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 PHIRTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 122, 123. 1866. 65 United States shall deposit any public money intrusted to him in any Depositiug place or in any manner, except as authorized by law, or shall convert to £g;‘;:_$’“°gQ°' his own use in any way whatever, or shall loan, with or without interest, ]m;ng,0§hmw. or shall for any purpose not prescribed by law withdraw from the treas- ies. <>¤ Musterurer or any assistant treasurer, or any authorized depository, or shall for Q2é;:;:":; any purpose not prescribed by law transfer or apply any portion of the thorized, to be public money imrusted to him, every such act shall be deemed and ad- °¤b°”l°m°“*· judged an embezzlement of the money so deposited, converted, used, loaned, withdrawn, transferred, or applied, and every such act is hereby declared a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by im— P°”“1tY· prisonment for a term not less than one year nor more than ten years, or by Hue not more than the amount embezzled nor less than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Sec.  And be it further enacted, That if any banker, broker, or any KP°Wg¤KlY *°· person, not an authorized depositary of public moneys, shall knowingly g?§K$.§,,;;g§&{ receive from any disbursing officer, or collector of internal revenue, or or collector, any other agent of the United States any public money on deposit or by way ggbl";t:"’(_“§K Q" of loan or accommodation, with or without interest, or otherwise than in 10x50, using payment of a debt against the United States ; or shall use, transfer, com such mvnpr fvr vert, appropriate or apply any portion of the public money for any pur- ?g&‘;)'$‘;°sg:`;u, pose not prescribed by law; or shall counsel, aid, or abet any disbursing aiding in so dooificer or collector of internal revenue or other agent of the United $**8%*0 b;*d°€¤;°d States in so doing, every such act shall be deemed and adjudged an em- em uz amen ' bezzlement of the money so deposited, loaned, transferred, used, converted, appropriated, or applied; and any president, cashier, teller, P¤¤i¤bm¤¤t of director or other officer of an bank or bankiuv associati n who shall °m°?" °f b°°l$° . ’ . y ¤ ° _ for violating thu v1olate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed and adjudged act. guilty of embezzlement of public money, and punished as provided in section two of this act. APPROVED, June 14, 1866. CHAP. OXXIII. -—- An Act to pmvideJ`or the Settlement of Accounts of certain Public June 15, 1866. jicers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United M<>¤¤J’¤ ¤‘¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That, all monies raised in the gfx2Q;;?, $2233 United States for the support of refugees or freedmen, and received by omcer for the any officer of the United States army, shall be charged against such ;°f“§°*s 0; b officer on the books of the Treasury Department and accounted for by c!:;,g[;l§rl0q,i,§ him in like manner as if such monies had- been drawn from the treasury and accounted of the United States, and if any part thereof shall have been expended f°'• for the use of refugees or freedmeu, the same shall be passed to the credit of the officer, if, upon examination of his accounts, it shall appear to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department that the amount expended was properly disbursed for such refugees or freedmen, and on the adjustment of the accounts of the oiliicer, if any balance shall remain in the hands of such officer the same shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, for a fund for the relief of refugees and freedmen. And any 01'hcer having such balance in his bands, who, after being duly Omcm Paviqa. required, shall refuse or neglect to pay over the same, or who shall, after 1°’:§;£°;;$°uth?’ due notice, fail to settle his account, shall be proceeded against in the same lecting or rstliismanner as is provided for by existing laws in the case of disbursing oth- z§*‘LP"Yl°°'°£· cers who neglect or refuse to account for monies drawn from the treasury " °w msu ' of the United States. Sec. 2. And be itjltrther enacted, That where accounts are rendered A¤°°P¤¤ *`°1' for expenditures for refugees or freedmeu under the approval and  fz: sanction of the proper officers, and which shall have been proper and be pirid tram, necessary, but cannot be segtled for want of specific appropriations, the K:‘:“f““d»“·°d VOL. XIV. '