New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-03
GENERAL NArURE-No. GJ.i

permit the President of the United States
to nominate. and by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate to appoint, one
assistant adjutant general, with the rank.
pay and emoluments OF a ma jor in the SAID
department.
Approved March 8, 1873
GENERAL NATURELNo &C.
An &C, 10 amend an act entitled IAN &C. %
establish the Department of Justice. aGl
for other purposes
Be il enacted by the Senate and House 81
Representatives of the United States c.
America in Con ress assembled, That the
twelfth section OF the act entitled AN act
to establish the Department of Justice, ard
for other purposes approved June twenty
second, eighteen hundred and seventy, i.
hereby amended so as to read as follows
That it shall be the duty of the Attorney
General 20 make to Congress, az the
commencement of each regular session
of Congress, report OF the business
Of the said Department for the last proceed.
lug fiscal year. and of any other matters
appertaning thereto, that he may deem
proper including a statement OF the sew
eral appropriations now, or which may
hereafter be, placed under its control, the
amount appropriated, and detailed state
ment of the amounts used for defraying tle
expenses of the United States courts IN each
judicial district: also the statistics OF crime
under the laws of the United States and
statement of the number of causes, civil
and criminal, pending during the preceding
year in each Of the several courts of tie
United States.
SEC. ?. That the Secretary of the Interior
be, and he is hereby, authorized and re-
CURED 10 furnish to the head of the De-
partment of Justice, from time to time, as
thew NAV be published, sufficient number
Of the statutes of the United States, and
the reports of the Supreme Court of the
United States, to be by him distributed 20
such officers of the courts of the United
States as are now or may hereafter be by
law entitled to receive them; and all laws
or parts OF laws authorizing the dstribu
ton of such statutes and reports of the So
preme Court 70 the officers of the courts d
the United States by the head of any other
executive department of the government:
be- and the same are hereby, repealed.
SEC. 3. That register Of such books
shall be ker,, under the authority OF tao
head of the Department of Justice, showing
the quantity of each kind received by him
in pursuance OF this act; and it shall be his
duty to cause 10 be entered in such regis
ter, and at the proper time, when, where.
and TO whom the same, or any part OF them.
have been distributed and delivered. and
to report the same to Congress in his az
| nual report.
Approved March 3, 1873
GENERAL NATURE-No. C7.
An ac: fixing the time for the election OF
Representatives from the State OF Cai:-
tornia 70 the Forty fourth Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0:
Representatives Of the United States o!
America in Congress assembled. That o.
the first Wednesday in September, in tbs
year eighteen hundred and seventy-four.
there shall! be elected III each congressional
district in the State OF California one Rep
| resentative to represent said State in tho
Forty-fourth Congress of the United States.
Approved March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. IS.
| An &C, to authorize the unlading of steal.
ships at night.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House CT
Representatives of the United States OF
| America in Congress assembled. That j:
shall be the duty of the collector OF customs
| with the concurrence of the naval officer.
| if there be one) of any port at Which d
| steamship from a foreign port or place may
| arrive, upon or after the issuing OF general
| order. to grant, upon proper application
| therefor, special license to unlade the
| cargo of said vessel at night, that is to say.
| between sunset and sunrise; but before
| any sucn special license is granted, tho
master, agents, or cOnSlgneeS OF tue vessel
| shall execute and deliver to the said COL
lector good and sufficient bond, to be ap'
| proved by him, conditioned to indemnify
| and save the said collector harmless from
any and all losses and liabilities which
may occur or be occasoned by reason Of tbs
| granting of such special License and pro
vided, that any liability of the master or
owner OF any such steamship to the owner
or consignee OF any merchandise landed
from said vessel shall not be affected by the
granting of such special license Or OF any
| general order but such liability shall cons
tinue until said merchandise Is properly re-
moved from the dock whereon the saIns
may be landed; and the collector, under
such general regulations as the Secretary
| of the Treasury may prescribe, shall tx G
| uniform and reasonable rate of cOmpensa-
ton for like service. to be paid by the mas.
! ter, owner or consignee whenever such spe-
cial license is granted, and shall collec:
| and distribute the same among the N
| spectors assigned to super;nttlI the -
lading Of the cargo.
| Approved March 3. 1873.
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