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FORTY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 243, 244. 1870. 229 CHAP- COXLUL — An Art! I0 regulate the Purchase of F ue] jbr the Ieqfslatizre, exe¢‘u· July no 1870- twey G7l(l‘_]l¢dl(;l(l[ Depqmlzems, andjbr the military and naval Establzs/nnenls of l/nc `__—-__* Umled blales zn the Dzstrzct of COZu_mbz2z. Be it enaclcd by lhe Smale and H01J8B of Represmzlatfves of the United Slales of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage Persons in the of this act it shall not be lawful {br any officer or person in the clvll, "‘“Yl°° Qf th° . military, or naval service of the United States in the District of C0lum· Hlréllglisglélslilgln bia. to purchase anmhracite or bituminous cool or wood for the public Columbia not to service, except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be l’“’°h‘fsf w°°€ mspected and weighed or measured by some competent person to bc·ll;;;:vag;,l;l;.- appointed by the head of the department or chief of the branch of the ¢¢p¤&¤· service for which the purchase is made, and that the person so appointed toggikzngclvgd shall, before entering upon the duty of inspector-, weigher, and measurer, weiglnedfhnd l and to the satisfaction of the appointing officer, bind himself with not less m‘i“s“*`°‘:· & than two sureties, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, that each w;,ge{:,0‘X&_ c' and every ton of coal weighed by him shall consist of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, and that each and every cord of wood to be so measured shall be of the standard measure of one hundred and twenty- eight cubic feet. And the inspector, weigher, and measurer hereby to be Fecsoggnspec. appointed, shall be entitled to receive from the vendors of fuel weighed wr, &¢· and measured by him, twenty cents for each ton of coal weighed, and nine cents for each cord of wood measured by him: Provided, Then_ Cmitieme of each load or parcel of wood or coal weighed and measured by him shall "flf£L°;;ig‘f‘ °° be accompanied by his certificate of the number of tons or pounds of coal load, and the number of cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parcel. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officer Dlsbursing 0f the treasury shall be furnished with a copy of the appointment of each g{Ff;‘;1‘:;;g?t;’° inspector, weigher, and measurer appointed under this act, and that it for payments {Or shall not be lawful for any accounting officer to pass or allow to the credit coil 0* g°°<l» of any disbursing officer in the District of Columbia, any money paid by un 8SS’ °‘ him for purchase of anthracite or bituminous coal, or for wood, unless the voucher therefor is accompanied by a certificate of the proper inspector, weigher, and measurer, that the quantity paid for has been determined by him as required by this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time Aclmay M - altered, Gm. repeal, amend, or alter thxs act. APPROVED, July 11, 1870. CHAP. CCXLIV.-An Act to establish a Port cy" Delivery at St. Joseph, Missouri. Jxlly 11, 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Meited States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of St. Joseph, in _St. Joseph, the State of Missouri, shall be, and is hereby, constituted a port of de- EIL8s;?;? livery, annexed to and made a part of the collection district of New Or- ary and annexed leans, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other gglllizogfgighs ports of delivery in the United States, and all the privileges and fkacnlmes mm afforded by the act of Congress of the second March, eighteen hundred 1831,eh. sv. and thirty-one, entitled "An aot allowing the dunes on forengn puerchah- V°l· 1*- P- 480- dise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Ciucinnatn, L0u1sv1lle, St. Louls, Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places," shallebe S _ extended to sand port. A surveyor of customs shall be appomted to reslde denggyelylcgrégesnat said port and perform the dunes prescrlbed by law, who shall reeenve and my the same compensation now provided, or whxch may hereafter be provuled, by law for surveyors of the same grade. Apmovmu, July 11, 1870.