fine, and imprisonment. Penalty upon revenue officers or agents for

than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months, nor more than three years.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any officer or agent apgross neglect of pointed and acting under the authority of any revenue law of the United duty, for con- States shall be guilty of gross neglect in the discharge of any of the duties spiring, or mak- of his office, or shall conspire or collude with any other person to defraud ing opportunity the United States, or shall make opportunity for any person to defraud signing false cer- the United States, or shall do, or omit to do, any act with intent to enable tificates, and failing to report frauds.

to defraud, for

Fine and im prisonment.

Prosecutions

not to be discon

tinued, &c. without, &c.

any other person to defraud the United States, or shall make or sign any false certificate or return in any case where he is by law or regulation required to make a certificate or return, or having knowledge or information of the violation of any revenue law by any person, or of fraud committed by any person against the United States under any revenue law of the United States, shall fail to report, in writing, such knowledge or information to his next superior officer, and to the commissioner of internal revenue, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned not less than six months, nor more than three years.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That no compromise, or discontinuance, or nolle prosequi of any prosecution under this act shall be allowed without the permission in writing of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General.

APPROVED, March 31, 1868.

May 19, 1868. CHAP. XLIII. - An Act making Appropriations for the Expenses of the Trial of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson and other contingent Expenses of the Senate for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes.

Appropria

tions for expenses of impeachment trial, &c.

Miscellaneous.
Capitol police.

Additional Messengers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the trial of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and other contingent expenses of the Senate of the United States for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight:

For expenses of the trial of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, ten thousand dollars.

For miscellaneous items, forty thousand dollars.

For deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of the Capitol police, and for additional policemen and incidental expenses thereof, seventeen thousand dollars.

For deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of additional messengers, fifteen thousand dollars.

APPROVED, May 19, 1868.

May 20, 1868. CHAP. XLVI.- An Act to grant the Right of Way to the Whitehall and Plattsburgh Railroad Company.

certain right of

way.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Whitehall and States of America in Congress assembled, That the Whitehall and PlattsPlattsburgh R. burgh Railroad Company be, and is hereby, authorized to locate, conR. Co. to have struct, and operate its railroad across the land belonging to the United States at Plattsburgh, in the State of New York, upon a line commencing in the highway leading from Plattsburgh to Peru, at a point one hundred feet north from the north line of the enclosure surrounding the government buildings, running thence in a northeasterly direction about sixteen hundred feet to the bank of Lake Champlain, thence northwardly along the bank of said lake to the north line of the land belonging to the United States, such line of said road being designated on a map of survey of the same, made by James P. Campbell, and now on file in the office of the Secretary of War: Provided, that the right of way herein granted shall

Proviso.

be subject to such restrictions as the Secretary of War may think neces-
sary to protect the interests of the United States: And provided further,
That no more than four rods in width of the government land shall be
occupied under the provisions of this act.
APPROVED, May 20, 1868.

CHAP. XLVIII.-An Act to extend the Charter of Washington City, also to regulate the Selection of Officers, and for other Purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An act to continue, alter, and amend the charter of the city of Washington," approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and the several amendments thereof now in force, are hereby continued in force for the term of one year from the date hereof, or until Congress shall by law determine otherwise.

cil to meet in

Time of meeting; term of office.

Future elections.

Qualifications for such offices.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor, alder mayor of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, the board of men, and counaldermen, and the board of common council thereof, to assemble in joint convention, and convention at the city hall in said city on the first Tuesday of July, elect certain offieighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and proceed to select by ballot all officers by ballot. cers whose appointments, upon the nomination of the mayor, are now authorized by the charter, or by any law of the United States, or act or ordinance of said city, or which may hereafter be authorized thereby, who shall hold their offices respectively for one year, and until a successor is appointed; and on the same day of the month in each year thereafter the joint convention shall proceed to a new selection: Provided, That no person shall be regarded as incompetent to hold any of said offices, or be disqualified therefor, who is a qualified elector in said District. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all meetings of the mayor of the city of Washington and of the boards of aldermen and common council for the purposes mentioned in the second section of this act, the mayor or the president of either of said boards shall preside, and the secretaries of said boards shall act as tellers, and keep a record of the proceedings, and the mayor, or any member of either of said boards may nominate one or more persons for the offices required to be filled, and the person having the highest number of votes shall be publicly declared selected, and a certificate of his election shall within five days be made Certificates of out and be signed by the presiding officer and secretaries, and be trans- election. mitted to the person selected, who shall within ten days thereafter enter ed, when to enon the discharge of the duties of his office, which shall be immediately ter on office. vacated by any person then holding the same.

Proceedings

while in convention.

Persons elect

convention to be

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all questions arising in the Questions joint convention authorized by this act shall be determined by a majority arising in the of the votes of the members thereof present at any of its meetings, and determined by a it shall have power to adjourn from time to time until all the duties majority vote. imposed upon it shall be completed, and to require of the persons selected for any office such security as may be deemed necessary. And in the event of any vacancy from disability, death, or resignation, it shall be the duty of the mayor to call a meeting of the joint convention to select a successor for the unexpired term of service.

Adjourn-
Vacancies.

ments.

inoneys of the

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the mayor, the board of Bank for the aldermen, and the common council shall be assembled in joint convention, deposit of as provided for in this act, they shall, by a majority vote, designate a city to be desigbank in which the various moneys of the city of Washington shall be nated in the condeposited, and they shall make such regulations in relation to the mode in vention. which such funds shall be kept and paid out as shall be deemed advisable for the interests of the city; and within five days after such designation Certificate of a certificate of the bank selected shall be made out and placed in the selection to be given president

or cashier of bank.

City funds not to be elsewhere

side in ward fif

fore offering to vote.

Elective fran

chise not conferred on officers, soldiers, sailors, &c. unless, &c.

Persons claiming to be naturalized not to be registered, &c. unless papers are produced, &c.

Correction of voting lists.

hands of the president or cashier thereof, and thereafter it shall not be lawful to retain or deposit the funds of the city, or any part thereof, in any other bank or place, unless by order of the board.

unless, &c. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the act Amendment of, 1967, ch. 6, 1.' entitled "An act to regulate the elective franchise in the District of ColVol. xiv. p. 375. umbia," passed January eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and Electors to re- the same is hereby, amended so as to require electors in the city of Washteen days be- ington to reside in the ward or election precinct in which they shall offer to vote fifteen days prior to the day of any election, instead of three months: Provided, That said section shall not be construed as conferring the elective franchise in said city on non-commissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines in the regular service of the United States, stationed or on duty in said city, except such as may have become actual residents with their families in said city for one year previous to any election: Provided further, That no person claiming to be a naturalized citizen shall be registered as an elector, nor shall the name of any such person be retained on the list of voters, without the production of his naturalization papers or duly certified copies thereof, or satisfactory proof of the loss of the same; and for the purpose of correcting said list as regards the aforesaid classes of persons, and in all other respects, the judges of election shall meet in some proper place in said city between the hours of nine o'clock, A. M., and seven o'clock, P. M., on three days instead of two days, as now required: Provided further, That all the original lists of voters both before and after their correction shall remain in the custody of the member of the board of judges first named in their appointment by the supreme court of the District of Columbia; and, in the event of his removal or resignation, in the custody of his regularly appointed successor, except when being copied for publication and for the use of the commissioners of elections, and said original lists shall at all times be open for the use and inspection of either of said judges: Provided further, That no property qualification shall be required for any of the officers of said city, and that three days prior to any election each board of commissioners of election shall appoint two clerks to assist them in registering the names of voters in their respective election precincts, and in making returns of the elections, who shall be sworn before the clerk of the supreme court of said District truly and faithfully to perform their duties, and for any misconduct in office be subject to the same penalties to which Judges of elec- said commissioners are now subject: And provided further, That it shall be the duty of the judges of election to make any regulations and give any notice which may be proper or necessary to carry out any of the provisions of this section.

Original voting lists to remain in whose custody.

This section continued in force one year.

Vol. xvi. p. 8.

No property qualification required for offi

cers.

Clerks to board of commissioners of elections.

tion to make

regulations.

Repeal of inconsistent laws.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all acts and ordinances, or parts thereof, or parts of the charter of the city of Washington inconsistent herewith, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SCHUYLER COLFAX,

Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. F. WADE,

President of the Senate pro tempore.

Indorsed by the President: "Received May 16, 1868.

[NOTE BY THE Department of State. The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]

CHAP. XLIX. — An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropri-May 30, 1868. ations for the Execution of the Reconstruction Laws in the third military District for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sum, or so Appropriation much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropri- for deficiency ated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for into effect the in carrying the purpose of carrying out the reconstruction laws in the third military reconstruction district for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and laws in the third military district. sixty-eight, viz. To provide for the expenses of carrying into effect the 1867, ch. 158. "Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," Vol. xiv. p. 428. for the third military district, the sum of eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and one dollars and fifty-five cents.

SCHUYLER COLFAX,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B. F. WADE,

President of the Senate pro tempore.

Indorsed by the President: "Received May 19, 1868."

[NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]

CHAP. L.-An Act declaring Saint George, Boothbay, Bucksport, Vinalhaven, and June 5, 1868.
North Haven, in the State of Maine, and Sun Antonio, in the State of Texas, Ports of
Delivery.

Ports of de

lished in Maine

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Saint George and Boothbay, in the State of Maine, in the collection districts of Waldoboro' and livery estabWiscassett, respectively, and San Antonio, Texas, in the collection dis- and Texas. trict of Saluria, and Bucksport and Vinalhaven and North Haven, in the State of Maine, in the districts of Castine and Belfast, respectively, be, and the same are hereby, declared ports of delivery: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall occasion additional expense to the government of the United States. APPROVED, June 5, 1868.

CHAP. LI. An Act to partially supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service June 8, 1868. of the fiscal Year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

appropriation

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Deficiency the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not for 1868. otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, viz.

For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others, receiv- House of Reping an annual salary in the service of the House of Representatives, resentatives. twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.

For folding documents, including materials, twenty-five thousand dol

lars.

For miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, for the half year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one million eight hundred thousand dollars.

Collecting revenue from customs.

June 8, 1868.

Army appropriation.

Recruiting.

Pay.

Commutation of subsistence and forage.

Payments in

To facilitate the payment of soldiers' bounties, in accordance with provisions of acts of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, for salaries of fifty clerks of class one, sixty thousand dollars.

To supply a deficiency in the office of the paymaster-general for blank books, stationery, binding, and other contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.

For deficiency in the appropriation for defraying the expense of hydration of the Senate chamber, three thousand dollars.

For deficiency in the appropriation for stationery, ten thousand dollars. For deficiency in the appropriation for furniture and repairs, five thousand dollars.

For deficiency in the appropriation for clerks to committees, pages, horses and carryalls, fifteen thousand dollars.

To supply a deficiency in the contingent fund of the Pension Office, ten thousand dollars.

APPROVED, June 8, 1868.

CHAP. LIL — An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine:

For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits, one hundred thousand dollars.

For pay of the army, fifteen million dollars.

For commutation of officers' subsistence, two million one hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars.

For commutation of forage for officers' horses, twenty thousand dollars. For payments in lieu of clothing for officers' servants, two hundred and lieu of clothing. fifty thousand dollars.

Contingen

cies. Medical, &c. department. Proviso.

1867, ch. 170.

For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn, two hundred thousand dollars.

For contingencies of the army, sixty thousand dollars.

For medical and hospital department, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That all sums that have accrued to the credit of the medical and hospital department from the sale of medical and hospital stores, or Vol. xiv. p. 485. from any other source, except appropriations made by act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, are hereby directed to be covered into the treasury at the close of the current fiscal year. For army medical museum, five thousand dollars.

Medical mu

seum and works.

Commandinggeneral's office. Quartermasters' depart

ment.

For medical and other necessary works for the library of surgeongeneral's office, two thousand dollars.

For expenses of commanding-general's office, five thousand dollars. For regular supplies of the quartermasters' department, to wit: For the regular supplies of the quartermasters' department, consisting of fuel for officers, enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices; of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the quartermasters' department at the several posts and stations, and with the armies in the field, for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers' horses when serving in the field and at the outposts, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers' bedding; and of stationery, including blank books for the quartermasters' department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quartermasters' departments, and for printing of division and depart ment orders and reports, five million dollars.