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1837. as aforesaid; or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, counterfeited, or utter, or publish, as true, any false, forged, or counterfeited Treasury notes, note, purporting to be a Treasury note as aforesaid, knowing the

falsely uttered

&c.

Imprisonment and hard labour,

three nor more than ten years, and not ex

engraved, or for having in posses

to use, any metal

ed after the simi

or

same to be falsely forged or counterfeited, or shall pass, utter, publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any falsely altered Treasury note, issued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely altered, every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, for a period not less than three years, nor more than ten years, and be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall for not less than make or engrave, or cause or procure to be made or engraved, or shall have in his custody or possession any metallic plate, ceeding, 8000, engraved after the similitude of any plate from which any notes for making or en-issued as aforesaid shall have been printed, with intent to use graving, or causing to be made or such plate, or to cause or suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid; or shall sion with intent have in his custody or possession any blank note or notes enlic plate engrav-graved and printed after the similitude of any notes issued as litude of those aforesaid, with intent to use such blanks, or cause or suffer the used in printing Treasury notes, same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes any blank issued as aforesaid; or shall have in his custody or possession used in making any paper adapted to the making of notes, and similar to the paper upon which any such notes shall have been issued, with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid; every such person, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, for a term not less than three nor more than ten years, and fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.

or

notes, or paper

such notes.

The Secretary

to

such rules and

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of authorize the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to make and make and issue issue, from time to time, such instructions, rules, and regularegulations as he tions to the several collectors, receivers of public money, depoto all persons sitaries, and all others who may be authorized to receive the ceive Treasury said Treasury notes on behalf of and as agents in any capacity of the United for the United States, as to the safe keeping, disposition, return,

may deem proper

authorized to re

notes on behalf

States.

Proviso.

Secretary of

cause a monthly

and cancelling of the said notes so paid to and received by them respectively, and as to their accounts and returns to the Department of all such receipts as may seem to him best calculated to promote the public interests and convenience, and secure the United States and the holders of the said notes against fraud and losses. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to reissue any of said notes, but upon the return of the said notes or any of them to the Treasury the same shall be cancelled.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be, and the Treasury to hereby is, made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to Statement to be cause a statement to be published monthly, of the amount of published. all Treasury notes issued or redeemed, in pursuance of the pro

visions of this act; and that the power to issue Treasury notes conferred on the President of the United States by this act, shall cease and determine on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

Approved, October 12th, 1837.

1837.

Power conferdetermine on the

red by this act to 31st December, 1838.

bonds for duties

directions as may be given by the

Treasury, and

an old bond or

new one to be

CHAP. 3. An ACT to regulate the Fees of District Attorneys in certain cases. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Repre- Extension of sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assem- to be under such bled, That in all cases of extension of the time of payment of bonds given for duties on imports, it shall be according to such Secretary of the directions as may be given by the Secretary of the Treasury; the extension of and the extension of payment of the old bond, or the taking of the taking of a a new bond, shall be by the respective collectors subject to no by the collectors other charge than such as may be legally receivable on the subject to noother taking of an original bond, upon the entry of merchandise. be legally receivSEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no fee shall accrue ing of an original to any District Attorney on any bond left with him for collec-No fee to aotion, or in a suit commenced on any bond for the renewal of crue to any Diswhich provision is made by law, unless the party or parties bonds left for shall neglect to apply for such renewal for more than twenty suits commenced days after the maturity of such bond.

Approved, October 12th, 1837.

charge than may

able on the tak

bond.

trict Attorney on

collection, or in

on bonds for the renewal of which provision is made by law, unless the party neglects to apply for renewal for more than 20 days after the maturity of

CHAP. 4. An ACT to continue in force certain laws to the close of the next such bonds.

session of Congress,

made to expire

the 1 ses. 25 Con.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all acts and parts of acts, or provisions contained All acts, &c. within any act, which, by the terms thereof, are made to expire at the close of at the termination of the first session of the twenty-fifth Con- continued to end gress, be, and the same are hereby, declared to continue in of that session force to the end of that session of Congress which shall com- mence or be in mence, or shall be in session, on the first Monday of December, Monday in Deeighteen hundred and thirty-seven.

Approved, October12th, 1837.

which shall com

session on the 1st

cember, 1837.

CHAP. 5. An ACT to amend an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of horses lost, or destroyed in the military service of the United States, approved January 18th, 1837."

the service of

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assem- Horses, &c. bled, That any person who has turned over to the service of turned over to the United States, his horse, saddle, bridle, or equipments, by U. s. by order the order of the commanding general, or other commanding officer, to be paid officer, shall be paid the value thereof; That the claims pro- Claims to be vided for under this act shall be adjusted by the Third Auditor, 3d Auditor, under adjusted by the

of a commanding

for.

by the Secretary

President.

the act to which

ment to extend

1837. under such rules as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, rules prescribed with the assent of the President. This act, and the act to of War, with the which this is an amendment, shall extend to mules as well as assent of the to horses. Decisions under this act shall be recorded as they This act and are required to be recorded by the act aforesaid, and payment it is an amend shall be made as is required by that act. This act shall extend to mules. to cases where any person mentioned in the act to which this recorded, and is an amendment shall have died in the service, and his horse, payments made, saddle, bridle, or equipments, shall have been turned over to act aforesaid. an officer, or other person, for the benefit of the United States, tended to cases by order of the proper officer commanding, and not restored to mentioned in for- the representative of the deceased or paid for by the United mer act have States.

Decisions to be

as required by

This act ex

where persons

died in service, and his horse, &c. been turned

over to any person for the benefit of U. S. without having been restored or paid for.

JAMES K. POLK,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
W. R. KING,

President of the Senate, pro tem.

Approved, October 14th, 1837.

M. VAN BUREN.

own benefit, the

CHAP. 6. An ACT for the relief of D. P. Madison.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemThe right to bled, That the President of the United States be, and he is publish in foreign countries, for her hereby, authorized and requested to cause to be executed, a manuscript de-grant and re-conveyance to Mrs. D. P. Madison, her executors, bates on the con- administrators, and assigns, of the right to publish in foreign stitution, and the nett avails of any countries, for her own benefit, the manuscript debates of the such publication ordered by her, Convention which formed the Constitution of this Government, to be all convey as well as the nett avails of any such publication which may

ed to Mrs.

son.

Proviso.

have been ordered by her: Provided, however, That she shall
not be allowed to withdraw from the possession of the Govern-
ment either of the copies of said debates which accompanied
her conveyance.
Approved, October 14th, 1837.

CHAP. 7. An ACT making an additional appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem$1,600,000 ap- bled, That the further sum of one million six hundred thousand propriated. dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray any expenses which have been or may be incurred, in To be expend- preventing or suppressing the hostilities of any Indians: to be tion of Secretary expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, conof War, conform formably to the acts of Congress of the nineteenth of March, March and 24 eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the second of July, eighteen acts therein re-hundred and thirty-six, and of the acts therein referred to. Approved, October 16th, 1837.

ed under direc

July, 1836, and

ferred to.

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CHAP. 8. An ACT authorizing a further postponement of payment upon duty bonds. 1837. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- of The Secretary presentatives of the United States of America in Congress authorized assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he ther extension of hereby is, authorized to grant such further extension of credit as shall make upon all bonds for duties now outstanding as shall make the each, not exceed whole extension of credit upon each bond nine months from the 9 months from time when the original bond became due and payable, making ginal . became the extension in each case to depend upon the same conditions extension to de as to additional security, the payment of interest, and other conditions as to terms, which have been prescribed by the Treasury Depart-have been prement, to the extension of revenue bonds since May last: Pro-scribed by the vided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to in- ment to the exclude any existing bonds where the parties to the same have since May last. not, since the bonds became payable, given additional security, Proviso. or made part payment, and are, by the proper officers of the Government, considered insolvent, or unsafe securities for the payment of their bonds.

pend upon the

&c. as

Treasury Depart

tension of bonds

and 6 months to

the duty on all

next, upon

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a credit of three and A credit of 3 six months shall be allowed on the duty on all merchandise be allowed on which shall have been or may be imported on or before the merchandise imfirst day of November next, upon which the duties are payable ported before 1st in cash, and that the bonds received for such duties shall be which the duties payable in equal instalments, bearing interest at the rate of six cash. The bonds per cent. per annum, and shall be in the form and upon the con- duties to be payditions prescribed by existing laws and by this act.

are payable in

received for such

able in equal instalments, bear

interest, and in form and upon the condi

postponed is en

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That where the security ing 6 per cent. in any bond which has been, or may hereafter be postponed, is the entirely satisfactory, the principal or sureties in the same shall tions prescribed not be disabled from being in the mean time, till the period of by an When the sepostponement provided for by this act expires, received as prin- curity in bonds cipal or sureties in other bonds for duties, notwithstanding the tirely satisfacbond first given may not have been actually paid, discharged, pals or suretics or extended before or on the day it fell due: Provided, That abled from being, such principal and sureties shall be found, in all other respects, safe and satisfactory security for the funds to which they may be proposed as parties.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the operation of all prior laws, and parts of laws, so far as inconsistent with this act, be suspended in the particulars in which they may conflict with, or differ from, its provisions, until this act shall cease by its own limitations.

Approved, October 16th, 1837.

tory, the princi

shall not be dis

till the period of postponement

provided for by

this act expires, received as prin

in other

for

or rends duties. The operation

Proviso.

of all laws, so far as inconsistent with this act, suspended.

CHAP. 9. An ACT for adjusting the remaining claims upon the late deposite banks.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, The Secretary authorized to continue to withdraw the public moneys now re-authorized

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draw the public

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and that no fur

required by the

1836, shall be de

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to extend to mo

neys

standing to the

1837. maining in any of the former deposite banks, in a manner as Continue to with- gradual and convenient to the institutions as shall be consistmoneys in the ent with the pecuniary wants of the Government, and the banks, in a man safety of the funds thus to be drawn; and that no further inteconve- rest than that required by the deposite act of the twenty-third shall be consist of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, under wants of the Go. Which those deposites were made, shall be demanded of any vernment, &c. bank which has met, and shall hereafter meet, the requisitions ther interest than of the Department. This provision shall also extend to such act 23d June, public moneys as may remain in any of the said banks, whether manded of the standing to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, or the requisitions of any disbursing or other public officer of the Government. of the Depart- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of neglect This provision or refusal by any of the said banks to comply with the requisiwhether tions of the Secretary of the Treasury, as he shall make them, credit of the in conformity with the first section of this act, suits shall be inTrayer stituted, where that has not already been done, to recover the ficer of the Go-amounts due to the United States, unless the defaulting_bank In case of any shall forthwith cause to be executed and delivered to the Secrecomplying with tary of the Treasury a bond, with security to be approved by the requisitions the Solicitor of the Treasury, to pay to the United States the of the Treasury, whole moneys due from it in three instalments: the first to be stituted, unless paid on the first day of July next, the second on the first day banks shall give of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and the remainithe U. S. the paying instalment on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and alem, tee thirty-nine; and the default mentioned in this act on which infirst to be paid terest is to commence at the rate of six per centum per annum, next, the second shall be understood to be the neglect or omission of said banks, uary, 1839, and or any of them, to answer the drafts or requisitions of the the third on the Secretary of the Treasury made on them according to the prowith interest and visions of the first section of this act; and interest thereon at damages.

Treasurer U. S.,

vernment.

of said banks not

of the Secretary

suits shall be in

the

defaulting

instalments,

to

on the 1st July

on the 1st Jan

1st July, 1839;

the rate of six per centum per annum, from the time of default, together with any damages which may have accrued to the United States from protests of drafts drawn upon it, or from any other consequence of its failure to fulfil its obligations to the public treasury.

Approved, October 16th, 1837.

Pay and mileage of members of Congress.

Contingent expenses of the

CHAP. 10. An ACT making further appropriations for the year eighteen hundred

and thirty-seven.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, viz:

For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, two hundred and forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For stationary, fuel, printing, and all other contingent exSenate penses of the Senate, thirty thousand dollars.

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