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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 24, 25, 28. 1868. 251 Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of War be 9¤‘d¤a¤°° {0* authorized to furnish, from the captured ordnance, such ordnance with Hung ”1“°°°` their implements as he may deem proper, to the several national asylums for the purpose of firing salutes; and also such small-arms and equip- Smalim-ms, ments as may be necessary for the purpose of guard duty at the asylums. g;°{;°*` g°°‘"d SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. F. WADE, President of the Senate pro tempore. Endorsed by the President: “Received 12th March, 1868." [Norm BY rms DEFARTMENT on STATE.-Tlio foregoing resolution having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] [N0. 25.] Joint Resolution requiring certain Maneys of the United States to be paid into March 30, 1868. the Treasury, and jbr other Pwposes. _";"`_` Bc it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ulzitew States of America in Congress assembled, That all moneys which have M°'{?_Y ’°· I been received by any officcr or employe[e] of the government, or any gggimzggfu H department thereon from sales of captured and abandoned property in &c.pr0;iertyt0 the late insurrectionary districts, under or under color of the several ‘}":;’ig£° acts of Congress providing for the collection and sale of such property, MQW5g},; gw_ and which have not already been actually covered into the treasury, shall immediately be paid into the treasury of the United States, together with any interest which has been received or accrued thereon. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That if any officer or person having Rcyusgng gy the custody, possession, or control of any money derived or arising from UQSIGCYWSYO Pay the sale or other disposition of any such property mentioned in the pre- gg? Egéltgllt ceding section shall convert the same to his own usc, or shall refuse or deeined embez~ neglect for the space of thirty days next after the passage of this mso- dementlution to pay the same into the treasury of the United States, or shall in anywise pay away or dispose of the same otherwise than by paying the same into the treasury as aforesaid, shall be deemed and held guilty of embezzling the public money of the United States, and shall be punished Penalty. therefor by imprisonment for 2. term of not more than ten years, and shall pay a fine equal to the sum so embczzled. Sec. 3. And be it farther resolved, That 2. sum of the proceeds of such APP*°P'iMl°¤ · · · of proceeds of sales not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby z1pproprmted was to defend for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred by or under the au- suits, éze, thority of the Secretary of the Treasury for incidental expenses in acting under the laws respecting the collection and disposition of captured and abandoned property, and for the necessary expenses of defending, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, such suits as have been brought against him or his agents in the premises, and For prosecuting suits in the United States for the recovery of such property, and for providing for the defence of the United States against suits for or in respect to such property in the court of claims. A1>1~n0v1s1>, March 30, 1868. [N0. 28.] A Resolution for the Appointment of at Commission to select suitable Locatzbns &yilQ, 1568.A for Powder Ilfagazines. Resolved by the Senate cmd Hozose of Representatives of Ute United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy T C°m*“l$Si°¤ . . . o select locabe, and he hereby 1S, authorized and directed to select three competent mms Mpoww. officers of the navy to constitute a commission, whose duty it shall be to magazines.