538 THIRTY —-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 121, 122. 1865. Omeers. Sec. 5. And bait further enacted, That the managers shall continue in office until their successors are elected; they shall elect a. president Vacancies. from among themselves, supply vacancies in their number, whether_ocea» sioued by death, resignation, or refusal to act, and shall have the general and entire control of the affairs and interests of the company, except so far Quorum. as may be otherwise provided by the corporators. Three members shall be a quorum at these meetings. Corporators to Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That until other officers shall be `b° ¥i°°§;8°” duly elected, the persons named in the first section of this act shall be held mm ’to be managers of the said corporation, and shall have power and authority as such. Act may be SEO. 7. And be it further enacted, That congress may at any time here- '““°”d°d· after alter, amend, or repeal this charter. Approved, March 3, 1865. Ma;-eh 3, 1865. CHAP. CXXI.-—An Act providing for the C'on_finement if juvenile Ojenders against the
- ""—"*"" Laws ¢y" the United States in Houses of Refuge.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Coutinemeut of States of America in Congress assembled, That juvenile 0H`enders against l“"°”“°.°H°”!1‘ the laws of the United States, being under the ave of sixteen years, and ers convicted in . . ° . . any court of the who may hereafter be convicted of crime by any court of the United States, Uuiwd Stews- the punishment whereof shall be imprisonment, shall be confined during the term of sentence in some house of refuge to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be transported and delivered to the warden or keeper of such house of refuge by the marshal of the district where such shall have occurred; or if such conviction be had in the District of Columbia, then, and in suchcase, the transportation and delivery shall be by the warden of the jail of said district, and the reasonable actual expense of the transportation, necessary subsistence, and hire, and transportation of assistants and the marshal or warden, only, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Interior, out of the judiciary fund. Secretary or Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- {“*"’°"*° °$’°' rotary of the Interior to contract with the .mana¤ers or persons having rect for their . . ° . subsistence1g5c, control of such houses of refuge for the imprisonment, subs1stence, and proper employment of all such juvenile offenders, and to give the several courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia notice of the places so provided for the confinement of said offenders ; and such oH'enders shall be sentenced to confinement in the house of refuge nearest the place of conviction so designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865. CHAP. CXXII. —An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provzdejbr the better Or-
ganization if Indian Afairs in Calgf»mia."
Ami P. 39. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six: y thousand gray egtqllersin dollars, or so much thereof' as may be necessary, be, and the same is C;{}'§:m,:, hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise aptheir improve- propriated, for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Interior to pay $;;‘;;‘;r?;‘;igg‘ the settlers in Hoopa Valley, California, for their improvements on the Iu- Pmvimdian reservation therein: Provided, That before the same or any part of the money hereby appropriated shall be paid, the said improvements shall be appraised by the superintendent of Indian affairs, the Indian agent at said reservation, and the surveyor-general of California; and if; in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, their appraisement shall be reasonable, and shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum herein appropriated, the said Secretary is hereby authorized to apply the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in payment for the said improvements, taking the proper releases therefor: And provided, further, That the moneys
