New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-04


GENERAL NATrRE-No. T.!
AN ACT III relation to certain territorial
peultcntiarieS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled. That the
penitcntiary which has been, or NAV here.
after he erected by the United states in
any organized Territory thereof shall. when
the same j. read for tie reception OF con
victs. be placed under the care and control
of the Marshal of the United States for
the Territory or District in which such penn
Tertiary mas be situated.
SEC. , And he it further enacted That
it is hereby made the duty of the Attorney
General of the United States to prescribe
all needful rules and regulations for the
government OF such penitcntiary. aud the
marshal havin. charge thereof shall causc
them TO be duly and faithfully executed
and obeved. The reasonable compensat ton
of such marshal and his deputies. for their
services under this act and said regulations.
shall be fixed by the Attorney General: and
it and the expense incident to the suhss-
tence and empiO, ment of offenders against
the laws of the United States. who have
been Or may hereafter be sentenced to i'm
prisonmcnt in such pentcntiarv. shall be
chargeable on and payable out of the fund
for detraylng the expenses of suit, i'll which
the United States are conc erned and OF
prosecutions for otfenses committed against
the Inited States; Provided. That this act
shall not be construed to increase the ma XII
mum compensation now allowed by law to
those officers.
SEC. 3 And be it further enacted. That
any person convicted by a court of com
petent jurisdiction in Territory. for VIC
lation of the laws thereof, and sentenced to
imprisonment, may. at the cost of such
Territory. on such terms and conditions as
may be prescribed by such rules and regIl-
lations. be received, subsistcd. and en-
ployed in such penitentiary during the
term Of his or her imprisonment. in the
same manner as if lie OF she had been con
victed Of an offense against the laws of the
United States.
Approved. january 10. 1871
GENERAL NArTRE-NO. 5.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled AN act
to authorize the refunding of the national
debt
Be it enacted by the senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
amount of bonds authorized by the act ap-
proved July fourteen. eighteen hundred and
seventy. entitled An act to authorize the
refunding Of the national debt, to be issued
bearing five per ccntum interest per anuun
be, and the same rs. increased to five hun
dred millions of dollars. and the interest OF
any portion of the bonds issued under said
act. or this act. may. at the discretion of
The Secretary of the Treasury. he made
payable quarter yearly; Provided. however.
That this act shall not be construed to au-
thoriZe any increase of the total amount of
bonds provided for by the act to which this
act is an amendment.
Approved January ~. 1871.
[RE,oLUrioN OF GENERAL NATrEE-No. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION for the restoration
Of Captain Dominick Lynch. of the United
States navy, to the active list from the re-
served list
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
President of the United States of America
he authorized to nominate, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate to APP
point. Captain Dominick Lynch to the ac
tive list of the navy. as a captain.
Approved. January 20, 1871.
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE-No g.
JOINT RESOLUTION dcclalatorv of the
meaning of the act entitled An act to
reduce internal taxes, and for other pur-
poses. approved July fourteen, eighteen
hundred and seventy.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That all
foreign merchandise whicl, arrived at "a port
of the United States on or before the thirty
first day of December. eighteen hundred
and seventy. and not entered or transferred
to public store or bonded warehouse, shall
be entitled to the benefits of the twenty
sixth section of an act entitled IAN act to
reduce internal taxes. and tor other pur
poses approved July fourteen, eighteen
hundred and seventy. the same as such mer
chandise would have been entitled to
had it actually been in public store
or bonded warehouse on or prior
TO the thirty first day of Deem
per eighteen hundred and seventy: Pro
Vioed That the owner of such merchandise
snaii: within thirty days from the passage
OF TINS resolution. make application therefor
IN writing to the collector of the port at
winch such merchandise arrived.
Sec = And be it further resolved. That
the said act is hereby further amended by |
inserting the word herein" in the twenty
first section thereof, between the words |
otherwise and provided" wherever the |