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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10, 11, 12. 1869. 7 l Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That during any recess of the Senate P}'°$ld°¤*» Q the President is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to suspend any civil g:::t€,l,:;;5:ug_f

  • officer appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, except pond any civil

5 judges of the United States courts, until the end of the next session of g°:2;fg*» l the Senate, and to designate some suitable person, subject to be removed mj d88g8mm; Q in his discretion by the designation of another, to perform the duties of another to do his I such suspended officer in the mean time ; and such person so designated dugg0m dwg_ l shall take the oaths and give the bonds required by law to be taken and nated to §ive f given by the suspended officer, and shall, during the time he performs his l>°3;l¤8:P ***1*** [ duties, be entitled to the salary and cmoluments of such office, no part of °°P,Q,,i3gnt to Q which shall belong to the officer suspended ; and it shall be the duty of nominate ton!}

the President within thirty days after the commencement of each session

i of the Senate, except for any office which in his opinion ought not to be cgmhgnggmqut n filled, to nominate persons to fill all vacancies in office which existed at the vf ¤¤<=h ¤°¤5i°¤ E meeting of the Senate, whether temporarily filled or not, and also in the °fI§;':;g§i¤gs if E place of all officers suspended; and if the Senate during such session Senate refuseho E shall refuse to advise and consent to an appointment in the place of any °°"H"m• Q suspended officer, then, and not otherwise, the President shall nominate i another person as soon as practicable to said session of the Senate for said V

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g Sec. 3. Andbc it further enacted, That section three of the act to which §}?§°:;';'f 2,;, E this is an amendment be amended by inserting after the word “ resigna- death resignal tion," in line three of said section, the following: ‘£or expiration of term {)'g’;h;l;g·b"‘“Y l of 0mm-" President.},

 .APPROVED, April 5, 1869.
  

l CHAP. XI.—An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act W u National Our- April 6, 1869- l rene secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to proe for the Circulation I RedZmplz0nthere0j§" approved June tlurd, eighteen hundred and szxty;/bur, ln; ertendzng V5. ~ certain Penalties to Accessorzes. ol. xm. p. 116. I Be it enacted by tha Senate and House of Representatives of the United 2 States of America in Congress assembled, That every person who shall aid lfenalty for Q or abet any officer or agent of any association in doing any of the acts ;‘g‘"(§m’;‘;$s“l;;‘

enumerated in section fifty-five of an act entitled “An act to provide a of gmomi ’ `

j national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to btwks in ·=ml>¤Z· { provide for the circulation and redemption thereot," approved June third, :¥'f,§u€_°` mms [ eighteen hundred and sixty-four, with intent to defraud or deceive, shall g be liable to the same punishment therein provided for the principal. V Approved, April 6, 1869. \ ~ cmu-. XII. .- An Ae to cab', sm me comma q·.1u1yjzm, enum mmm: Avril M 186*- and s1'xt_y·e1};ht, between the nited States and Mexico, for the Adjustment of Claims. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` States of America in Congress assembled, That the President shall nomi- P*‘9*:d°¤* *° nate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a xg;:`,,,-; cggger commissioner, on the part of the United States, to hear and decide, con- convention with jointly with the commissioner to be appointed on the part of the Republic M§§‘°;; 6.,9 . . . . . , • • P. - of Mexico, the claims comprehended in the provisions of the convention of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, between the United States and Mexico. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the com- Fay °" f°¤· missioner shall be at such rate, not exceeding four thousand five hundred °“"l°°"’ dollars a. year in the currency of the United States, as may be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of Mexico. The compensation of the secretary to be appointed on the of secretary. part of the United States under the provisions of the convention shall be at such rate, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars a year in the currency of the United States, as shall be determined in the manner aforesaid.