Chapter CLXXVIII. *to prohibit the Retention of Soldiers’ Discharges by Claim-agents and Attorneys.*May 21, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That any claim-agent, attorney,Penalty upon claim-agents, &c., for retaining without conse
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CHAP. CLXXVIII.— An Act *to prohibit the Retention of Soldiers’ Discharges by Claim-agents and Attorneys.*May 21, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That any claim-agent, attorney,Penalty upon claim-agents, &c., for retaining without consent, or refusing to deliver discharge papers, or land warrants of any soldier, &c. or other person engaged in the collection of claims for pay, bounty, pension, or other allowances for any soldier, sailor, or marine, or for any commissioned officer of the military or naval forces, or who may have been a soldier, sailor, marine, or officer of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States, and honorably discharged, who shall retain, without the consent of the owner or owners thereof, or shall refuse to deliver or account for the same upon demand duly made by the owner or owners thereof, or by their agent or attorney, the discharge-papers or land-warrant of any such soldier, sailor, or marine, or commissioned officer, which may have been placed in his hands for the purpose of collecting said claims, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of theFORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 179-181. 1872.138court, and shall thereafter be debarred from prosecuting any such claim in any executive department of the government. Approved, May 21, 1872.