Chapter LXXII. *to provide for the Revision and Consolidation of the Statutes of the United States*
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CHAP. LXXII.— An Act *to provide for the Revision and Consolidation of the Statutes of the United States*. May 4, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Act of 1866, ch. 140 (Vol. xiv. p. 74) revived.Commissioners to revise, &c. the statutes of the United States.Proviso. See *Post*, p. 311. That the act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An act to provide for the revision and consolidation of the statute laws of the United States,” be, and the same is hereby, revived; and the President is authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three commissioners to prosecute and complete the work prescribed by said act: *Provided*, That the said commissioners shall devote their entire time and attention to their duties as commissioners, and shall receive no compensation after said work shall be completed, nor for a longer period than three years from the time when this act shall take effect.
Approved, May 4, 1870.