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 516 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 98, 99. 1865. treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the clerks provided for in the two preceding sections of this act. Appropriation Sec. 4. And be itfurtlaer enacted, That the sum of six thousand dol- ` treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of such temporary clerks as the Postmaster-General may,fi·om time to time, deem necessary. Unclaimed Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That unclaimed money in dead let- E:::;', gzggm ters for which no owner can be found, and also all money derived from Ade, Ofwusm pa, sales of waste paper or other public property m post-offices or the Postpcnwbo depvs- Office Department, be deposited in the treasury of the United States, 't°d‘ under the direction of the Postmaster—GeneraI, for the service of the Post- Oifice Department; and any `postmaster or clerk in 2. post-office, or any other clerk, officer, or agent of the  Department, having tem- Wilful neglect porary custody of such money, and wilfully neglecting to deposit the P °d' subject to a fine not exceeding double the sum so retained by such clerk or other agents as aforesaid, or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both, at the discretion of the court. APPROVED, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865. CHAP. XCVIII.-—An Act amendatovy of the Acts relative to the Attorney-General’s """’—"_' Ofice, and to jb: the Compensation of his Assistant and Clerks. Be it enacted og the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _S¤l¤ry ¤f as- States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the salary of g;:;;f°t°'“°Y` the assistant attorney-general shall be, and the same is hereby, raised to the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars per annum. Clerks in omce Sec. 2. And be it _/urther mactei That in lieu of the provisions of law ` in his office, it is provided that the Attorney·General shall be, and he is Salaries- hereby, authorized to employ in his office one chief clerk at a salary of two thousand and two hundred dollars per annum, two fourth-class clerks (being one "pardou clerk " and one “ opinion olerk") at annual salaries of eighteen hundred dollars each, two third-class clerks at annual salaries of sixteen hundred dollars each, and one Grst-class clerk at an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, besides such temporary clerks as may Prot-iso. from time to time be needed: Provided, however, That the allowances to such temporary clerks shall in no one year exceed one thousand dollars. Additional pay Sec. 3. And be *it_furt}zcr enacted, That for the purpose of paying, for sum, Attorney·Genera1 is hereby authorized, in addition to the amounts already appropriated for the payment of salaries in his office in the appropriation bill for the current fiscal year, to draw on and use from the unexpended balance of moneys standing on the books of the treasury, on the first of July last, to the credit of his office for the pay of clerks and messenger, or from any other appropriation then standing to the credit of his office, and yet subject to his control and unexpended, a sum not exceeding, in the whole, twenty-four hundred dollars, towards such additional compensation for the current fiscal year. Approved, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865. Cru?. XCIX.-An Act to provide for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads in the ""’_""` Turitozies vyldaho, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regwesentatives of the United m?;;t:;'€h°;;§:Q` States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inm Idaho, Moms- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to survey, locate, Eb?;l;;i¤» md and construct the following wagon-roads: I _ Fmm mobmm First. A road from Niobrnra to the mouth of the Turtle Hill River, fg mouth of Tm-. and thence, upon the most direct practicable route, to Virginia City, m
 * ?;r;°:‘P°’*’7 lars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the
 * ¤u£i:g°*i°» MW same as herein provided, shall be deemed to be guilty of felony, and be
 * f£“°“‘°Y‘G°“‘ prescribing the Attorney-General’s powers as to the employment of clerks
 * Q;‘3i§'%';P' the current Hscal year, the increased compensation above provided, the