New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-04
GENERAL NArURE-No. SO. !

Approved March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NAruRE-No. 69.l
An act to provide for the preparation and
presentation to Congress of the Revision
Of the Laws of the United States, con-
solidating the laws relating to the post
roads, and code relating to military Of
lenses. and the revision Of treaties with
tine Indian tribes now in force.
Be i5 enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled. That q
Committee of three of the House of Repre-
sentatives on the Revision of the Laws, with
committee on the part of the Senate, is
hereby authorized, by resolution, to be
filed in the Department of Justice, to ac-
cept, on the part of Congress, the draft on
Revision OF the Laws of the United States
prepared By the commissioners to re-
wise the statutes, SO far as the same
has been reported by them, and may
be hereafter reported by them, at the
expiration OF the time designated for per-
forming tina. service, to wit, the fourth day
of MAY, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, and to discharge said commissioners,
from and after which all acts and parts of
acts declaring the duties, powers, rights,
and privileges Of said commissioners, are
hereby repealed but nothing herein con-
adoption by Congress of any part OF the
work Of the commissioners.
Sec. 2 That the Committee of the House
of Representatives on the Revision OF the
Laws, together with such committee as the
Senate may join, be and they hereby are au-
thorized to contract with some suitable per.
son or persons, learned i'll the law, to pre-
pare a bill revising and embOdying in one
act all the laws authorizing post roads in
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sion of Congress, and also to prepare
bill coditying and regulating the laws in
regard To military otfenses, according to
the recommendation made by the President
of the United States in his annual message
communicated to Congress at the present
session, and also to prepare revision of all
the Indian treaties now in force as laws.
SEC. 3. That said committee are alao au-
thorized to contract with some suitable
person or persons, under the supervision of
said committee and such regulations as
may be by them prescribed, to prepare the
revision OF the statutes already reported by
the commissioners, or which may be re-
ported before said fourth day Of May, in
the torn of a bill to be presented at the
opening of the session Of Congress in De-
cember next, embOdying all the laws so re-
vised and the bills and provisions herein
provided tor. with proper indexes, so that
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forthwith by Congress at said session.
SEC. 4. That said committee is further an
thorized to have such revisiOns and bills
printed by the Congressional Printer from
time to time, uniform with the revision al
ready reported, and to distribute them, and
also the consolidation and codiicatlon of
the postal and military laws and treaties
herein provided for, to members of Con-
gress and others competent to judge Of
their merits, in order for their correction by
such persons.
Sec 5. That any moneys appropriated for
the payment of the work herein provided
for shall be disbursed by the Department of
Justice from time to time only so far as that
Department shall be satisfied that the work
has been we'll and faithfully performed, and
as said Department shall be satisfied that
the work will be fully done and completed
by the commencement of said session OF
Congress in December next.
Approved March 3, 1873
GENERAL NATURE-NO. ITO.
An act to authorize and direct the Secre-
tary of War to distribute arms and mill
tary equipments under the act of April
twenty three, eighteen hundred and eight,
and the acts amendatOry thereof.
Be it amended by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assent Died. mat the
Secretary of War be. and he is hereby, au-
tnorized and directed to distribute to such
States as did not from the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-two to the year eighteen
hundred and sixty nine, receive the same,
their proper quota of arms and military
equipments for each year, from eighteen
hundred and sixty-two to eighteen hundred
and sixty -nine, under the act of Congress
approved April twenty third, eighteen hun
dred and eight, and the several acts amend
atory thereof; provided, that in the organic
alton and equipment of military companies
and organizations with said arms, no dis.
elimination shall be made between said
companies and organizations on account of
race, color or former condition of servi-
tude,
Approved March 8, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-No. I'll