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4 FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 5, 6, 7, 8. 1879. between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years, without the consent of his parents or guardian, or any minor under the age of fifteen years, shall be punished as a court-martial may drrect." Approved, May 12, 1879. MW 13, 1879- CHAP. 6.-—-An act making appropriations for constructing j etties and other works ··——;— at South I-‘ass, Mississippi River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America in Congress assembled, That the requisite amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of War to cause to be paid all money Ends jomos. that may become due and owing to James B. Eads and his associates, or that may become payable to said Eads, his assigns or legal represent- 1875, Gh- 134, atives, in accordance with the provisions of the act approved March 18 Smtv 463 third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and the - acts amendatory thereof, and to continue the monthly payments in the manner and to 1878, oh. 313, the full extent of the amount specified in the act approved June mne- 20 S"“*·# 1°8· teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter three hundredand Proviso. thirteen, Statutes at Large: Provided, That nothing herein contamed shall be held or construed as waiving or impairing any right which the United States may have under the original act hereinbefore referred to Prvvévv- or the several acts amendatory thereof: And provided furtber, That Bwvrvvnvtappro- nothing in this act shall be construed as making an appropriation for 1”"““"· the payment of the one million of dollars which by the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five are to remain as security in the possession of the United States and only to become payable, one half at the end of ten years and the residue at the end of twenty years after the completion of the work provided for in said acts as ascertained and determined by the Secretary of War. Approved, May 13, 1879. ` May 14, 1879. CHAP. 7.—An act to authorize the employment of three additional assistants in the '_H"'*""*“""‘ Library of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Library of Con- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of Congress zr2¤é¤h_t_ 1 be authorized to employ three additional assistants, at a yearly compen- Bmm,Qsf°““ ““' sation of twelve hundred dollars each; and the sum necessary is hereby apprtgpriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropria . g , Approved, May 14, 1879. May 17, 1879. CHAP. 8.-—An act to amend sectionstfifgjzyéfour hundred and forty of the Revised ____""""-" 2). ll GS. Be it enacted by tlte Senate and House of Representatives of the United R_ S_ 5440, States of America in Congress assembled, That section fifty-four hun- Amended. dred and forty of the Revised Statutes of the United States of America begmended so as to read as follows: ` Cons ir a o y two or more persons conspire either to commit fft ¤·s¤¤¤¤¤ S- the United States or to defraud the United States inagiéfyomgzigeiiilfdr any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to efect the object of the conspiracy all the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not more than two years or to both une and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. _ Approved, May 17, 1879.