New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-09
Q F. OF a l.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed az the Second session OF the
FOrtleth COngr-ss0
LPuBLIo-No. G3.l

[PUBLIc-No. 63.l
AN ACT to continue the Bureau for the Relief Of !
Freedmen and Refugees. and for other pur- |
Be- it enacted by the senate and House of Repre-
sentatiyes of the United States of America in Con-
estsSlisS BnTsau for the me- Resf Il freedmen and
Refugees" approved March three, eighteen humid
continue IN iopce and a TO amend An act to eitsSs6
a Bureau for the Relief Of Freedmen and Refugees,
July, ammo Domino eighteen hundred and siAty Elk
shall continue in force for the term 4 one year
thousand eisht hundred and sixty. eight, excepting
50 far as the same shall be herein modihed ana
the Secretary of War is hereby directed to ees ab
lish said bureau where the same has been wholly or
in part discontinued Provided, lThA ne snail D9
satisfied that the personal safety OF freedmen email
SKC 2 And be it further enacted, That il shall be
the duty of the Secretary of War to tue
operations of the bureau in any State whenever
tonal relations with the government Of the nited
states, and shat be duly rep, esented in the Con
with the Uommissioner Of the bureau, and upon
full consideration Of the condi ion Of freedmens
Of opinion that the further continuance Of the
bureau shall be necessary: Provides, however, That
affected, in any way interfered wi h, until snch
State shall hive made suitable provision Tor the
state State" INV '--''0''1 N'''A '''-'- ''''4
SEQ. 5. And be it further enacted, That unex,
| pended balances in the hands of the Commissioner.
not required otherwise for the due execution o. the
aw. may be, in the discretion of the commissioner.
1
subject to the provlions of laws applicable thereto
SEC. L. And be it further enacted That officers Of
the Veteran Reserve Corps or OF the volunteer serv
ice, duty in the freedmen bureau as
assistant commissioners, agents, medical officers or
| in other capacities, who have been or may be
mustered out of service, may be retained by the
Commissioner, when the same shall be requh ed or
| bureau. upon such duty with the same pay,
compensation, and all al owances from he date OF
their appointment Low provided By law Tor their
res eetIve grades and duties at the dates of their
| muster-out and discharge; and such officers SO
retail ed shall have, respectively the same author
itygg jurisdiction conferred upon Officer
If the bureau by act of congress passed on the
sixteenth of July IN the year eighteen hundred and
| sixtysix
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Com
missioner is hereby empowered to sell for cash, oil
by install ments vii ample secuTi school blu dinRs
| aud other bpildinRs constructed for refugees and
freedmen by the tUreau, 10 the assoc atoms, cor
portte bodies, trustees who ow use them Tor the
| purposes of education relief OF want, suit
able guarantees that the purposes for which such
build ngs were cons ructed shall be observed; Pro
| vIded, That all funds derived tbefefIom shall be
returned TO the bureau appropriation aud accounted
| for to the treasury the United States
SCHUN LER UOLFAX.
Speaker of the House of Re resen tatives.
b f WADE,
| President of the Senate bro tsmpore.
| Endorsed BY the President: Received Jnne "a
1883
| MOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SrATE.-The fore
going having been presented to the Presdent OF
| the United States for his approval and not avine
| been returned by him to the house of Congress IL
wuich il originated within the time prescribed ~
the Constitution of the United States has become
| law without his approval