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 54 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 78, 79. 1890. ·M¤’¤ii· 1990- CHAP. 18.-—-An act to amend articleone hundred and three of the Rules and """""'_"”‘ Articles of War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rfégwesentatives o_£ the mmm or wu-. United States of America in Oocfyress assemble, That the one un- dred and third article of the R es and Articles of War be, and the same is hereby, amended b adding thereto the following words: rm.m.,rx¤m. “No person shall be tried or punished by a court-martial for de- ummm. more than two years before the arraignment of such person for such mmepms. offense, unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States, in which case the time of his absence shall be ex- P¤>·¤*<>- eluded in computing the period of the limitation: Provided, That dgveinnins vt Hmi¢•— id limitation shall not begin until the end of the term for which said » grson was mustered into the service.” Approved, April 11, 1890. by the defalcation in the office of th•i)li1tepS:;rgeant·at-p1i)ri,ns. cy Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the H? °* MW United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necesf,“g,?';,§;,,,,,f‘Am, sary be, and the sameis hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the M. Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the of su plying the deficiency in the approplriation heretofore V°'~*·1*'°8· e for the gscal year ending June thirtieth, cig teen hundred and °’ ninety, for the pay and mileage of delegates and members of the House of Representatives, occasioned by the recent defalcation in the office of the late Sergeant·at-Arms of the House, said sum to be d},*:_¤*°*’*°°'¥ ¤'*“ immediatelyavailable and that the same be paid to the Sergeant-at ‘ mm. Arms of the House upon the redluisitions of the Speaker: Provided, °°“°‘ That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House shall iirst give bond to the United States, with two or more sureties, to be aplproved by the Speaker of the House, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful keeping, application, and disbursement of all moneys that shall come into is ands under the provisions of this act, or bylvirtue of his office, said bond to be filed with the First Comptro er of the Treasury. Sec. 2. The Sergeant—at-Arms of the House, after making and nl- ¤¤*¤· M- ing bond as aforesaid, shall take into his posession all the money and ot er assets lately in the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and now on deposit with the reasurer of the United States by order of the House, and out of the same, together with the sum hereby appropriated, he D*¤°¤'¤°¤¤°¤*· shall pay the delegates and members of the House of epresentatives $¤¤¤¤¤¤¤v•¤- the amount due them, respectively, on account of salaries for the period ending December fourth, anno Domim eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and now remaining unpaid, as shown by the books of mf d I d m the office of the Sergeant-at—Arms. aspssud ° P V Sec. 3. That the said Ser eant—at-Arms, out of the moneynow on deposit with the Treasurer of the United States as aforesaid, and which was drawn from the National Metropolitan Bank on the seventh day of December, eighteen hundred an eighty-nine, the avails of the deposits of private funds made by the members of the House with the late Sergeant-at—Arms, refund to each, the amount of such private deposits. Approved, April 11, 1890. ·
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 * ¥"°“· 1°°°· CHAP. 79.-An actmakingau a rotiontosu 1 the deiicien occasioned