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THIRTY·—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sxcss. II. Ch. 178-180. 1862. 577 tober next, shall be, and are hereby declared to he, respectively, transferred, returnable, and continued to the several circuit courts constituted by this act, to be holden within the said districts, respectively, and shall be heard, tried, and determined therein, in the same manner as if originally brought, entered, prosecuted, or had in such circuit courts. And the said circuit courts shall be governed by the same laws and regulations as apply Clerks me to the other circuit courts of the United States; and the clerks of the said thm mseourts respectively shall perform the same duties, and shall be entitled to receive the same fees and emoluments which are by law established for the clerks of the other circuit courts of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts and provisions incon— Repeal ofinsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. °9‘1¤i°°°¤* P‘°‘ Apmovep, July 15, 1862. “”°°*· Curr. CLXXIX. —An Act to mend the Provisions eZ' dw Ae: of August jbur, eighteen July 15, 1862. hundred and ji/ly-two, entailed “A.n Act togmnt the Right of Way to all Rail and "";"""‘ Plank Roads, §·c.,"_fbrt}ne Terrrufjive Years, and to amend the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Provisions of States of America in Oongresa assembled, That the provisions of the act "°?é52 ch 80 entitled "An act to grant the right of way to all rail and plank roads, and v01. x.’p. és, {na maoadamized turnpikes passing through the public lands belonging to the 1855, ¤h· 200- United States,” approved August four, eighteen hundred and fifty-two; and v°§Qé,§j$;?·6,. of the act extending the same to all of the public lands of the United States, uva years. approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-’rive,be, and the same are hereby, extended for the term of five years from the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right of way for a railroad Right of way through the public lands of the United States lying in Wasco County in Q';?;::` 19,;**;, the State of Oregon, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Oregon 2:;;,,,, Company: Steam Navigation Company. APPROVED, July 15, 1862. CHAP. CLXXX. —-An Actto revent Lhmbers c Congress and Oyiccrso the Government 3 of the United Stazesjivrn takiing Consideration `_/for Gznlraclr,/C_0'ice, or Place, pom the (baud States, and for other Purposes. Pm; p_ ’696j Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any member of Congress Penalty on or any officer of the government of the United States who shall, directly m°mb§l'¤ gr(€g;· or indirectly, take, receive, or agree to receive, any money, property, or €§s2{,,,,€}l,,,,t;0,; other valuable consideration whatsoever, from any person or persons for forpr¤curingco¤· procuring, or aiding to procure, any contract, office, or place, from the *'”‘°“· &°‘ government of the United States or any department thereof, or from any officer of the United States, for any person or persons whatsoever, or for giving any such contract, office, or place to any person whomsoever, and the person or persons who shall directly or indirectly offer or agree to give, On mmm, who or give or bestow any money, property, or other valuable consideration fe? m<a¤¢Yt &°· whatsoever, for the procuring or aiding to procure any contract, office, or to ';,°;:u::°c,,¤_ place as aforesaid, and any member of Congress who shall directly or in- tracts. directly take, receive, or agree to receive any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatsoever after his election as such member, for his attention to, services, action, vote, or decision on any question, matter, cause or proceeding which may then be pending, or may by law or under the Constitution of the United States be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust and profit as such member of Congress, shall, for every such offence, be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor in any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, and on conviction thereof shall pay a Hue of not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding two years, at the iiscretion of the court trying the same; and any such contract or agreevon. xxx. Pm;. -- 73