New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-05

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
the Indian tribes now in force.
Be iC enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. That a
Committee of three of the House Of Repre-
tentatives 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 &C
cept, on the part Of Congress-, the draft on
Revision OF the Laws of the United States
prepared by the commissioner to re-
wise the statutes, so far as the same
has been reported by them, and may
Ue hereafter reported by them, at the
forming tina, service, to wit, the fourth day
of May, eighteen hundred and seventy
three aud 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hereby repealed: but nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed as an approval or
adoption by Congress of any part OF the
work OF the commissioners.
SEC. ,. That the Committee OF the House
of Representatives on the Revision OF the
Laws, together with sCcn committee as The
Senate NAV ioin be and they here oy are all-
thoriZed to contract with sOIne suitable per-
son or persons, learned in the law, to pre-
pare bill revising and embodying in one
act all the laws authorizing post roads IN
force at the expiration Of the present ses-
sion OF Congress, and also to prepare a
bill cOdiiying 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 also au-
thOrized to contract with some suitable
person or persons, under the supervision OF
said committee aud such regulations as
may be by them prescribed, to prepare the
revision Of the statutes already reported oy
the commissioners, or which may be re-
ported before said fourth day Of May, in
the form of bill to be presented at the
opening of the session of Congress in De-
cember next, embOdying all the laws go re-
yised and the bills and provisions herein
provided for. with proper indexes, so that
the same may be in form to be acted upon
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 codifcatlon Of
the postal and military laws and treaties
herein provided for, to members of Con-
gress and others competent to judge 0t
their merits, in order for their correction by
such persons.
Sec. ). 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
shall be satisfied that the work
has been well and faithfully performed, and
az 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.