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 168 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 186, 226, 227. 1868. manufacturer or his agent or agents at the passage of this act, and unsold, Distillers and shall be collected; but distillers and refiners of mineral oils shall be congigs; ;;;°“_ sidered as manufacturers and subject to the tax on Sales provided for in fscturers, and the fourth section of the act " to exempt certain manufacturers from in- ¤;¤g*j§¤¤§¤ *;*-4 ternal tax, and for other purp0ses," approved March thirty-first, eighteen 2,;,:, bf5g?hundred and sixty-eight. Approved, July 20, 1868. July 23, 1868. CHAP. CCXXVI.—-An Act to construct a Wagon R0adji·om West Point to Cbmwall """"‘“‘— Landing, all in the County ty Orange, State of New York. (gov,,,,,,,,,,,,;; Be it enacted by the Senate and [1W2u8e of Representatives of the United l¤l{¤r_¤<> Md in States of America in Congress assembled, That the superintendent of the
 * g::id}YQ§mw$§*'§s'; military academy at West Point be authorized and directed to use the

Point to Qorn- labor in the employ of the United States government at that post, when "°·D L’·“d*"B· not otherwise employed, in building and constructing a wagon road from WVest Point to Cornwall Landing, in the county of Orange, said road to be located under the direction of the said superintendent, over land now belonging or hereafter to be ceded to the government of the United States for that purpose. Approved, July 23, 1868. July 23, 1868. CHAP. CCXXVH. -—An Act to authorize the temporary Supplying of Vacancies in the Executive Departments. In me 0m,,, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g:¤fh;_¢;b=¤é¤¤<;. States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of the death, resaggxcgstifc ignation, absence, or sickness of the head of any executive department depnrtmcnawno of the government, the first or sole assistant thereof shall, unless otherff R°'*`°"m *h° wisc directed by the President of the United States, as is hereinafter prouties; . . . . ‘ vided, perform the duties of such head until a successor be appointed, or such absence or sickness shall cease. 0r,,h;€r,,,5· Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death, resignabu’°”·¥·§°· tion, absence. or sickness of the chief of any bureau, or of any officer °x°°p ’ °' thereof, except commissioner of patents, whose appointment is not in the head of any executive department, the deputy of such chief or of such officer, or if there be no deputy, then the chief clerk of such bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the President of the United States, as is hcreinafter provided, perform the duties of such chief or of such officer until a successor be appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. No appoint- And no appointment, designation, or assignment otherwise than as is 2t3g :0t;><?iH¤;d¤ heroin provided, in the cases mentioned in the first, second, and third secvmmgcy mppmk tions of this act, shall be made except to fill a vacancy happening during ing duringé a the rocoss of the Senate. H,,,,d0,·(,th°,. fore mentioned it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, ¤¤¢3y¤¤iv:> gs- in his discretion, to authorize and direct the head of any other executive }’,f‘,Qy"{,‘f‘(gir€‘Z;,°d department or other officer in_either of those departments whose appointto perform ment xs, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, vested in the d‘m°$6 President, to perform the duties of the office vacant as aforesaid until a successor be appointed, or the sickness or absence of the incumbent shall but for not cease : Provided, That nothing in this act shall authorize the supplying as more than ten aforesaid a vacancy for a longer period than ten days when such vacancy ‘l“> sv &°· shall be occasioned by death or resignation, and the officer so performing the duties of the office temporarily vacant shall not be entitled to extra com- Commissioner pensation therefor: And provided also T hat in case of the death resistof patents. ‘ • i · · ’ ·° nation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner of patents, the duties of said commissioner, until a successor be appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease, shall devolve upon the examiner-in-chief in said office oldest in length of commission.
 * Fgf3c‘f*"‘° Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in any of the cases hereinbe-