St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11


BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
section five of an act entitled IAN act
concerning the registering and recording
OF ships or vessels" approved December
thiIty-one, seventeen hundred and nine.
ty-two, be, and the same is hereby, res
pealcd.
Approved, July :, 1865.
An act to continue the Bureau for the
Relief of Freedmen and Refugees, and
for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
OF America III Congress assembled, That
the act entitled An act to establish Il
bureau for the relief of freedmen and re-
tugees, approved March three, eighteen
hundred and siXtv-fivr, and the act en-
titled IAN act To continue i'll force and
to amend An act 10 establish a bureau
for the relief OF freedmen and refugees
and for other purposes passed on the
sixteenth OF July. ammo Domini eighteen
hundred and sixty-sx, shall continue in
force Tor the term of one year from and
after the sixteenth OF July, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight, excepting - far as the same shall
be herein modified. And the secretary
OF war Is hereby directed to re-establi,h
sand bureau where the same has been
wholly or in part discontinued Provi-
ded, That he shall be satisfied that the
personal safety OF freedmen shall require
IT,
SEC. >. And be it further enacted,
Tia: ii sha | be the duty of the secretary
II war To discontinue the operations OF
he bureau III any state whenever such
tate -hall be fully restored in It's cunsti-
tutlonal relations with the government
OF the nitcd States, and shall be duly
represented in the congress of the United
States, unless upon advising with the
commissioner of the bureau, and upon
fall consideration of the condition OF
irccdmen's affairs in such state, the secre-
AIRY st war shall be of opinion that the
further continuance OF the bureau shall
ne necessary Provided, however, That
the educational division of said bureau
shall not be affected, or in any way in
ierlcrrcd with, until such state shall have
made suitable provision for the education
Il the children OF freedmen within SAID
late.
SEC. ). And be it furlhcr enacted,
J hat uncXprndrd balances in the hand,
%! the commissioner. not required other
wise for due execution OF the law, may
be-, in the discretion Of the commissioner,
applied for the education of freedmen
and refugees, subject to the provisions OF
laws applicable thereto.
SO. t. And be i; further enacted, |
Ira officers OF the veteran reserve corps /
Ur # the volunteer service. now on duty |
IN the trecdmen'S bureau as assistant
commissioners, AGENTS, medical oiliccr.
OF IN other capacities, who have been OF
lay be mustered out Of service, may be
retained by the commissioner. when the
~.mc >hall hc required for the proper
execution OF the laws. as officers OF the
hlrcau upon such duty and with the
same pay, compensation, and all allow
;u.rc>, from tie date of their appoint-
III ut a. now provided by law for their
respective trades and duties at the dates .
OF their mu>tcr-out and discharge and |
such officers 30 retained shall have, res
l'ctNrIy the same authority and iuris- .
&iction as now conferred upon 'ollirers /
ot the bureau by act of congress passed |
IN the sixteenth of July. in the year
,ightccn hundred and sixty-six
Sc. ,. And be it further enacted /.
That the commissioner is hereby cmpow- /
ccrcd 10 sell for cash, or by inslaImcn,,
with ample security. school buildings
and other buildings constructed for refu-
Grcs and freedmen by the bureau, 10 the |
associations corporate DO lies, or trustees |
who now Use them Tor purposes of edu-
cation or rcl!et OF want, under suitable /,
guarantees that the purposes for which
sch bull liugs were constructed shall be
observed: Provided, That all funds de-
rived thcretrom shall be returned to the
bureau appropriation and accounted for
TO the treasury of the United States.
SCHUYLER CoLrAx.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Is. l.. W AIDE,
President OF the Senate pro tempore
Endorsed 10y the president: ''Received /.
June 9th. 1865"
\"rE El TIE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. .
The FOREGOING act having been presen-
ted TO the president of the mited States
for hi~ approval, and not having been I
returned by him to the house of congress /
in which it originated within the time
prescribed by the constitution Of the Uni .
ted States, has become law without his !
approval /
An act prescribing an oath Of office to be
taken by persons from whom legal dis
abilities shall have been removed
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