Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-23
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF rHE UNITED STATES.
Passed q Second Session Of Fortieth 0onxrsaI
OFFICIAL,
TpUBIrC-No6g

fPUBLrC-No. 6SI
AN Acr TO continue the Bureau Tor N R.Iler
81 Freshmen and Refugees, and tor O,hS
Be ~ cro.ted o. "a, .Sc-s,. al Hyus~ o. R,s-~-
seHe''rss q he Cgsses S,o'ss = a-.r. a ~ cor
gTesS ossesbled. Thst the at en,itlea ..Aa.-.
TO establish = Bureau tor N. r., :. f-.ss.
men and Rrfsgees' approve alanch thr..
eighteen hundred and slxty-ave. an. IA. a.,
emitted .An aci 10 coHttnU~ ~ fore snd q,
ans no An act 10 establish y Bureau f5r ~.
Relief of Freedmen and Refugee aad Tar
other puTposrs. PASSED On thu siNtssenta ~
July, Ammo DOmini eightsa hundfrd ana
Sky six, shall continue a. force tor the i.r.
o. one year from and after tn saKt~-nth Al
July. "A the wear one thousand rlcht hundred
and slnJy-eig ht. excepting - tar TIE sSm.
shall b- bersln modified Ard sha SacrstNrN
OF War Is hereby directed 10 Is-eslanh.h ssia
bureau " here tse Ssn@ has us.~r va, iiy o. ~
par discontinued f'rc-tasL phs u sasIi
he sausred tAS' the psrsoaa sss-iy O. tree ir:s-n
SEC = an B. a. fisrfIsr e4ac'-7. Tha, 4. saall
b. tie duty OF The Secretary % HAg - dl,csn-
I'M he operations he bureau in say Sials
whenever such - ate shall D. fuliy r-ssaved "a
as oCi sutuilonal reiatluLs wIta the EONsra-
men; 81 The ni'-d Ststes. sad sAsl b. dulN
repieseI;sd IN Ise IOugra-s ~ tnF inttrd
States, InleSs, ul.on aaNisiEg vgth NJ Com
nissiCn~r OF The bureau. ana Wpcr tai con
SldefaiiOR q toe CoUd.lioa a.. freeaaea's al
iali >4l sECh STATE, the Sacrtssrv u VA ,Aau
b. OF Op>lOn thar the luri ns. csat8naA ace 81
the bureau shall D. necessary s.arr. I'd aaf.-
sTsf, That Jhe educational division ~ - "a bu-
Ieau shall not be affected. o. az any ,.aV ta.sr-
ieIed wiih until such State shall AsNe raai-
suitable provision Tor the educstiCn OF the
ChidTes Of freedmen wHhln >ald SrSis
SO. ;. And D. q. fIrtss- fEat.sf. That ua-N-
pended hslanCes ~ the hauc- OF ths 1OTa.nt.-
slorcr, nor required otherwise lor tae doe e.
ecuuOn OF TIE law, may be. an the discretaSR o.
the Commissioner, Sppiied Tor the ad ~ alton aa
freedmen and refugees, sub It - the proNtslSn.
OF laws applicable thereto.
SIC !. And T. = fNrthcT enac;-si. Taat O1hc-r.
OF the Veteran Reserve Corps d OF fhs voIun-
Ieer service, now on duty an The Freedmen
Bureau - ASSISTANT commissioner. ageats.
medical officers, or an other sSpsJ tiles. who
have been or may be mustered out % service.
may be retained by the ConmissioneT. wh-a
the same shall he required Tor the ~ Opsr exc
cUtOn OF the laws, az officers OF me bureau
upon such duty ana with the same pav, CON
penssrlcn. and all allowances. from tha date OF
their appointment as now provided by iaw Tor
their respective grades sDd duties a. the dates
o. their musJ-r-out ana dischargs; sud such
officers go retained shsll have. respectively
the same authority aud jurisdiction IS noe
conferred upon ssofiicers OF the bureau bv act
OF Congress passed on the sixteenth OF July, IN
the year eighteen hundred and sIxty-siN
SEC. And he a. further eEgcfef. Tha, "a.
Commissioner Is hereby empo wered 10 sell TOT
cash, or by installnents with ample security.
school buildings and other buildings coz
structed for refugees ana freedmen bv tn
bureau, 20 the associations, corporate bodies.
OF trustees who now Use them for purposes
OF education OF relief OF want. under suit-
such buildings were Constructed shall NJ Oh
served Prouidef. That sll funds derived
thereirom shall be returned % the hureAu an
preparation and accounted for 70 the treasury
OF the United States
SCHl FLER CpLFAK.
Speaker OF the House # Representatives..
B.F. WADE,
President Of the Senate pro te1npore
Endorsed by the President - Received guns
2ith. 1866 4"
NOTE BY THE DRPARTNENT oF SrATE-Th-
foregoing act having been presented % tn-
President Of the United States Tor has approval.
ana not having been returned 0y him 20 th-
house OF Congress IN which a origiaat-d within
the time prescribed by the Constitution Of the
nlted States, has become law without IA.
appToyall