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 .l'HIB»TY—SE`VENTH CONGRESS. Suse. II. Bus. 63, 64, 65. 1862. 627 o. 63. Joint Rasolution anazory " ess mu:-ra-tion, to mush _ and Bebdlém, wg andwq';{wa¢;hmA1`;4>gnsq1;pgy`TReb£k, andfn- othe€Pur-  PM6. ` Resolved oy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress ass·embZe¢L That the provisions of the third fC°?i*'¤°¤g¤ clause of the fifth section of “An act to suppress insurrection, to punish gaps; 1g:;,°d,_ treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and 195. for other purposes," shall be so construed as not to apply to any act or A"“*P‘58°‘ acts done prior to the passage thereof; nor to include any member of a State legislature, or judge of any State court, who has not in accepting or entering upon his office, taken an oath to support the constitution of the so-called “Confederate States of America "; nor shall any punishment or proceedings under said act be so construed as to work a forfeiture of the real estate of the offender beyond his natural life. APPROVED, July 17, 1862. [N0. 64.] Joint Resolution to amend Sectzbn seventy-seven of "An Ad to provide Internal July 17, 1862 Revenue no support the Government and to pay Interest on tIrePublk Deb¢,” andfzr ·——···—" other Proposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section seventy-seven of Act 1862, dluu act entitled *‘An act to provide internal revenue to support the gov- gsélédgf ernment and to pay interest on the public debt," be, and the same is here- Ante,  467. by, amended by striking out the word “May " and inserting “August." Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That all the sections of an act en- Act sosmendsd titled “An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government "**3°°’*¤;;;°*° and to pay interest on the public debt,” which require any matter or thing :::0,.:°3ct_ 1’°n° to be done on or before the first day of July or August, eighteen hundred 1862. and sixty-two, shall be so amended and changed that said matters or things may be so done on or before any other day in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two not later than the first day of October eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which may be fixed and determined upon by the Secretary Secretary of of the Treasury, if in his judgment a later day should be so fixed in_g‘°T"`1”“;)’*° order to put said act into practical operation, and all parts of said act hav- °° `m°' ing reference to the said dates of the first days of July and August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be taken and construed as having reference to the said day which may be so fixed and determined upon: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall give public notice of H A¤d_zir¤ pubthe day so fixed and determined upon, in such manner as he may deem °°°¤°`°' expedient. Approved, July 17, 1862. [N0. 65.] A Resolutionin &lation to the Law of Prize. Jury 17, 1g6g_ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anwrica in Congress assembled, That hereafter all moneys aris- Prize 3¤q¤¤y¤ ing from the sale of property under the prize laws of the United States, fgsbirgzgxff whether under interlocutory or final decree, shall be paid by the marshal the United` into the treasury of the United States for safe·keeping immediately after S°**°¤· the day of sale, instead of the registry of the court, less the costs and disbursements sworn to by the marshal and taxed by the court; and every clerk of a. United States court now having any such moneys in hand shall immediately pay the same into the treasury of the United States, less the costs and disbursements to be sworn to and taxed as aforesaid, and upon a final decree of condemnation or restitution, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized to pay over the same upon the order of the proper court, and no more shall be retained by any clerk from money received and paid over by him under this resolution as commissions or otherwise, than one per cent/um upon the first