The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24
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PUBLIC REsoLurIoS-No. 81.
JoNr RESOLUTION appointing managers Of
the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers,
and for other purposes.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate aud HonN Of
Representatirss Of the United StHey Of mert-
ca in COngr,sS dS,smb!si, That Erastus b.
walcott, OF Wisconsin, John II. Martindale,
of New York, and Hugh L Bond, Of Maryland,
be, and herby are, appointed managers Of the
tho provisions and conditions of the third
section of an act approved March twenty
third eighteen hundred and sixty-six, from
the twenty first Of April, eighteen hundred
and sixty-eight and that Hugh L. Bond, Of
Maryland, be, and is hereby, appointed mana
ger to serve out the unexpirod term OF Hora-
Ito G. stebbins, Of California, resigned.
SEC. 2. And Be u FURTHER resolved, That the
Secretary of War be authorised to furnish,
from the captured ordnance, such ordnance
with their Implements as he may deem proper,
to the several national asylums for the pur:
pose Of firing salutes and also such small
arms and equipments as may be necessary for
the purpose Of guard duty at the as7lums.
SCHUYLER C0LFAX,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
D. F. WADE,
President Of the Senate pro tempor,.
Endorsed by the President Received 18th
March, 1868.
MORE ny THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE The
foregoing resolution having been presented to
the President Of the United States for his ap-
proyal, aud not having been returned by him
to the house Of Congress in which 1t orig
mated within the time prescribed by the Con-
stitutiou of the United States, has become .
law without his APPROVAL
TPuBLIc REsoLurIoN-No. %.
JOIST RESOLUTION requiring certain moneys oil
the United States to be paid into the trea
sury, and for other purposes.
Be IL rssoired by tie Senate aud House Q,
RsprsssntatipeJ ofthe United States Of Ameri.
ca in Congress assemJied, That all moneys
which have been received by any officer OF
employetel Of the government, or any depart
mont thereof, from shles Of captured and
abandoned property in the late insurrec tionary
districts, under or under color Of the several
acts Of Congress providing for the collection
and sale Of such property, and which have not
already been actually covered into the treas.
ury, shall Immediately be paid into the treas
ury of the United States. together with any
interest which has been received or accrued
thereon.
SEC @ And be il FURTHER resoired, That Il
any officer or person having tho custody, pos
session, or control Of any money derived oil
arising from the sale or other disposition oil
any such property mentioned 10 the preced.
ing section shall convert the same to his own
use, or shall refuse or neglect for the space Of
thirty days next alter the passage of this res.
olution to pay the same into the treasury Of
the United States, or shall in anywi,e 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 embeIzling
the public money Of the United States and
shall be punished therefor by imprisonment
for a term Of not more than ten years, and
shall pay a ine equal to the sum so embezsied.
SEC. 3. Aud be it further resolved, That a
sum Of the proceeds OF such sales not exceed.
ing seventy.hve thousand dollars is hereby ap.
propriated for the payment Of the necessary
expenses incurred by or under the authority
of the Secretary Of the Treasury for incidental
expenses 10 acting under the laws respecting
the collection and disposition of captured and
abandonded property, and for the necessary ex
penses Of defending, in the discretion Of the
Secretary of the Treasury, such suits as have
been brought against him or his agents in the
premises, and for prosecuting suits In the
United States for the recovery Of such prop.
erty, and for providing for the de fence Of the
United States against suits for or in respect to
such property in the Court Of Claims.
Approved March 30, 1868.