The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-20


of 1d'ei'ica iR Compress assembled,
That any person or persons who
shall wilfully or maliciousiy injurc or
destroy any of the works or property
or material of any telc2raphic line
constructed and owned. or in process
OF construction, by the United States.
or that may be hereafter constructed
and owned or occupied and controlled
by the the United States, or who shall
wiilully or maliciously interfere in
any way with the working or use of
any such tclegraphic line. or who shall
wilfully or maliciously obStruct. him
der, or delay the Transmission of any
communication over any such tcle-
grapfs4G. line. shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and. on conviction
thereof in any district court of the
United States having jurisdiction Of
fhe same, shall be punished by Il fine
of not less than one hundred nor more
than one Thousand dollars, or with
imprisonment for n term not exceed
ing three years, or with both, i'll the
discretion of the court.
Approved, June D, 1874.
AN ACT to provide for the care and
custody of persons convicted in the
courts of the Unitek States who have
. or may become insane while impris-
oned.
Il o''esel'tdtiUes offlIc INIT SftsS If -!Ht =
ira in Congress assembled,
That upon the application of the At
torney-General, the Secretary of the
Interior be, and he is hereby, author
ized and directed to transfer to the In
Sane Asylum in District Of Columbia
all persons who have been or shall
be convicted OF any otfciiSe in any
court of the United States, and i'm
prisoned i'll any State prison or pcni-
Tertiary of any State or Tertiary, and
who, during the term Of their impris-
onment, have or shall become and be
insane.
Sec. ,. Shat in all cases where any
person convicted IN court of the
United States shall, while imprisoned
under such conviction III any State
prison or penitcutiary. become and he
insaneS and there shall not he accom-
modation for such Insane person st the
InSaife Asylum of tile District Of Col
iunbia. or if for other reasons thl At
torney-General is OF opinion that sacil
insane person should be placed ut Il
State insane asylum rather than at
said District Asylum, then the .Attor-
ney-General shall have power in his
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insane or lunatic asylum within the
St1te in which such convict i; implis-
oacd, for his core and custody while
Eelnaining so insane; and lin all cases
where such conyicts shall have hereto
tore been, or shall hereafter he, trans
4erred to a State asylum for insane
convicts, in accordance with the laws
of such State, the Attorney-General is
hereby authorized and directed to COM
pensate the said asylum, or the proper
authorities controlling the same, for
the care and custody of such insane
convicts, until their removal or dis
charge, in such amounts as he shall
deem just and reasonable; Int no con-
tract shall be made or compensation
paid for the care of such insane person
beyond their respective terms OF i'm
priSonment.
Sec. 3. That whenever such insane
convict shall he restored to sanity,
after he or she shall have been trans
ferred under the provisions Of this act,
he or she shall be returned to the pris-
on or penitentiary from which the
transfer was made, provided the term
of imprisonment shall not have eX-
pired. The questions of sanity i'll all
cases arising under this act shall be
determined i'll accordance with the
rules and regulations of existing laws,
State or national, on that subject, ap-
plicable to the prison, or penitentiary,
or asylum where such convict shall be
confined.
Approved, June %, 1874.
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for
the termination of the treaty be-
tween the United States and His
Majesty the King of the Belgians,
concluded at Washington July sew
enteenth, eighteen1hundred and fifty
eight.
Whereas it is provided by the seven
tcenth article of the treaty between
the United States of America, on the
one part, and His Majesty the King of
the Belgians, on the other part con-
clnded at Washington on the seven
teenth day Of July ammo Domini eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-eigllt that ''the
present treaty shall be in force during
ten years from the date of the exchange
of the ratifications, and until the eX-
piFation OF twelve months after either
of the high contracting parties shall
have announced to the other its inten-
tion to terminate the operation there
of epcll party reserving to itself the
right Of making such declaration to the
other at the end of the ten years above
mentioned, and it is agreed that, after
the expiration of the twelve months
prolongation accorded on both sides,
this treaty and all its stipulations shall
cease to be in force;" and
q Whereas, it is no longer for the in
sEerest of the United States to continue
the said treaty, in force: Therefore,
ResoIrch 6y gte iSs1aate and Elo,ese Of Io.11yo-
selatestres Of The CnAcl IStQtc$ If Am"rictt in
~ congress assembled,
Iilat notice be given of the termina-
ton OF said treaty according to the
provisions of the said seventeenth arti-
Gle thereof for such termination. and
the President of the United States is
hereby authorized to communicates
such notice to the Government of the
Kingdom of Belgium.
= Approved, June II, 1874.
AN ACT to provide for the improve
ment of the Oostenaula River. in the
State of Georgia.
Be IL enacted by The Senate ana House
of kfepresezatdtires Of the U1ested States
of Apse'fcd in Congress dssens6Ied,
That the sum of ten thousand dol
lars be, and the same is hereby. an
propriated, out of the money in the
treasury Of the United States. for the
improvement of the Oostenaula River.
in the State of Georgia.
Approved, June 23, 1874.
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for
a change in the name and title of
the agent and consul-geneTal of the
United States at Alexandria.
Reso1uect by the Senate and House of Rep
yese,1tatfUes Of the J1tned States Of Ansertca
IN Congress assembled,
That the name and title of the agent
and c0OsuI-cenpTak of the TTuitaf1