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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 786-788. 1888. 387 _ CHAP. 'I86.·—An act to provide for the issuing and recording of certain commis· Allgust 8·1*"88- sions in the Department of Justice. ··——"‘i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America i n Congress assembled, That hereafter the .D°P*¤'°m°¤* °f *1* commissions of all judicial officers, including marshals and attorneys hcgommissions of ·u. of the United States, appointed by the President, by and with the  §f§,'f,°'S ‘° l’° advice and consent of the Senate, and all other commissions hereto- ` fore prepared at the De artinent of State upon the requisition of the Attorney-General, shalfbe made out and recorded in the Department of Justice, and shall be under the seal of said Department and countersigned by the Attorney-General, any laws to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That the said Seal shall not be affixed to any MMM- such commission before the same shall have been signed by the ml President of the United States. Approved, August 8, 1888. _ CHAP. 'I8j.—An act requiring notice of deficiency in accounts of principals to be August 8, 1888. given to BDIOb18S upon bonds of United States officials, and tixing a limitation of ’_1""‘—‘ time within which suits shall be brought against said sureties upon said bonds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemblgd, That hereafter, b0§11j1f“°S °¤ °m°*¤* whenever any deficiency shall be discovered in the accounts of any Notice or pi-mcipns oflicial of the United States, or of any officer disbursing or chargeable §,§`{f,f;,‘}§ ‘f,’O,,‘}°j,,,f§j with public money, it shall be the duty of the accounting officers cmd. making such discovery to at once notify the. head of the De artment having control over the affairs of said officer of the nature and amount of said deiiciency, and it shall be_ the immediate duty of said head of Department to at once notify all obligors upon the bond or bonds of such official of the nature of such denciency and the amount thereof. Said notification shall be deemed sufficient if mailed at the post-office in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, addressed to said sureties respectively, and directed to the respective post-ofiices where said obligors ma reside, if known; but a failure to give or mail such notice shall not discharge the surety or sureties upon such bond. Sec. 2. That if, upon the statement of the account of any official of dgnrcgics miee yhu the United States, or of any officer disbursing or chargeable with pub- ,,.m{u¤Y° y"" mt ` lic money, by the accounting} officers of the Treasury, it, shall thereby a pear that he is indebted to the United States, and suit therefor shallp not be instituted within five ears after such statement of said account, the sureties on his bond shall not be liable for such indebtedness. _ Approved, August 8, 1888. CHAP. 788.-An act to provide for a term of court at Quincy, Illinois. August s.1P·¢s. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representafires of the United States of America i n Congress assembled, That hereafter, and Q¤i¤¤y. 111. until otherwise provided by law. there shall be held annually, on the be'1"§£ ag? ¤~’¤¤¤‘*¤ *0 first Monday in September, a term of the circuit and district courts ' of the United States for the southern district of Illinois, at the city of Quincy, in said district; said term to be in addition to the terms R, S__ M, 57E_ now required by law to be held at the cities of Springfield and Cairo, 1>P· 9*1*)- in said district. Sec. 2. That the marshal and clerk of said district shall each, re- Deputies. spectively, appoint at least one deputy to reside in said city of Quincy, unless he shall) reside there himself, and also maintain an office at that place of holding court.