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 Tum x1x.——SEVERAL CLASSES OF OFFICERS. 315 omce shall remain iuabeyance, without any salary, fees, or emoluments attached thereto, until 1t is filled by arapointment thereto by and with the advice and wwnt of the Senate; an during such time all the powers and duties belonging_to such omce shall be exercised by such other officer as may by law exercise such powers and duties in case of a vacancy in such office. Sec. 1770. Nothing in sections seventeen hundred and sixty-seven, Term olofficenot seventeen hundred and sixty-eight, or seventeen hundred and sixty-nine *° bs °¥*°¤d¤d· shall be construed to exten the term of any office the duration of which 2 Mar., 1867, e. is limited by law. 154,s.4,v.14,p.43l. Sec. 1771. Every person who, contrary to the four precedin sections, Acceptingcreaaccepts any appointment to or employment in any office, or holds or exer— cruising ofhca concises, or attempts to hold or exercise, any such office or employment., slnll “'“Y *° I"'- be deemed gui ty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be rm risoned not 2 Mar-., 1867, c, more than ve years, or tined not more than ten thousand dolliars, or both. !54.¤·5.v-14.p·431. Sec. 1772. Every removal, appointment, or employment, made, had, B¤{¤0vi¤z. lpor exercised, contrary to sectio ·»: seventeen hundred and sixtyseven, to P‘2’°P‘“K· °" °°m‘ seventeen hundred and seventy, inclusive, and the making, si in, seal- :,:;’:,°5, &t5°" ing, countersigning, or issuing of any commission or letter ofuauhiority -—— for or in respect toany such appointment or em loyment, shall be deemed wg M'? 1%:7- °· a high misdemeanor, and every person guilty thereof shall beimprisoned {mf °` ’ v` ’ p' gthmore than five years, or tined not more than ten thousand dollars, or t . Sec. 1773. The President is authorized to make out and deliver, after Commissions. the adjournment of the Senate, commissions for all officers whose appoint- ments have been advised and consented to by the Senate. 154,¤.s,»}.'14,p,.£31f Sec. 17 74. Whenever the President, without the advice and consent Ngtijgtjgn ,,5 of the Senate, designates, authorizes, or employs any person to perform appointments to the duties of an office, he shall forthwith notify the Secretary of the S°°"°l·"·'Y°fT"°“· Treasury thereog and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon com- YT A.;- mrmicate such notice to all the proper accounting and disbursing officers 2 Mar., 1867, c. of his Deparhnenh l54,s.8,v.l4,p.4»31. Sec. 1775. The Secretary of the Senate shall, at the close of each ses- Notitiution of sion thereof, deliver to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to each of the nommaticns,mg:c_e Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, and to each of the Auditors, and :3* $°,i;rL’8u to each of the Comptrollers in the Treasury, and to the Treasurer, and to i’:.A-.! the Register of the Treasury, a full and complete list, duly certified, of 153 M5-- W6} ¢· all the persons who have been nominated to and rejected y the Senate 431* “‘ * "‘ 1 · P" durin such session, and a like list of all the offices to which nominations ` have been made and not confirmed and filled at such session. Sec. 1776. Whenever any public office is removed by reason of sick- Removalofomce. ness which may prevail in the town or city where it is located, a gr- '_*21AprgT{80`§ ticular account of the cost of such removal shall be laid before n- 41,¤.c,v.2,p.3b1, gum [s•• 5; 4m-uu.] Sec. 1777. The various officers of the United States, to whom, in vir· lfreservation of tue of their offices and for the uses thereof, copies of the United States :€P’°° °f S“**'"°° Statutes at Large, published by Little, Brown and Company, have been or may be distributed at the public expense, by author1ty.of law, shall 8 Aus-. 1846,]- preserve such copies, and deliver them to their successors respectively as 1°°·'· 1¤ "·°· P· ’5· a part of the roperty a pertaining to the office. A printed copy of this section shall he inserted) in each volume of the Statutes distributed to an such officers. Sec. 1778. In all cases in which, under the laws of the United States, Taking mths, oaths or acknowledgments may now be taken or made before any ]us· acknowledgments, tice of the peace of any State or Territory, or rn the District of Colum- dwbia, the may hereafter be also taken or made by or before any notary16 S,p,_,1850,c_ public diily appointed in any State, district, or errrtory, or any of the 62, v. 9, p. 4,58. commissioners of the circuit courts, and, when certified under the hand 29 July. 1854. ¢> and official seal of such notary or commissioner, shall have the same 15gé'}13l'é“l&212· force and effect as if taken or made by or before such justice of the 3,0, ,_ 20_',,_ 18;,,] pam., 186. 15 Aug., 1876, c. 304, v. 19, p. N6.