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March 21, 1866. 1865, ch. 91.

Vol. xiii. p. 509.

"The National

abled Volunteer Soldiers" established.

CHAP. XXI. — An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate a national military and naval Asylum, for the Relief of the totally disabled Officers and Men of the volunteer Forces of the United States."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Asylum for Dis- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, Secretary of War, Chief Justice of the United States, and such other persons as from time to time may hereafter be associated with them, according to the provisions of this act, are hereby constituted and established a board of managers of an establishment for the care and relief of the disabled volunteers of the United States army, to be known by the name and style of "The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," and have perpetual succession, with powers to take, hold, and convey real and personal property, establish a common seal, and to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity; and to make by-laws, rules, and regulations for carrying on the business and government of the asylum, and affix penalties thereto : Provided, That such by-laws, rules, and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.

Powers, &c.

Business of the asylum, how managed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the business of said asylum shall be managed by a board of twelve managers, who shall elect from their own number a president, who shall be the chief executive officer of the board, two vice-presidents, and a secretary; and seven of the board, Officers, quo- of whom the president or one of the vice-presidents shall be one, shall form a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the

rum.

Board of man

office.

1867, ch. 1.

board.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers shall be agers; their resi- composed of the President and Secretary of War and Chief Justice of the dence, mode of United States, ex officio, during their terms of office, together with nine election, term of other citizens of the United States, not members of Congress, no two of whom shall be residents of the same State, but who shall all be residents Vol. xv. p. 1. of States which furnished organized bodies of soldiers to aid in the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, (no person being ever eligible who gave aid or countenance to the rebellion,) to be selected by joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately after the passage of this act. The term of office shall be for six years, and until others are appointed in their places, after the first election, which shall be of three for six years, three for four years, and three for two years, to be determined by the order in which they shall be named in the New elections resolution. New elections shall be made by joint resolution of Congress, and vacancies by death, resignation, or otherwise, to be filled in like manner. No member of the board of managers shall receive any compensation as such member; but his travelling and other actual expenses while upon the business of the asylum may be paid. But any member of the board having other duties connected with the asylum may receive a reasonable compensation therefor, to be determined by the board.

and vacancies.

Members, as such, not to be

paid, except for

expenses.

may be paid

for other duties.

Sites for asyJums may be pro

cured, and buildings erected.

Appropriations for support of asylum.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers shall have authority to procure for early use, at suitable places, sites for military asylums for all persons serving in the army of the United States at any time in the war of the rebellion not provided for by existing laws, who have been or may hereafter be disqualified for procuring their own maintenance and support by reason of wounds received or sickness contracted while in the line of their duty during the present rebellion, and to have the necessary buildings erected, having due regard to the health of location, facility of access, and capacity to accommodate the persons provided for in this act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the establishment and support of this asylum there shall be appropriated all stoppages or fines adjudged against such officers and soldiers by sentence of court-martial or military commission, over and above the amounts necessary for the reimbursement of the Government or of individuals; all forfeitures on account

of desertion from such service; and all moneys due such deceased officers and soldiers, which now are or may be unclaimed for three years after the death of such officers and soldiers, to be repaid upon the demand of the heirs or legal representatives of such deceased officers or soldiers. And the said board of managers are hereby authorized to receive all donations of money or property made by any person or persons for the be received benefit of the asylum, and to hold or dispose of the same for its sole and exclusive use.

Donations may

Officers of asy

lum; appointment, removal,

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the asylum shall consist of a governor, a deputy governor, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as the board of managers may deem necessary, to be &c. appointed from disabled officers serving as before mentioned, and they may be appointed and removed from time to time, as the interests of the institution may require, by the board of managers.

Who entitled

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following persons only shall be entitled to the benefits of the asylum, and may be admitted thereto, to benefits of the asylum, and how upon the recommendation of three of the board of managers, namely admitted. All officers and soldiers who served in the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, and not provided for by existing laws, who have been or may be disabled by wounds received or sickness contracted in the line of their duty; and such of these as have neither wife, child, nor parent dependent upon them, on becoming inmates of this asylum, or receiving relief therefrom, shall assign thereto their pensions when required by the board of managers, during the time they shall remain therein or receive its benefits.

Board to make

audit accounts of

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers shall make an annual report of the condition of the asylum to Congress on the annual report; to first Monday of every January after the passage of this act; and it shall treasurer, and be the duty of the said board to examine and audit the accounts of the visit the asylum treasurer and visit the asylum quarterly. quarterly. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all inmates of the asylum shall. Inmates subbe, and they are hereby, made subject to the rules and articles of war, and ject to rules and articles of war. will be governed thereby in the same manner as if they were in the army of the United States.

Managers may

lief in certain

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the managers of the asylum shall have power and authority to aid persons who are entitled to its ben- give out-door reefits by out-door relief in such manner and to such extent as they may deem proper, provided such relief shall not exceed the average cost of maintaining an inmate of the asylum.

cases.

this, &c.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act to which Repeal of law this is an amendment as provides for the establishment of a naval in con- establishing naval asylum in nection with a military asylum, and so much of said act as provides that connection with all stoppages of fines adjudged against naval officers and seamen by sentence of courts-martial or military commission, all forfeitures on account of desertions from the naval service, and all moneys due to deceased naval officers and seamen which are or may be unclaimed for three years after the death of such officers or seamen, shall be appropriated for the establishment of the asylum contemplated and provided for by this act and the act of which it is amendatory, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the property of the United States now at Point Lookout, St. Mary's county, Maryland, shall be and become the property of the asylum so soon as a title to the satisfaction of the board of managers shall be made to the asylum of at least three hundred acres of land, including that on which said property of the United States is now built and maintained or held.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time hereafter alter, amend, or repeal this act. APPROVED, March 21, 1866.

Property of the

United States at Point Lookout, Maryland, to be long to asylum, when, &c.

Post, p. 564.

Act may be altered, &c.

March 21, 1866. 1815, ch. 45. Vol. iii.

p.

211.

tions of land in
Missouri made

valid.
Vol. iii. p.

211.

CHAP. XXII.-- An Act quieting Doubts in Relation to the Validity of certain Loca tions of Lands in the State of Missouri, made by Virtue of Certificates issued under the Act of Congress of February the seventeenth eighteen hundred and fifteen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certain loca- States of America in Congress assembled, That all locations of lands in the State of Missouri, purporting to have been made by virtue of certificates issued under the act of Congress, approved February the seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes," which are invalid in consequence of having been made or located after the expiration of the time specified by law for making said locations, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, as valid, and as binding, as if the said locations had been made and fully completed within the time prescribed by law, provided said locations shall be according to law in all other respects; but the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to, comprehend, include, or extend to any land within township forty-five, north of the base line, in range seven, east of the fifth principal meridian line in said State of Missouri.

Right of the

certain lands

conveyed to

James Y. O'Carroll, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States do hereby United States in grant, relinquish, and convey, in fee simple, and in full property, to James Y. O'Carroll, or his legal representatives, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all of the land within survey number two thousand four hundred and ninety-eight, in township forty-five, north of the base line in range seven east of the fifth principal meridian line, in the State of Missouri, being the same land that was located by virtue of certificate number one hundred and fifty, issued to the said James Y. O'Carroll, or his legal representatives, under the act of Congress approved February the seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes": Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall grant, relinquish, or convey the whole or any part of any lot, tract, piece, or parcel of land in said township, which has been heretofore confirmed by the United States to any person or persons, or to the legal representatives of any person or persons: And provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to invalidate or impair any patent heretofore issued by the United States, or shall in any manner abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any valid adverse right, title, or interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part of the aforesaid land which is granted, relinquished, and conveyed by this act. APPROVED, March 21, 1866.

Provisos.

April 5, 1866.

The forging,

&c., of any bond,
public record,
&c., with intent
to defraud the

United States, or
willingly aiding
therein, or the
knowingly utter
ing, with such
intent, any such
bond, &c., &c.,
made a felony,

and how punished.

CHAP. XXIV. - An Act more effectually to provide for the Punishment of certain
Crimes against the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person or persons shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit; or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting any bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the United States; or shall utter or publish as true, or cause to be uttered or published, as true, any such false, forged, altered or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, for the purpose of defrauding the United States, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or shall transmit to, or present at, or cause or procure to be transmitted to, or presented at, the office of any officer of the United States, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other

writing, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited, for the purpose of defrauding the United States; every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept at hard labor, for a period not exceeding ten years, or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both of said punishments in the discretion of the court.

Offences com

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any offence shall be committed in any place which has been, or shall hereafter be, ceded to, and mitted in places under the jurisdiction of the United States, which offence is not prohib- ceded to and ited, or the punishment thereof is not specially provided for by any law diction of the within the jurisof the United States, such offence shall, upon conviction in any court of United States, the United States having cognizance thereof, be liable to, and receive the not prohibited, same punishment as the laws of the State in which such place is, or may punishment is be situated, now in force, provided for the like offence when committed not specially provided by any law within the jurisdiction of such State; and no subsequent repeal of any of the United such State law shall affect any prosecution for such offence in any of the States, how to be courts of the United States. punished.

and for which a

APPROVED, April 5, 1866.

CHAP. XXV.—An Act to provide for the Transfer of the Custody of the Library of the
Smithsonian Institute to the Library of Congress.

April 5, 1866.

Institution to be

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The library of States of America in Congress assembled, That the library collected by the the Smithsonian Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of an act approved August transferred to the tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, shall be removed from the building library of Conof said institution, with the consent of the regents thereof, to the new fire- gress. proof extension of the library of Congress, upon completion of a sufficient Vol. ix. p. 102 portion thereof for its accommodation, and shall, while there deposited, be subject to the same regulations as the library of Congress, except as hereinafter provided.

1846, ch. 178.

how to be used.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when such library shall have been so removed and deposited, the Smithsonian Institution shall have the use thereof in like manner as it is now used, and the public shall have access thereto for purposes of consultation on every ordinary week day except during one month of each year, in the recess of Congress, when it may be closed for renovation. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian library shall be properly cared for and preserved in like manner as are those of the Congressional library, from which the Smithsonian library shall not be removed except on reimbursement by the Smithsonian Institution to the Treasury of the United States of expenses incurred in upon reimbursebinding and in taking care of the same, or upon such terms and con- ment, &c. ditions as shall be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the regents of said Institution.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Smithsonian Institution, through its secretary, shall have the use of the library of Congress, subject to the same regulations as Senators and Representatives.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the librarian of Congress shall be authorized to employ two additional assistants, who shall receive a yearly compensation of eight hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars, respectively, commencing July one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the removal herein provided for.

APPROVED, April 5, 1866.

not to be removed except

Smithsonian Institution may use library of Congress.

Additional assistants in library of Congress.

Appropriation for expenses of removal.

April 5, 1866.

Term of the

the United States

tablished at Winona.

CHAP. XXVI. An Act to provide for a Term of the District Court for the District of
Minnesota, to be held at the City of Winona in said District.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District Court of States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter, and until otherin Minnesota, es- wise provided by law, there shall be held, annually, on the first Monday in June, a term of the district court of the United States for the district of Minnesota at the city of Winona, in said district, and all process, writs, and recognizances, civil and criminal, which may have been, or may hereafter be, issued and made returnable at Mankato, shall be returned to the said term of the said court at the said city of Winona, in like manner and with the like effect as if originally made returnable thereto.

Term at Man

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts which kato abolished. require a term of said court to be held at Mankato, in said district, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

April 6, 1866.

1864, ch. 248.

Vol. xiii. p. 389.

Allowance to officers in navy and marine corps for loss of per

sonal effects by casualty or in action, &c.

Limit of allow

ance.

Provisos.

The law re

APPROVED, April 5, 1866.

CHAP. XXVII. —An Act to amend the Act entitled " An Act for the Relief of Seamen and Others borne on the Books of Vessels wrecked or lost in the naval Service," approved July four, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other Purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case any officer of the navy or marine corps on board a vessel in the employ of the United States which, by any casualty, or in action with the enemy, has been or may be sunk or otherwise destroyed, shall thereby have lost his personal effects, the proper accounting officers are hereby authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, to allow to such officer a sum not exceeding the amount of his sea pay for one month, as compensation for said loss: Provided, that such loss has not occurred through the negligence or want of skill or foresight of the officer making application for such loss: Provided, That the accounting officers shall in all cases require a schedule and certificate from the officer making the claim for effects so lost: And provided further, That no allowance shall be made by virtue of this act for any loss incurred prior to the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the seventh section quiring bounty of the act of Congress, approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen, hunmoney of mariners, &c., enlist- dred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled' An act for ing into the navy enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,' apfrom the army, proved March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three," as to be deducted from prizeprovides that "the bounty money which any mariner or se[a]man enlisting from the army into the navy may have received from the United States, or from the State in which he enlisted in the army, shall be deducted from the prize money to which he may become entitled during the time required to complete his military service," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. APPROVED, April 6, 1866.

money, repealed.

1863, ch. 75.

Vol. xii. p. 731.

1864, ch. 13, § 7. Vol. xiii. p. 7.

April 7, 1866.

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CHAP. XXVIII. - An Act making additional Appropriations, and to supply the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Deficiency ap- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and propriations. the same are hereby, appropriated, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations, for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:

Coast Survey.

Survey of the Coast. - For the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy

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