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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 117, 118, 119. 1864. 123 ment shall be deemed, be all intents and purposes, a full and final determination of the rights of such person, and shall entitle such person, as against the United States, to such rights as he would have had in case possession of said property had not been changed; and if such claim be for the payment of money, and the same shall by such judgment be found to be due, the' presentation of a duly authenticated copy of the record of such judgment and proceedings shall be sufficient evidence to the proper accounting omcers for the allowance thereof ; and the same shall thereupon be allowed and paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the amount so to be allowed and Limit of paid shall not exceed the value of the interest of the United States in the ;m“”* "‘ be property in question: And provided, further, That nothing herein con- ` tained shall be considered as recognizing or conceding any right to Right to eu: enforce by seizure, arrest, attachment, or any judicial process, any claim against any property of the United States, or against any property held, mlm, owned, or employed by the United States, or by any department thereof, for any public use, or as waiving any objection to any proceeding insti tuted to enforce any such claim. APPROVED, June 11, 1864. Gnu. CXVIII. —An Act in Relation to the Limitation of Actions in certain Cases. June 11, 1864. Be it enacted [gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever, dur- Time du,-ing ing the existence of the present rebellion, any action, civil or criminal, which PHS0g11S shall accrue against any person who, by reason of resistance to the exe-  liégogrgé cution of the laws of the United States, or the interruption of the ordi- resistinee to the nary course of judicial proceedings, cannot be served with process for the 1;':::f°;i::c“‘°k° commencement of such action or the arrest of such person, or whenever, Hmyted fo, bmgafter such action, civil or criminal, shall have accrued, such person cannot, ing actionsby reason of such resistance of the laws, or such interruption of judicial proceedings, be arrested or served with process for the commencement of the action, the time during which such person shall so be beyond the reach of legal process shall not be deemed or taken as any part of the time limited by law for the commencement of such action. Approved, June 11, 1864. 01:.42. CX1X. —-An Act relating to Members of Congress, Heads of Departments, and June 11 18S_1_ other Officers of the Government. ———4-——— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That no member of the Sen- S€,mm,..,,mp,.,,- ate or House of Representatives shall, after his election and during his semmivesz heads continuance in office, nor shall any head of a department, head of a ;€tb;)'j‘;:;;f;°‘· bureau, clerk, or any other officer of the government receive or agree Pay {Or Services to receive any compensation whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for any ¤¤¤h¤¤¤y;=¤*§*¤'_t d services rendered, or to be rendered, after the passage of this act, to any gt;; is; person, either by himself or another, in relation to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other matter or thing in which the United States is a party, or directly or indirectly interested, before any department, court-martial, bureau, oflioer, or any civil, military, or naval commission whatever. And any person offending against any provision of this act shall, on conviction thereof, be Penalty. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a Hne not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the court trying the same, and shall be forever thereafter incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the government of the United States. ~ APPROVED, June 11, 1864.