The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23

81. In section 3543. would it not be well
to insert the word superior" before
s'officer,'' in line T.?
80. In title 40. D. 9ss. sections 365l and
the following, will be found the provisions
OF the act of August s, 1916, I. s. Statutes
these sections have been retained, though
the act on which they are founded was
repealed by. its date and reference in the
schedule of acts repealed at the end of
the act revising the patent laws, rs U. S.
Statutes at Large, u. 2l6.1
81. Section 3749 is new and was found in
the report, but is in the law.
S5. In section $3.50, on page 957, lines 153
to l?9 are new. and were not reported; they
are in the law.
Sc, In section 34s4, the words after sscom-
mittee,' in line 2, have been inserted in
the section reported as being required by
law.
81 In section 1861, the words 'sthere
shall be printed and bound" have been
acdee rs in the law.
SO. Section 1872. 1t must be remarked
there Is no such assistant treasurer at
Washington.
80. The section 1914 il the act of July 81,
1866. II 5. Statutes at Large, n. 30l. anu
Is section lbs of the act of June 8. lS52, IL
L. s Statutes at Large p. 30l, but II is not
mentioned among the acts repealed by
section 327 OF that act.
30. In section 39f5, as reported, the
words nor lawfully franked'' have been
stricken out, as not in the law.
commissioners.
%. section 309I. Some question may be
made as TO Wne1ner tne aDOllSnIllcHt ol
til fIanking privilege has affected the law
from which this section is derived.
93. section 40ol deserves attention from
the use of the words except letters law
fully free'' in the third line. What letters
are lawfully free? The act of 1872, section
ls4, II Statutes at Large, PIP. 3l6, 3J1, de-
mail. 1t contains eleven classes, all of
which do not appear 10 be embraced III
the language oRthe act of January 81, 1873,
entitled an act to abolish the frankln%
privilege, II Statutes, p. Al. If this inter-
prk alton be correct, then there remains
matter lawfully free, which ought to be
fliore accurately defiaed The section 1874
of the act OF 1872. just referred to. does not
embrace the letters of soldiers. sailors, and
by the section 195 of the same act. page
30S and were made free by the act of
january 2l, 1862, II Statutes. y. 332. This
act is embraced in the number of those
rencaled by the last section of he act of
1872, in consequence OF being Incorporated
in the act itself, but an act on the SIme
page OF Il Stafutes. entitled IAN act 10
promote the efficiency of the dead-letfer
office has not been repealed, and Its pro-
visions in regard to postage on deaf let
terS have not been reported by the com
missioners, and it is doubtful whether
Congress did or did not intend to repeal or
Supersede this act.
| 81. The section 4079 was reported, line
| three, with the word sealed" 1t has
| been changed to t'unSealed.''
| 9f In section 41s4 the words after the
| word t'deSignate,' in the eleventh line,
haue been added as being fonnd in the
| law.
So Section 1919, the question of the
| propriety of these fees under the existing
mode of measurement might be worthy of
| 81. In section 431O, as reported, the
words Ion the coasts of Long Island and
| New jersey found in the law, have been
| inserted after the word stations" " in line
| two.
So. Section 44o5 may possibly be no long
| er necessary.
80 In Section 44I3. as reported. all after
| the words '.United States.'' in the ninth
line, have been added, as found in the
100. The section 4414. as renorted, pro-
| vided for five great districJS, bui have been
brought down to three, as that number
only is provided for in the laws.
lGl. Section 1876 may be considered as
not likely to come into use, though in the
lG2 In section 4766 the reference cor
responds with the law. but the latter seems
to be wrong Itself. See act OF May 3, 1913,
section ). A Statutes at Large p. 569.l
l03. Sections 1925 and the following re-
! late TO he privateer pension fund, which
no longer exists, though the laws have not
lo4. In section 1852 the words ''District
| of Columbia as reported, are stricken
out: they do not aDDear in the Jaw.
los. Iii sec: ion 499j the term of eNten-
sion in he last line was reported twenty
one years: ii has been changed 10 twenty
| four, which the law seems to demand.
LOG. In section 5115, as reported. the
| words sin Admiralty occurred after the
words evuity in the eleventh line, but
|
IG7. The 'sectisn 53lS, as reported. read
after the word ''Orleans'' in line2, with
in the state of Louisiada;" It has been
los. In section 1888, the words COM
mencing, i'll line /, the provisions. and
ending with ''purposes..' in the fifth line,
have been inserted, as expressing the
iGg. In secrion 1892, the words COM
mencing, in the fourth line, land every
person. down to the wtrds ''is an acces-
sorry have been added to the report from
the law.
no. The words 'ESecretary of the Interi.
orr as reported i'll sections 500 and the
following sections, in the title have been
changed to 'Attorney-General,' to cor
respond o the change in the law.
Ill. The sections 56I3 and 56l4 should be
transposed. They were misplaced i'll the
report and overlooked.
liz. 1t is respectfully submitted that
the following sections should be added &c
the preparation of the revision:
Section 1862. All acts and parts of acts
| heretofore passed by the Congress OF the
United States, and having force as exist
ing laws at the date of the passage of this
act. any portion of either of which is enl
braced in any of the foregoing sections re
spectively, are hereby repealed. and the
section applicable thereto shall be In forc(
III lieu thereof.
Section 1868. Nothing contained in tho
FOREGOING sections shall he construed IL
interfere with any pending ACTIONS ol
| fines, penalties or forfeit ureS. accrued ol
incurred, or TO disturb or diVeSt any vest
ed right whatever; and ali officers in al
| the depart IneniS of the Government. leg
islati i've. executive and judicial, shall con
tinue in Office until their successors Art
appointed, rs If the Sald sections nod no
been adopted.
Section 1904. The repeal of acts and
paris OF acts provided for i'll section 566:
shall not revive any law herei ofore reveal
ed or superseded, nor any Office hereloIor'
abolished.
The undersigned was instructed to pre-
pare in the sh 4pe of a bill only what wa
placed in his hands as the report or th'
late commissioners; he was NOT authorlzet
TO go beyond its limits and seek tor VIVA
was contained in the statutes and no
embraced in the report; nor, indeed wouIt
II have been possible for him to accom-
DIish such a werk. In some few instances
however, while eInamining IL statute an'
tinding a palpable emission, the deiecl hai
} been supplied.
alphabetically by States and roads, ellmI
mating all Implications ana errors IN th
statutes that could be detected.
The Military O1fense bill has been pre-
: pared with view to produce the equa
ization of penalties which 1t seemed IN
object of Congress to secure. by ahectln
| in ali cases an accurate definition of tn
: amount of penalty to be infilcted. I'M
= bill is part OF the Articles OF War, an
the portions corresponding to IL have Dee
9 omitted from the preparation OF the II
L port of the late commissioners.
The Indian treaties a nave @ peen alps,e
:, signers, and, in all instances where II coui
be ascertained, the date of proclamation
g given One treaty is out Of plaee-thf
E | with the CbOctaWs and Chicasaws, o
- mage 1O46: it wac not contained in I'll
edition of the Statutes at Large del1vere
e to the undersigned by the committee, an
d was found in a subsequent edition, but tS
G late to inserted in its proper place. At IL
Department of State AMI the once
3, Commissioner of Indian Affairs no info
I aiion could be obtained as TO the date
1t proclamation of such treaties as are de
T. ionaTed as ssratified, - or ''concluded.'
Respectfully submitted.
,s THOMAS j. DURANT.
Is Do1-DnADIEC oFTERRFrARIE,