue
cessor shall have been in like appointed and
duly qualified, except herein otherwise provided
Porided That the Secretaries of State of the Treas
ury, of War, of the Navy and of the Interior the
Postmaster General and the Attorney General, shall
hold their Offices respectively for and during the term
Of the President by whom they may have been ap-
pointed, and one month thereafter, subject to reno
val by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
SEC. .. And be it FURTHER enacted That when any
officer appointed aforesaid excepting Judges of the
United States Courts, shall, during recess OF the
Senate, be shown, by evidence satisfactory to the
PRESIDENT to be guilty of misconduct in Office, or
crime, for any reason shall become incapable Or le-
gaiIy disqualified to perform its duties in such case,
and IN no other, the President may suspend such eff
Ger and designate suitable person to perform
temporarily the duties of such Office until the next
meeting OF the Senate and until the case shall be ac
ted on by the Senate; and such person designated
shall take the oaths and give the bonds required by
law to be taken and given by the person duly appon
ted to ill such Office and in such it shall be the
duty Of the President, within twenty days. after the
hrst day OF such next meeting Of the Senate, to
port to the Senate such suspension, with the evidence
and reasons Tor his action in the and the name OF
the person designated perform the duties of such
Office And if the Senate shall concur in such sus-
pension and advise and consent to the removal OF such
officer they shall certify to the President, who may
thereupou such officer, and, by and with tie
advice and consent of the Senate, appoint another
person to such Office. But if the Senate shall refuse
to in such suspension, such officer suspended
shall forthwith resume the functions OF his Office and
the powers Of the person performing its duties in
his stead shall cease; and the official salary and enol
uments of such officer shall, during such SUSPENSION
belong to the person performing the duties thereof
and not to the officer suspended. Provided hoceper
That the President in he shall become satisfied
that such suspension made insufficient grounds
shall be authorised, at any time before reporting such
suspension to the Senate above provided toke
such suspension and reinstate such officer in the per
tOrmancanf the duties of his office.
SEC. 3. ind be 1t FURTHER caacicd That tile Pres
ident shall have power fill all vacancies which may
happen during the recess of the Senate by of
death, or resignation, by granting commissions which
shall expire the end of their session thereafter
And if no appointment, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate shall be made to such Office
vacant or temporarily filled aforesaid, during such
next session of the Senate, such Office shall remain in
allegiance, without salary fees cmouments attached
thereto until the shall be filed by appointment
thereto, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate and during such time all the powers and du-
ties belonging to such Office shall be exercised by
such other officer may by law exercise such powers
and duties IN case of vacancy in such Office.
SEC +. and be 1t tt1ther enacted, That nothing
in this act contained shall be construed to extend the
term of any office the duration of which is limited by
law.
SEC. 5. Ind be 1t further enacted, That if any
person shall, contrary the provisions Of this act,
accept any appointment to employment in any
Office or shall hold or exercise, or attempt to hold
exercise, any such office employment he shall be
deemed and is hereby declared to be guilty of high
and upon trial and conviction thereof,
he shall be punished therefor by fine exceeding
000 or by imprisonment not exceeding five years,
or both said punishments, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 6. Ind be 1t further enacted That every
moyaI, appointment employment, made, had
ercised contrary the provisions of this act and the
making, signing sealing, counersigning or issuing Of
any commission letter of authority for in respect
to any such appointment Or employment, shall be
deemed and hereby declared to be, high msde-
meanors and upon trial and conviction thereof every
person guilty thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding 100000 by imprisonment not exceeding
five years, both said punishments, in the discretion
of the court. ProuiAd, That the President shall
have power make out and deliver, after the ad-
ournment Of the Senate, commissions for all officers
whose appointments shall have been advised and con-
scented to by the Senate
SEC. T. And be 1t further enacted That it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Senate at the close
of each session thereof deliver the Secretary of
hereasury and to each of his assistants, and to each
of the auditors and each Of the controllers in the
Treasury and to the treasurer and to the register of
the Treasury full and complete list duly certified,
of all the persons who shall have been nominated to
and rejected by the Senate during such session. and
like list of all the Offices to which nominations shall
have been made and not confirmed and filled at such
session.
SEC. s. Aud be 1t FURTHER enacted, That whenever
the President SHALL without the advice and consent Of
the Senate designate, authorize employ any person
perform the duties of any Office, he shall forthwith
notify the Secretary of the Treasury thereof; and it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury
thereupOn to communicate such notice &c all the proper
accounting and disbursng officers of his department.
Sec. 9. And be 1t FURTHER enacted That money
shall be paid received from the Treasury, paid
received from retained out of any public moneys
funds of the United States, whether in the Treasury
not to by or for the benefit of any person ap-
pointed to or authorised to act in holding eXer
cising the duties functions of any Office contrary to
the provisions OF this act; nor shall any claim, ac-
count, voucher order certificate warrant or othe:
instrument providing for or relating to such payment
receipt or retention be presented, passed, allowed,
approved certified or paid by any officer Of the
United States or by any person exercising the tunc-
tons or performing the duties Of any office or place
of trust under the United States for Or in respect to
such Office the exercising or performing the tunc-
tons Or duties thereof And every person who shall
violate any OF the provisions Of this section shall be
deemed guilty of ahgh misdemeanor, and, upon trial
and conviction thereof shall be punished therefor by
fine not exceeding $4,000, or by Imprisonment not
exceeding ten years both said puns hmens, IN the
discretion of the court.
THE STATE SEMISARr-The Alexandria Democrat,
of the 18th, has the following paragraph in relation
to the officers of our State Seminary:
Admiral Raphael Semmes, having accepted an invl-
tation to become the editor of the Memphis Bulletin,
has resigned the proessorshp of Moral Philosophy in
the State Seminary. Prof Venable has been trans
erred from the prolessorshp Of Engineering to that
of Mathematics made vacant by the resignation OF
Professor West, and Col Lochett, of Alabama, has
been elected Professor Of Engineering. Colonel H.
graduated with distinction at West Point in the class
of 1860 and has had considerable experience as an
and practical engineer. lie was Colonel
of Engineers in the late Confederate army, and ranked
among the most skillfu officers in that department OF
the army He is at present principal of an academy
of high grade in Alabama
"Sir," exclaimed an excited Radical, if the rebels
are going to be allowed to rule u.s. then the blood
of the colored substitute for whom paid three hun
dred dollars was shed in vain--n vain q. "
Ten acres devoted exclusively to onions or pota-
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Rcd River bottom in cotton. Make your calculations