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THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 139, 140, 141. 1862. 531 as running in any State or part thereof; the inhabitants whereof have been by proclamation of the President declared in a state of insurrection, during the time the insurrection shall continue. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any oath required by law to Oath of ¢0¤· be taken by any contractor, postmaster, clerk, or employee of the Post- 3-:::;),r’,,l)§;“:° otiice Department, in any part of the United States mentioned in the taken. preceding section, may be taken before any officer, civil or military, holding a commission under the United States, and such officer is hereby authorized to administer and certify such oath. Aierizovzcn, July 11, 1862. Cru?. CXL.-—-An Act to oa into E act the Treat between lh Un 'ted t Britannic Majesty_rl`-gr the Sgipression of tbe African lSlavd—Zl·dd;le$ and her Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ’ States of America in Congress assembled, That to carry into eftect the C°"l’·l“ j“d€°“ . . . . , and arbitratorsto provisions of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic be ,,,,,,.,;,,;,,,1 0,, Majesty for the suppression of the African slave·trade, the President be, *h¤_t>¤** ¤¥` the and he is hereby, authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and Ummd St“t°S‘ consent of the Senate to appoint, a judge and also an arbitrator on the ygigat New part of the United States to reside at New York; a judge and also an oneiat Sierra arbitrator to reside at Sierra Leone; and a judge and also an arbitrator L°:;‘:;t tmc to reside at the Cape of Good Hope. (,5 Good Hopeipo Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said judge at New York Compensation shall be paid at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars, and the °*`lj“dS°S wd said arbitrator there at the rate of one thousand dollars a year, and the M 1°m°rs' said judges at Sierra Leone and the Cape of Good Hope shall be paid at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars a year, respectively, and the said arbitrators at these two places at the rate of two thousand dollars a year, respectively, the said salaries to begin with the acceptance of their commissions by the said judges and arbitrators respectively. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the judge of the court at New Thoxjudge nt York, whose appointment is authorized by this act, shall have power to §;‘;,m°;kc{;fQ' appoint a clerk or registrar to the said court, who shall receive such fees gw_ ’ for his services as are allowed by law to the clerk of the court of the Few United States for the southern district of New York for similar services; and it shall be the duty of the marshal of the southern district of New Duty of mm-- York, and he is hereby authorized, to serve all processes and execute all "h“1· orders and decrees of the said court, for which he shall be allowed fees in the discretion of the judge of the said court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts of Inconsistent Congress inconsistent with the stipulations of the treaty aforesaid and 1*** ’°P°“1°d· with the present act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, July 11, 1862. CHA?. CXLI.-An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans ty" the Officers, July 11, 1862. Seamen, and Marixzes of the United States Ships “Cumberland " and “Congress." ii Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Widows and States of America in Congress assembled, That the widow, or child, or children, and in case there shall be no widow, or child, or children, then Cumbm-umd and the parent or parents, and if there be no parents, the brothers and sisters, ggggrgssugy gsof the officers, seamen, and marines, and others in service who were lost twelve qmomhs, in the United States ships “Cumberland " and “Congress," including cap- {uy, &o. tains’ clerks, shall be entitled to and shall receive, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve months’ pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of said vessels. Approved, July 11, 1862.