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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 114, 115. 1857. 249 Sim. 2. And be itj%rther enacted, That the following sums be and tho same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post-Oificc Department for the year ending the thirticth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, out of any moneys in the, treasury arising fiom tho revenues of said department, in conformity to the act of the second of 1836, ch. 270. July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six : VOL "· P· 80* For transportation of the mails between Charleston and Havana., a HCh¤r1esto¤ and sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. mm"' For transportation of the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, one Pagggggjus °t hundred and thirty-Evo thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1857. CHAP. CXIV.-An Act to amend an Act eniilled "An Act to provide [br the better Or- March 8, 1857. qanizaticn q/' the Treasury, and for the Collection, Safé-keeping,hmsfzr, and Dis- "';“'_“` lmrsement of the Public Revenue." 184% ch- 9°· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhe United v°1‘ u' P' 5g' States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, saf°e·keep— ing, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, approved August sixth, ciglxtccn hundred and forty-six, be and the same is hereby so amended that cach and every disbursing officor or agent of the United Disbufsipg <>f— States, having any money of the United States entrusted to him for dis- §g;€;i;°q“t{gg °° burscment, shall be and he is hereby required to deposit the same with the moneys. Treasurer of the United States, or with some one of the assistant treats- How drawn out. urcrs or public depositarics, and draw for the same only in favor of tho persons to whom payment is to be made in pursuance oF law and instructions; except when payments are to be made in sums under twenty dollars, in which cases such disbursing agent may chock in his own name, stating that it is to pay small claims. Sec. 2. And be it fin ther madei That the Treasurer of the United States, assistant trca.surcrs, and public dopositarics shall safely keep all Custodyofsuch moneys deposited by any disbursing officer or disbursing agent of the d°P°s‘“· United States, as well as any moneys deposited by any receiver, collector, or other person which shall be the moneys of or duo or owing to the United States, and for a failure so to do shall be held guilty of the crime Penalty- 0f' embezzlement of said moneys, and subject to the punishment provided for embezzlement in the act to which this is an amendment. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each All persons und every person who shall have moneys of the United States in his having L>¤)>li¤ hands or possession to pay the same to the treasurer, the assistant meas- }';°“§§;0;§;qm’£§°g urer, or public depositary of the United States, and take his receipt for smc. ` the same, in duplicate, and forward one of them forthwith to the Sccrotary of the Treasury, and for a, failure to make such deposit, when required by the Secretary of the Treasury, or any other department, or the accounting officers of the treasury, the person so failing shall be held guilty of the crime of embezzlement, and subject to the punishment for Penaity. that offence provided in the act to which this is an amendment. Aprnovmo, March 3, 1857. CHAP. CXV.—An Act to extend the Provisions ry' the Act entitled "An Ad in Addition MBP6h 3, 1857- zo certain Acts ggqzzing Qounty Land to cerjain Ojifcers and Soldiers who havn been DT $qqged m fha zlztary bervtcesff the United Statgs,i’ to the Oficers and Soldzers of 1855» °h· 7% · ajcrr Davzd Bazlq/s Battalion 0 Cbok County (Illmozs) Volunteers. VOL x' P' 1* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprqentatives of the United Mm, David States of America in Congress assembled, That all those officors and Bail0y’s battalion soldiers of Major David Bailey’s battalion of Cook county (Illinois) volun- Qgcéggutfgntm tears stationed at Fort Dearborn, in tha Black Hawk war of eighteen hmdwmmh, Y vm,. xr. Pm:.—32