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FORTY-âFIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 102, 106. 1870. 123 of the books, papers, and accounts of collectors and other officers of the &¤·°f¤°U°¤t<>¤â¤» customs, required to be made pursuant to the provisions of the twenty- $7,*;,,; h 22 2 first section of â An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports Vol.ci.`p. $2.1. and tonnage," approved March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and to be employed generally, under the direction of said Secretary, in the prevention and detection of frauds, on the customs revenue; and the expense thereof shall be charged to the "appropriotion to defray the expense of collecting the revenue from customs." Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said special agents shall be _ to be divided divided into three classes: the first class shall consist of nineteen agents, "}l° th"° two of whom shall each receive, in addition to the expenses necessarily wgxiiinm and and actually incurred by him, a compensation of ten dollars per day, and PW of lst cms; seventeen of whom shall each receive, in addition to expenses necessorily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of eight dollars per day; the second class shall consist of sixteen agents, each of whom shall 2d CIM; receive, in addition to expenses necessarily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of six dollars per day; the third class shall consist of Sd ohmeighteen agents, each of whom shall receive, in addition to expenses necessarily and actually incurred by him, a compensation of five dollars per day; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government Rules, &<=· for of said special agents as he may deem expedient and necessary: Pro- ;l;::,_g"v°'â` vided, That no sum shall be paid to any such agents for mileage, or any Pmviso. other expenses except such as are actually incurred in the discharge of tlIâ¬ilâ onicial dull8S. Present num- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the present number of special be "· agents shall be reduced to fifty-three, and no special agent, in addition No $:,,,,0,,,1 to the number authorized by this act, shall be hereafter appointed or agent, except, employed upon any business relating to the customs revenue. f£;):Qd°:r';Â¥;_ Approved, Ivlzty 12, 1870. P;,,,·8d, CHAP. CVI. â An Act Amthe Relz'eyâ zy the Widows anal Oypham of ghc %w·S, Sm. May 18, 1870. men, and Zllcrrines of the (/mted States essel of War Onetda, and for other urposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the widow or child or d]_;:"}g2;Vf;f°;â;,l: children, and in case there be no widow or child or children, then the câ¬,S,â,,,,,}m,,,,°,. parent, or parents, and if there be no parents, the brothers and sisters of m¤ri¤o§1¤%_in the onieers, seamen, marines, and others in service who were lost in the gscgk United States vessel of wer Oneida, on the twenty·fourth day of January, ceivc tivelve eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be entitled to and receive, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve &c_, â monthsâ sea pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date or" the loss of said vessel, and the proper accounting oiricers of the Treasury l)cport.ment howto bg are hereby authorized to compute said pay up to and mcluding the said oompubodtwenty-fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy, the day upon which said vessel was sunk in Yokohama. bay, Japan; and the said P ofomcm accounting oihccrs are hereby authorized, 1H ad_)usting the accounts of such euuzzd to gx_ of the officers who were lost 0n board the Oneida as were entitled by law ,,,,,,,,,;,,0,, for or regulation to examination for promotion, allow them the increased promotionpay from the date they became entitled to examinatwn, and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to xssue the commissions of those who were confirmed by the Senate. _ _ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers juézgsolulrétgéolao of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed tdsettle mb,-Y mmm upon the principles oF justice and equity the accounts of the officers, sailors, marines, and others, including captain s clerk, on board the said vessel 0f war Oneida, and to assume the last quarterly return of the paymuster of