The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-05-15

| .OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OFTHE TREAS
URY.-For compensation Of the Solicitor O.
| the Treasury, three thousand five hundred
dollars assistant solicitor, three thousane
dollars chief clerk, two thousand dollars
four clerks of class four, three clerks of elias.
| three, three clerks of class two, two clerks 81
class one, one messenger, and one laborer; ir
all, twenty.eight thousand six hundred and
For contipgentezpense Of the Department
Of Justice, namely: Fuel, labor, station,
cry, aud miscellaneous items. fifteen thousand
dollars for rent of building, seventeen thou
sand dollars; for furniture and law books
SIX thousand dollars. f. 4
Sec. 2 That the secretary of the Treasury
is directed to with hold all payments to any
railroad company and its assigns, .on account
Of freights or transportation over their respec-
tive roads of any kind, to the amount. of pay
ments made by the United States for inter
est upon bonds of the United States issued
to any such company, and which shall not
have been reimbursed, together with the FIVE
per. cent OF net earnings due and unapplied,
as provided by law. And any such compa-
ny may bring suit ia the Court Of Claims to
recover the price ofhuch freight and .transpor
tatlon, and insuch suit the right of such
company to recover the same upon the law
and the facts of the case shall be determin-
ed, and also the rights of the United States
upon the merits of all the points presented
by It'll answer thereto by them !; and either
party to such suit may appeal to the Supreme
Court; and both said courts shall give such
cause or causes precedence Of all ether bust
ness. n; & :; Il:
Sec. g. That from and after the frst day
OF July, eighteen hundred and seventy three,
the salary the Supervising Architect of the
Treasury shall be five thousand dollars per
annum, and the salaries of the Examiner of
Claims in the Department Of State, the So
letter OF the Treasury, the Commissioner Of
Agriculture, the Commissioner of Customs,
the Auditors of the Treasury, the Commits
siouer of>the General Land Office, the Com
missioner Of Pensions, and the assistant post
masters@general the superintendent of the
money order system, aud the superintendent
OF foreign mails of the Post-OfEce Depart
ment shall be four thousand dollars each per
aunum; and the salaries Of the two chiefs OF
the diplomatic and Of the consular bureaus in
the Departmental Of State, and Of the chiefs of
the bureaus Of accounts and Of indexes and
archives, shall be two thousand four hundred
dollars each per annum and sufficient sum
to carry into effect the provisions of this Sec
ton to the end of the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four,
IS hereby appropriated
SEC. q. That the Attorney General shall eatise
e suit in equity to be instituted in the name of
the United States against the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company, and against all persons who may
in their own names or through any agents, have
subscribed for or received capital stock in said
road ich stock has not been paid for in full
in money or who may hare received las dividends
CT otherwise, portions of the capital stock of
said road, or the proceeds or avails thereof, or
ether property of said road, unawfully and con-
trary to equity. who may have received as
profits or proceeds of contracts for construction
or equipment of said road or other contracts
Herewith, moneys or other property which ought
in equity, to belong to said railroad corporation
or who may. under pretence of having complied
with the acts to which this is an add;-
tlon, have. wrongfully and unawfully received
from the United States bonds, moneys. or lands
which ought, IN equity, to De accounted for and
paid to said railroad company or to the United
States, and to compel payment for said stock, land
the collection and payment of such moneys, and
the restoration OF such property, or its value,
either to said railroad corporation or to the Uni
ted Stairs, whichever shall in equity be held en-
titled thereto. Said suit may be brought in the
circuit court in any circuit, and all said parties
may be made defendants in one suit, DEGREES
may be entered and enforced against ary one Or
more parties defendant without awaiting the fl
nal discrimination of the cause against other par
ties. The court where said cause is pending nav
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process as 1t shall deem necessary to bring in
new parties or the Representatives of parties de
ceased or to carry into effect the purposes of this
act. @On fling the.bill writs of subpoena may be
issued by said court against any parties defend
ant, which writ shall run into any district, and
shall be served as other like process, by the mar
shall Of such district: The books, records cor
respondence, and all other dooum snts of the Un-
ion Pacific Railroad Company, shall at all times
be open to inspection by the Secretary of the
Treasury, or such persons as he may delegate for
that purpose. <The laws of the United States pro
viding for proceedings in, bankruptcy shall not
be held to- apply to said corporation. No divi
dend shall hereafter be made by said company
but from the actual net earnings thereof and
no new stock shall be issued or mortgages or
pledges made on the property or future earnings
Of the company without leave of Congress, except
for the purpose Of funding and securing debt
now existing, or the renewals thereof. No d.
rector officer of said road shall hereafter be in
terested, directly or indirectly, in any contract
Herewith exception his lawful compensation as
such officer. Any director or officer who shall
pay or declare, or aid In paying or declaring
any dividend or creating any mortgage OF
pledge prohibited by this act, shall be punished
by Imprisonment not exceeding Two years, and
by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars The
proper circuit court of the United Suites shall
have Jurisdiction to hear and determine &fl cases
Of nlandamus to compel said Union Pacific Rail
road Company to operate its road as required by
law.
Approved, March g., 1873 .:s
TIE ALDINE.-This is the title of an elegant
Illustrated monthly published by. James Sutton &
a. e L Ne.E