Chapter CCXIV. *to grant to the Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain Tracts of Land in said Parish.* June 25, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the tracts of land in the Land to be given Parish of Point Coupee
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Chap. CCXIV.— An Act *to grant to the Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain Tracts of Land in said Parish.* June 25, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the tracts of land in the Land to be given Parish of Point Coupee.Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, which have been in ancient occupancy as the site of a church and court house, and which are designated on the plats of the public surveys as sections twenty-three and twenty-four, in township four, south, of range ten, east, in the southeastern district, Louisiana, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the said Parish of Point Coupee, on the condition that the aforesaid section twenty-four, or Condition.the church site, shall be held by said parish for the use of the Catholic congregation now occupying it for public worship and as a burying-ground; but not to the prejudice of a valid adverse right, if such exist.
Approved, June 25, 1860. 114 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 1, 2, 4, 5. 1860 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: giving the Consent of Congress to Captain William B. Shubrick to accept a Sword presented to him by Captain-General and President Urquiza of the Argentine Confederation. Public Resolution 1 12 Stat. 114 1860-02-24 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 1.] A Resolution *giving the Consent of Congress to Captain William B. Shubrick to accept a Sword presented to him by Captain-General and President Urquiza of the Argentine Confederation.* Feb. 24, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the consent of Congress be granted William B. Shubrick may accept sword.to Captain William Branford Shubrick, flag-officer, late commanding in chief the squadron on the coast of Brazil and the Paraguay expedition, to accept a sword presented to him by his Excellency, Justo Jose de Urquiza, Captain-General and President of the Argentine Confederation, as a mark of his appreciation of the “distinguished character” of that officer—said sword having been worn by the President on the occasion of signing the new act of Confederation of the Argentine States.
Approved, February 24, 1860. No. 2: making an Appropriation for inaugurating the Equestrian Statue of Washington. Public Resolution 2 12 Stat. 114 1860-02-24 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution *making an Appropriation for inaugurating the Equestrian Statue of Washington.* Feb. 24, 1860. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of ten thousand Appropriation for inauguration of equestrian statue of Washington.dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior in transporting and placing Mills’ Statue of Washington on the pedestal designated by the proper authorities, and in the ceremonies appropriate to the occasion.
Approved, February 24, 1860. No. 4: for the Relief of the Contractors of the Post-Office Department. Public Resolution 4 12 Stat. 114 1860-03-28 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 4.] A Joint Resolution *for the Relief of the Contractors of the Post-Office Department.* March 28, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the accruing revenues of the Post-Office Contractors and route agents to be paid in part. 1836, ch. 270.
Vol. v. p. 80.Department be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, in part payment of contractors for carrying the mails, and of route agents, during the quarter ending thirty-first March, eighteen hundred and sixty, under the provisions of the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Approved, March 28, 1860. No. 5: constituting Macon, Georgia, a Port of Entry for the Time being, for the Purposes therein specified, and for other Purposes. Public Resolution 5 12 Stat. 114 1860-04-06 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution *constituting Macon, Georgia, a Port of Entry for the Time being, for the Purposes therein specified, and for other Purposes.* April 6, 1860. Whereas it is in contemplation, by the Cotton Planters’ Convention of the State of Georgia, to institute and hold a fair in the month of December, in the city of Macon, in the State of Georgia; and whereas it is contemplated by a foreign association to exhibit their goods at such fair; and whereas Macon being neither a port of entry or delivery, articles imported for exhibition at said fair cannot, under existing laws, be exempted from duty, though exported again when withdrawn from exhibition:
Therefore, THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 5, 6, 7. 1860. 115 *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Macon, Georgia, be, and Macon, Georgia, to be a port of entry for certain purposes.is hereby, constituted a port of entry, so far and to such extent as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discretion, to extend thereto all existing revenue laws prevailing at ports of entry, and applicable to bonded warehouses, to the bonding of imported goods, wares, and merchandise, and the exportation of the same: *Provided,* That the Proviso.force and effect, hereof shall appertain only to importations made for the purposes exclusively above recited, and for exportations of the same so having been exhibited, and at such time or times before, during, and after the said fair, as shall, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, seem reasonable for the aforesaid purposes thereof.
Approved, April 6, 1860. No. 6: in Regard to the Minister from Japan. Public Resolution 6 12 Stat. 115 1860-04-19 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 6.] A Resolution *in Regard to the Minister from Japan.* April 19, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of fifty thousand dollars $50,000 appropriated for expenses of Japanese embassy.be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the envoys and suite constituting the Japanese embassy, expected to arrive in the United States.
The same, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. Approved, April 19, 1860. No. 7: to allow Credit to certain Disbursing Officers therein mentioned. Public Resolution 7 12 Stat. 115 1860-04-13 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 7.] A Resolution *to allow Credit to certain Disbursing Officers therein mentioned.* April 13, 1860.
Whereas by the act of the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and Preamble. 1862, ch. 104. Vol. x. p. 66.fifty-two, entitled “An act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers,” the following appropriations (among others) were made, to wit: For the improvement, of the navigation of the Mississippi River, below the rapids, ninety thousand dollars; the Ohio, including repairs of the dam at Cumberland Island, ninety thousand dollars; the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers, each forty thousand dollars; and for the construction and repair of snag-boals, dredge boats, discharging scows, and machinery to be used on the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, and other western rivers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;” and whereas, it also appears that in carrying into effect the said provision of law the officers and agents of government intrusted therewith, and with the application and disbursement of said appropriations, did apply and disburse part of the money appropriated as aforesaid for “the improvement of the navigation” of said rivers, for the construction or repairs of the said snag-boats, dredge-boats, discharging scows, or machinery, in aid of and in addition to the appropriation of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, made for this specific object, and which proved to be inadequate; in consequence whereof, and of this application to one object of money appropriated to another, the officers or agents are unable to settle their accounts, though prepared, as they allege, to show that said money has been expended in the service of the government, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the accounts of the said officers Accounts of officers to be settled on equitable principles.and agents who are chargeable as aforesaid for the disbursement of said appropriations, respectively, shall be settled at the treasury of the United States upon equitable principles, and all just credits allowed for the building or repairing of said boats, scows, and machinery, without regard to the fact of their exceeding in amount the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars appropriated for that purpose, and as though the application to that purpose of part of the money appropriated as aforesaid to “the im-116 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 9, 12, 18, 19. 1860.Proviso.provement of the navigation” of said rivers had been lawful: *Provided,* That the credits allowed shall not exceed the total amount of said appropriations. Approved, April 19, 1860. No. 9: authorising Captains William L. Hudson and Joshua R. Sands to accept certain Testimonials awarded to them by the Government of Great Britain. Public Resolution 9 12 Stat. 116 1860-05-09 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 9.] A Resolution *authorising Captains William L. Hudson and Joshua R. Sands to accept certain Testimonials awarded to them by the Government of Great Britain.* May 9, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Captains William L. Hudson and Captains Wm. L. Hudson and Joshua R. Sands may accept snuff-box and medal.Joshua R. Sands, of the navy of the United States, be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept the snuff-box and medal recently transmitted to this government by the government of Great Britain to be presented to each of said officers as memorials of their services in laying down the Atlantic cable.
Approved, May 9, 1860. No. 12: authorizing the Enlargement of, and Construction of a Branch to, the Louisville and Portland Canal. Public Resolution 12 12 Stat. 116 1860-05-24 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 12.] A Resolution *authorizing the Enlargement of, and Construction of a Branch to, the Louisville and Portland Canal.* May 24, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President and Directors of Louisville and Portland Canal to be enlarged and branch built.the Louisville and Portland Canal Company be, and they are hereby, authorized, with the revenues and credits of the company, to enlarge the said canal and to construct a branch canal from a suitable point on the south side of the present canal, to a point in the Ohio River, opposite Sand Island, sufficient to pass the largest class of steam-vessels navigating Proviso.the Ohio River: *Provided,* That nothing herein contained, shall authorize the said president and directors, directly or indirectly, to use or United States to be in no way liable.pledge the faith or credit of the United States for the said enlargement or construction.
It hereby being expressly declared, that the government of the United States shall not be in any manner liable for said enlargement and construction: *Provided, further,* That when said canal is enlarged and its branch canal constructed and its cost of said improvements Tolls.paid for, no more tolls shall be collected than an amount sufficient to keep the canal in repair and pay for all necessary superintendence and management. Approved, May 24, 1860. No. 18: for Supplying the Choctaw, Cherokee, and Chickasaw Nations with such Copies of the Laws, Journals, and public printed Documents as are furnished to the States and Territories.
Public Resolution 18 12 Stat. 116 1860-06-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 18.] A Resolution *for Supplying the Choctaw, Cherokee, and Chickasaw Nations with such Copies of the Laws, Journals, and public printed Documents as are furnished to the States and Territories.* June 15, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Choctaw, Cherokeç, and Laws and documents to be furnised the Choctaws.Chickasaw nations of Indians through such agent as they may designate, be furnished by the Secretary of the Interior with such copies or volumes of the laws of the United States, journals of Congress, and documents printed by order of Congress as are supplied to the States and Territories of the United States.
Approved, June 15, 1860. No. 19: in Relation to the Works of the Exploring Expedition. Public Resolution 1 12 Stat. 116 1860-06-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 19.] A Resolution *in Relation to the Works of the Exploring Expedition.* June 15, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That two copies of the works of the Two copies of works of Exploring Expedition to be distributed.
Vol. v. p. 797.Exploring Expedition, so far as they can be supplied from the copies ordered to be deposited in the library of Congress for preservation, by the resolution of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and the residue of said works as they shall be completed, be delivered to the Secretary of State, one copy of which to be presented by him to the THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 20, 25. 1860. 117federal republic of Switzerland, and the other to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, in the State of Maryland.
Approved, June 15, 1860. No. 20: providing for the Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun which will occur on the eighteenth day of July next. Public Resolution 20 12 Stat. 117 1860-06-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 20.] A Resolution *providing for the Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun which will occur on the eighteenth day of July next.* June 15, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Superintendent of the United Observation of eclipse of sun of July 18, 1860.States Coast Survey be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to furnish a vessel and provisions for the conveyance to the most suitable point on the eastern coast of this continent, for observing the total eclipse of the sun, which will occur on the eighteenth day of July next, of astronomers, not exceeding five in number, and their assistants, to be selected by the said Superintendent of the Coast Survey: *Provided,* That the United Proviso.States shall not be liable to any other charge on account of the said astronomers and their assistants than their conveyance and provisions as herein provided, and that they shall furnish their observations for the use of the coast survey without further charge to the government.
Approved, June 15, 1860. No. 25: in Relation to the Public Printing. Public Resolution 25 12 Stat. 117 1860-06-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution *in Relation to the Public Printing.* June 23, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Superintendent of Public printing and binding, how to be executed.Public Printing be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to have executed the printing and binding authorized by the Senate and House of Representatives, the executive and judicial departments, and the Court of Claims.
And to enable him to carry out the provisions of this act, he is authorized and directed to contract for the erection or purchase of the necessary buildings, machinery, and materials for that purpose; said contract Buildings, &c., to be erected, &c., by contract, &c. Limit in price.to be subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing of the two Houses of Congress: *Provided,* That the sum so contracted to be paid shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the said Duty of Superintendent of public printing.Superintendent to superintend all the printing and binding, the purchase of paper, as hereinafter directed, the purchase of other necessary materials and machinery, and the employment of proof-readers, compositors, pressmen, laborers, and other hands necessary to execute the orders of Congress and of the executive and judicial departments, at the city of Washington.
And to enable the said Superintendent more effectually to perform the duties of his office, he shall appoint a foreman of printing, at Foreman of printing and foreman of binding.an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars, and a foreman of binding, at an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; but no one shall be appointed to said positions who is not practically and thoroughly acquainted with their respective trades. It shall be the duty of the said foremen of Qualifications, salaries and duties.printing and binding to make out and deliver to the said Superintendent, monthly statements of the work done in their respective departments, together with monthly pay-rolls, which shall contain the names of the persons employed, the rate of compensation and amount due to each, and the service for which it shall be due.
They shall also make out estimates of the amount and kind of materials required, and file requisitions there for, from time to time, as it may be needed, and shall receipt for the same to the Superintendent And the said foremen shall be held accountable for all materials so received by them: *Provided,* That the Superintendent Proviso.shall, at no time employ more hands in the public printing and binding establishment than the absolute necessities of the public work may require; and further, that the Superintendent report to Congress, at the beginning of each session of Congress, the number of hands so employed, and the length of time each has been employed. 118 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 25. 1860. Superintendent to be responsible for manuscripts, &c. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That said Superintendent shall take charge of and be responsible for all manuscripts and other matter to be printed, engraved, or lithographed, and cause the same to be promptly executed. And he shall render to the Secretary of the Treasury, Accounts.quarterly, a full account of all purchases made by him, and of all printing and binding done in said office for each of the houses of Congress, and for each of the executive and judicial departments.
For the payment of Advances of money to.the work and materials, there shall be advanced to the said Superintendent, from time to time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money, at no time exceeding two-thirds of the penalty of said Superintendent’s bond. And the said Superintendent shall settle the account of his receipts and disbursements in the manner now required of other disbursing Rates of printing.officers: *Provided, however,* That said Superintendent shall not be allowed credit at the treasury for payments on account of services rendered in said printing establishment, at higher prices than those paid for similar services in the private printing and binding establishments of the city of Washington.
Superintendent to charge himself with materials, &c., received, &c. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the said Superintendent to charge himself, in a separate book to be kept therefor, with all paper and other materials received by him for the public use, and to furnish the same to the foremen employed by him, on their requisitions, herein provided for, as the public service may require, taking a receipt in all cases therefor from the foreman at the head of the department in which the paper, or other material, has been used.
All printing, binding, &c., to be done under direction of Superintendent. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That all the printing and binding, and all blank books ordered by the heads of the executive and judicial departments of the government, or of the chiefs of the bureaus thereof, and all the printing and binding, and all blank books ordered by Congress, or by either house of Congress, shall, on and after the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be done and executed under said Proviso.Superintendent, in accordance with the provisions of this act: *Provided,* That ail the printing ordered, and to be ordered, by the Thirty-sixth Congress, shall be executed by the printers of the Senate and House of Representatives, as now authorized by law; but no printing or binding other than that ordered by Congress or the heads of departments, as aforesaid, shall be executed in said office.
Superintendent to have charge of matter ordered to be printed, &c. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of said Superintendent to receive from the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and from the heads of departments and chiefs of bureaus, all matter ordered to be printed and bound, or either printed or bound, at the public expense, and to keep a faithful account of the same, in the order in which the same may be received; and when the same shall have been printed and bound, if the same is ordered to be bound, see that the volumes or sheets are promptly delivered to the officer of the Senate, or House of Representatives, or department, authorized to receive the same, whose receipt therefor shall be a sufficient voucher, by the Superintendent, of their delivery.
Standard of paper for congressional documents. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That the Joint Committee on Printing for the two houses of Congress shall agree and fix upon a standard of paper tor the printing of congressional documents, to weigh not less than fifty pounds to the ream of five hundred sheets, of twenty-four by Superintendent to furnish samples and to advertise for proposals, &c.thirty-eight inches; and it shall be the duty of the said Superintendent of the Public Printing to furnish samples of said standard paper to applicants therefor, and to advertise annually, in one or more newspapers having the largest circulation in the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charleston, New Orleans, and Saint Louis, for the space of sixty days prior to the first of July, for sealed proposals to furnish the government of the United 119States all paper which may be necessary for the execution of the public printing, of quality and in quantity to be specified in the said advertisements from year to year.
He shall open such proposals as may be made in the presence of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and shall award the contract for furnishing all of said paper, or such class thereof as may be bid for, to the lowest bidder, for the quality of paper advertised for by the said Superintendent, and determined by the Joint Committee of the two houses of Congress. It shall be the duty of said Superintendent to compare the paper furnished by the public contractor with the standard quality; and he shall not accept any paper from the contractor which does not conform to the standard determined upon as aforesaid.
And in case of difference of opinion between Differences between superintendent and contractors, how determined. Proceeding where contractor is in default.the Superintendent of Public Printing and the contractors for paper, with respect to its quality, the matter of difference shall be determined and settled by the Joint Standing Committee on Printing of the two houses of Congress. In default of any contractor under this law to comply with his contract in furnishing the paper in the proper time, and of proper quality, the Superintendent is authorized to enter into a new contract with the lowest and best bidder for the interests of the government amongst those whose proposals were rejected at the last annual lettings, if it be practicable so to do, and if not, then to advertise for proposals, and award the contract as hereinbefore provided; and during any interval which is thus created by the new advertisement for such proposals, the Superintendent shall purchase in the open market, by and with the approval of the Secretary of the Inferior, all such paper necessary for the public service, at the lowest price.
For any increase of cost to the government in procuring Liability of such contractors and their sureties.a supply of paper for the use of the government, the contractor in default and his securities shall be charged with, and held responsible for the same, and shall be prosecuted upon their bond by the Solicitor of the Treasury, in the name of the United States, in the Circuit Court of the United States, in the district in which the defaulting contractor resides; and to enable the Solicitor to do so, the said Superintendent shall report to him the default on its happening, with a full statement of all the facts in the case.
The said Superintendent shall keep a just and true account of all the Superintendent to keep account.paper received from the contractor or contractors, together with an account of all the paper used for the purposes of the government under this act, and shall report the amount of each class consumed in said printing establishment, and in what works or publications the same was used, to the Secretary of the Interior, at the end of each and every fiscal year. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That whenever any charts, maps, Engraving.diagrams, views, or other engravings shall be required to illustrate any document ordered to be printed by either house of Congress, such engravings shall be procured by the Superintendent of Printing, under the direction and supervision of the Committee on Printing of the house ordering the same.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent annually to prepare estimates.said Superintendent annually to prepare and submit to the Register of the Treasury, in time to have the same embraced in the annual estimates from that department, detailed estimates of the salaries, amount to be paid for wages, engraving, binding, materials, and for any other necessary expense of said printing establishment for the second year. And the said Superintendent To report to Congress.shall also, on the first day of the meeting of each session of Congress, or as soon thereafter as may be, report to Congress the exact condition of the public printing, binding, and engraving; the amount and cost of all such printing, binding, and engraving; the amount and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a statement of the several bids for materials, and such further information as may be within his knowledge in regard to all matters connected therewith.
Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* That neither the Superintendent 120 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 25, 26, 27. 1860Superintendent, &c., not to be interested directly or indirectly, &c.nor any other officer to be appointed under this act shall, daring his continuance in office, have any interest, direct or indirect, in the publication of any newspaper or periodical, or in any printing of any kind, or in any binding or engraving, or in any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing; and any violation of this Penalty.section shall subject the party offending, on conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one, nor more than five years, and to a fine of five hundred dollars.
Collusion of Superintendent. Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* That if the said Superintendent shall corruptly collude with any person or persons furnishing materials or bidding therefor, or with any other person or persons, or have any secret understanding with him or them, by himself or through others, to defraud the United States, or by which the government of the United States shall be defrauded or made to sustain a loss, contrary to the true intent and How punished.meaning of this act, he shall, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, forfeit his office and be subject to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than three, or more than seven years, and to a fine of three thousand dollars.
Approved, June 23, 1860. No. 26: explanatory of the eighth Section of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Public Resolution 26 12 Stat. 120 1860-06-25 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 26.] A Resolution *explanatory of the eighth Section of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.* June 25, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the repeal *of* [by] the Construction of clause of Act of 1859, ch. 66, § 8.
Vol. xi. p. 401.eighth section of the act of Congress, approved the twenty-eighth day of February eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, of so much of the act of Congress entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” approved June thirtieth eighteen 1834, ch. 161. Vol. iv. p. 729.hundred and thirty-four, as provides that the United States shall make indemnification out of the treasury for property taken or destroyed in certain cases by Indians trespassing on white men, as described in said act, shall not be construed to destroy or impair any right to indemnity which existed at the date of said repeal.
Approved, June 25, 1860. No. 27: to reduce the Price of Public Printing. Public Resolution 27 12 Stat. 120 1860-06-25 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 36 1 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution *to reduce the Price of Public Printing.* June 25, 1860. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the prices established and Price of public printing reduced. 1852, ch. 91.
Vol. x. p. 30.allowed for the public printing by the act entitled “An act to provide for executing the public printing and establishing the prices thereof, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and by the several acts amendatory thereof, that is to say: for composition, press-work, folding, stitching, and inserting maps and plates, be, and the same are, reduced forty per centum; and that, for the purpose of giving full force and effect to this resolution, the Superintendent of the Public Printing is hereby authorized and directed to cause the accounts of the public printer or printers to be made out and rendered to him, as heretofore, under the provisions of the act of August twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, (except as to the printing of the Post-Office blanks, which have been ordered by law to be put out by contract to the lowest bidder;) and before certifying the same to the Treasury for payment, he shall deduct from the aggregate amount of each account so rendered the sum of forty per centum, and the residue shall be received by the public printer or printers as full compensation for the work stated in said account.
This resolution shall lake effect from the passage thereof. Approved, June 25, 1860. 36 2 1860 1861 121 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, A. D.* 1860, *and ended on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D.* 1861. James Buchanan, President. John C. Breckinridge, Vice-President, and President of the Senate.
William Pennington, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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