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 FORTYSEVENTH CON GRESS. Sess. H. Cr!. 130, 131. 1883. 565 sioner to whom it would otherwise have been paid, and such part of it P¤¤¤i¤¤_1>¤·id in as shall not sooner have been paid to him shall be paid to him on his mu °“. ‘h°°h“"g° discharge irom the institution. The board of commissioners may from g°IEg{°,;;D°r {mm trme to time pay over to any inmate such part of his pension-money as ` they think best for his interest and consistent with the discipline and good order of the Home, but such pensioner shall not be entitled to demand or have the same so long as he remains an inmate of the Home. ' In case of the death of any pensioner, any pension money due him and ,D°°*h °f Pwremaining in the hands of the treasurer shall be paid to his legal heirs, :;';“°r;iT,°f:’]g":i rf demand is made within three years; otherwise the same shall escheat hgipg? g to the Home. Sec. 5. That asnitable uniform shall be furnished to every inmate of Uniform to be the Home, without cost to him. :¤¤¤¤*¤¤ Sec. 6. That the board of commissioners are authorized to aid per- Aid to persons, sons who are entitledto admission to the Home, by out·door relief, in °*{’{»f*’Y °“*‘d°°’ such manner and to such an extent as they may deem proper; but such " ° ‘ relief shall not exceed the average cost of maintaining an inmate of the Hoing Governor and Sec. 7. That the Governor and all other officers of the Home shall be fxmmgx I2} selected by the President of the United States, and the Treasurer of the the Unity] Siam, Home shall be required to give a bond in the penal sum of twenty Treasurertogivo thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duty. b°¤°*· Sec. 8. That all funds of the Home not needed for current use., and Funds, etc., of which are not now invested in United States registered bonds, shall, as *·h° $:m3**‘2b°2:· soon as received, or as soon as present investments-can be converted  ,,},:*,,,03 into money without loss, be deposited in the Treasury of the United 54,,,;.,,, ag ,,1,,,;,,,,,. States to the credit of the Home, as a permanent fund, and shall draw nent fund. interest at the rate of three per ceutum per annum, which shall be paid _I“*°’°”*- quarterly to the treasurer of the Home; and the proceeds of such registered bonds, as they are paid shall be deposited in like manner. No _ _ part of the principal sum so deposited shall be withdrawn for use ex- P¤¤¤¤1>¤l5¤¤*¤ cept upon a resolution of the board of commissioners stating the neces- half: tgmf `ff;. sity and approved by the Secretary of War-. i,.,,,,,,;, ,t.,_ mc. 9. That no officers of the Home shall borrow any money on the Borrowing anoncredit of the Home for any purpose, nor shall any pledge of any of its 2 °¤ °1';,l;:“£*` property or securities for any purpose be valid. °“° P" ‘ ‘ Sec. 10. That the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home Board of Comshall hereafter consist of the General in Chief commanding the Army ruissionors to conthe Surgeon General, the Commissary General, the Adjutant General, °‘“* °$ °‘°· . the Quartermaster General, the Judge Advocate General and the Governor of the Home, and the General in Chief shall be President of the Board and any four of them shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. _ Sec. 11. That all laws and parts of laws relating to the Soldrers’ Repeal. Home now in force and not inconsistent with this act are continued in ‘ force, and such as areinconsistent herewith are to that extent repealed. . Sec. 12. That the sum of ten thousand dollarsis hereby appropriated Appropriation out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be {3*  hm expended by the Secretary of the Treasury in the employment of addr- comm, mg tional clerical force to be used in adjusting the accounts in the Treasury Department of those fimds which under the law belong to the Soldiers’. Home. · Approved, March 3, 1883. (:353 .-- end sections six and seven of the act rovidin for the Mar. 3, 1883. ofltlhgc t  Statutes and the laws of the United Pstates, gppruved ···········•···*·······’ True twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventyaix. • Bo it enacted my the Senate and House of Representation of the United States ep' America in Congress assembled, That an act approved June Im,,,,,,_,,,,·,,,,,,,_ twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be so amended as to m- ber of pamphlet