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 546 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 3573-3576. 1906. Wgé 2}%  OHL?. 3573.-An Act To provide a seal for United States commissioners. lP¤¤>¤i¤. N¤· ¤‘¤—1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Umm s,_m,.,m,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That each United States Sw of ¤¤¤¤¤¤i=`»— commissioner shall provide himself with an official impression seal, to diilsirzr. be prescribed by the Attorney-General, which said sea shall be atlixed Fm to each jurat or certiiicate of the olhcial acts of said commissioner, but no increase of fees shall be allowed by reason thereof. Approved, June 28, 1906. -l¤¤¢2$· 1906- GHAP. 3574.-An Act To amend section fifty-four hundred and eighty-one of l"· “· "”i_ the Revised summa of the Umm sms;. . Public. N0. 323.] [ Be it enacted by the Senate and House Qf.R@)‘€8€7btdl?>068 of the United g”**§l¤‘;c*°°f"]*,,1d“°‘· States of America in. Uongress assembled, That section fifty-four huniusaaiiienaéa. ’ P' dred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and éhe same isgjereby, gmeuded to read as follows: f h U d E¤**2"*°¤· _ 'nc. 5481. ver officer c er nt, or cmp oyee o the nite
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°‘“*“°"°°°‘ act as such officer, clerk, ent, or employee, who is guilty of extortion, under color of his d%ce, clerkship, a ency, or employment, or under color of his pretended or assumed o§ce, clerkship, agency, or employment, and every person who shall attempt any act which if ’°"*“Y- performed would make him guiltv of such extortion, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or b imprisonment ` for not more than one year, or by both such fine andyimprisonment, except those officers or agents of the United States otherwise differently and specially provided. for in the subsequent sections of this chapter.” ,' Approved, June 28, 1906. fgvgt CHAP. 35'I5.—An Act In relation to contracts with the District of Columbia. (mein, xc. sm.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives afthe United D,mk_w,C0mmbh_ States qf:Amer£ca in Obngress assembled, That in all cases where the wzxprgmu rmi1w:: (,omnussioners_of the District of Columbia contract for work or me hu,,d,ed‘d,,“,.,,_ material involving a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, it shall VM-¤. v·¤¤- not be necessary for said Commissioners to require a bond with said “°*"'*°‘*°"· contract; but no work capable of execution under a single contract, nor any plurchase of material where the total expenditure involved is greater t an hve hundred dollars, shall be subdivided or lessened for t e purpose of reducing the sum of money to be paid therefor to less than that amount. R°F’°*‘· _Sr;c. 2. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the pro- , visions hereof are hereby repealed. Approved, June 28, 1906. J¤¤¤ 28. 1906- CHAP. 3576.-An Act To authorize the h l¢l'n f a r 's ' _QH· B·_ll°j°;L__ and circuit courts of the lfnited States for the ii·edte(i·d)disti$£\:]di [Public, No. 35.] of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. U i d Be at enacted by tac Senate and House af Representatives of the United y}‘,éfn,§;*;;Q,.j'Q‘5}j; States afzlmerzca zn Congress assembled, That chapter fourteen hun- Ughw P m dred and twenty-one, entitled "An Act to authorize holding of the '' regular term of the district and circuit courts of the United States for