, 1868-05-15
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at tbs Second Session cfhs F0rtieth Con

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at tbs Second Session Gf2s FOrtietA Con
TPUBLIc RsoLUTIoE-No. 2l.1
JorSr RESOLUTION appointing managers of the
National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers, and
for other purposes.
Belt rssolved By tks Senate and House of Reprss
sentatives of the United Stdtes of America in Con-
gress assembled, That Erastus B. walcott, of Wis
consin, John Il. Msrtindale, of New York, and
Hugh L. Bond, of Maryland, be, and hereby are,
appointed managers of the National Asylum for
Disabled Soldiers, under the provisions and con-
ditions Of the third section of an act approved
March twenty third, eighteen huodred and sixty
six, from the twenty FIRST of April, eighteen hun
dred and Sxty>eight; and that Hugh L. Bond,
of Maryland, be, and is hereby, appointed man>
ager to serve out the unexpired term of Horatio
G. Stebbins, of California, resigned.
SEC 2. And be IL further resolved, That the
Secretary Of War be authorized to furnish, from
the captured ordnance, such ordnance with their
implements as he may deem proper, to the sew
eral national asyiums for the purpose of firing
salutes and also such small arms and equip
ments as may be necessary for the purpose Of
guard duty at the asylums.
SCHUYLER C0LFAX,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B.F. WADE,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Endorsed by the President; "Received 18th
March, 1862"
TNorE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The
foregoing resolution having been presented to
the President of the United States for bis spproS
val, and not having been returned by him to the
house of Congress in which it originated within
the time prescribed by the Constitution Of the
United States, has become a law without his
approval.
[PUBLIc REsoLUTIoE-No. %.
JOINT RESOLUTION requiring certain moneys Of
the United States to be paid into the treasury,
and for other purposes.
Be it resolUed by the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentdtueS of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That all moneys which have been
received by any officer or employele Of the gov
ernment, or any department thereof, from sales
of captured and abandoned property in the late
districts, under or under color
of the several acts of Congress providing for the
and sale of such property, and which
have not already been actually covered into the
treasury, shall Immediately be paid into the
treasury of the United States, together with any
interest which has been received or accrued
thereon.
SEC 2. And be it further resolved That If any
officer or person having the custody, possession,
or control Of any money derived or arising from
the sale or other disposition of any such property
mentioned in the preceding section shall convert
the same to his own use, or shall refuse or neg
lect tor the space of thirty days next after the
passage of this resolution to pay the same into
the treasury of the United States or shall in any.
wise pay away or dispose of the same otherwise
than by paying the same into the treasury as
aforesaid shall be deemed and held guilty of
the public money of the United
States, and shall be punished therefor by impris-
onment for a term of not more than ten ye4rs,
and shall pay a fine equal to the sum so EN-,
beZzled.
SEC 3. And be il further resolved, That a sum
of the proceeds of such sales not exceeding sew
enty FIVE Thousand dollars is hereby approp priated
for the payment of the Decessary expenses incur
red by or under the authority of the Secretary
of the Treasury for incidental expenses in acting
usder the laws respecting the collection and dis,
position of captured and abandoned property,
and for the necessary expenses Of defending, 10
the discretion of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
such suits as have been brought against him or
bis agents iu the premises, and for prosecuting
suits in the United States for the recovery Of
such property, and for providing for the defence
of the United States against suits for or in respect
to such property in the Court of Claims
Approved, March 30, 1868.