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 822 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 495, 496. 1891. nuecmm. the joint directiopx ogd the Superintendent, the surgeon, and the quartermaster of the c emy. wes: rom Hom. fF£r ggrnerail ove;r§-ilauling andhrepairdofithehplugibiing apd sewerage 0 the est oin ote, one thousand ve un re dollars. Wmrsuvply- For extending the water- supply from the corner of academic building to the cavalry stables and riding hall, five hundred dollars. Laundry. For generalrepairs, painting, pointing, and shingling of the cadet laundrylbuitdingi, alpdl fgr repairing the smoke stack (chimney) of same, ree un re dollars. Approved, March 2, 1891. Munn 2, 18m. CHAP. 496.-An act to credit and y to the several States and Territories and it the District of Columbia all moneys colllected under the direct tax levied by the act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the §_§,<;;:g§g£$’m United States of America in Ocmgress assembled, That it shall be the em- amount eeueeudf duty_ of the Secretary of the Treasury to credit to each State and Territory of the United States and the District of Columbia a sum equal to all collections by set-oif or otherwise made from said States and Territories and the District of Columbia or from any of the citizens or inhabitants thereof or other persons under the act of · 701.12.1*-294. Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the amendatory acts thereto. Ul ¤r>=¤¢¤ N- Sec. 2. That all moneys still due to the United States on the quota ·of direct tax apportione by section regght of the act of Congress approayeéi  nftlnheighteen hund and sixty-one, are hereby remi e an rein uis e. A · r Sec. 3. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in M the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necpssaay tc; re-iipburse each Sgatle, errigory, and thehDistrict of Coum ia or a money foun ue to them un er the provisions of raymeutswsmes. this actpl and the Trleasurer of thefUnited Statesdiis hereby direcéted to pay the same to the overnors 0 the States an erritories an to the Commissioners of tlie District of Columbia, but no money shall be paid to any State or Territory until the Legislature thereof shall have accepteé by rgesplutioré, the sun; lperein appropriattecd; apd the truss impose, in u satis action o a c aims agains e nite “¥,¤•I¤¤¤*|*¤¤¤¤f¤¤ States on account of the levy and collection of said tax, and shall have authogized the Governo; mhreceivle saicllrnoney for the use and awa", purposes a oresai : Provide, at w ere · e sums or any art m$§“"’ ‘“’ °*“'°¤*· thereof, credited to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, have been collected by the United States from the citizens or inhabitants thereof, or any other person, either directly or by sale of property, such sums shall be held in trust by such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia for the benefit of those persons or inhabmmmmdump Ltanf fromlwcliomythey vyelret collected, Oli: tlileir legal rep1i¢i.ese;1(t(:;.ti1ves: _ _ ng promr e u er, a no pa 0 V e_ mone co ec { rom M individuals andf to be held in trust as aforesaid shall be retained by the United States as a set-off against any indebtedness alleged to exist against the State, Territory, or District of Columbia in which 8u{‘gm!:,{•¤:§¤¤¢ fw le Such tax was collected; And p»rm··lded further, That no part of the ' money hereby appropriated s all be paid out by the governor of any State or Territory or any other person to any attorney or agent under any contract for services now existing or heretofolre made between e representative of any State or Territory an any attorney or c tlement or agent. All claims under the trust hereby created shall be filed with ‘ the governor of such State or Territory and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, respectively, within six years next after the passage of this act; and a l claims not so tiled shall be forever