Chapter II. relating to Moneys paid into the Courts of the United States
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CHAP. II.— An Act relating to Moneys paid into the Courts of the United States.March 24, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatMoneys paid into the courts of the United States, to be deposited, to the credit of such courts, with the treasurer, &c.;may be delivered on security, by agreement of parties and sanction of court; all moneys in the registry of any court of the United States, or in the hands or under the control of any officer of such court, which were received in any cause pending or adjudicated in such court, shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act be deposited with the treasurer, an assistant treasurer, or a designated depositary of the United States, in the name and to the credit of such court.
Ami all such moneys which are hereafter paid into such courts or received by the officers thereof shall be forthwith deposited in like manner: *Provided,* That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the delivery of any such money upon security, according to agreement of parties under the direction of the court. Sec. 2. Thatnot to be withdrawn except upon the written order of the judge.Order to state what. no money deposited as aforesaid shall be withdrawn except by order of the judge or judges of said courts respectively, in term or in vacation, to be signed by such judge or judges and to be entered and certified of record by the clerk, and every such order shall state the cause in or on account of which it is drawn. 2FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5. 1871. Sec. 3. ThatClerks of courts at each term to present an account of said moneys to the court, &c. at each regular and stated session of said courts the clerks thereof shall present an account to said courts of all moneys remaining therein, or subject to the order thereof, stating in detail in what causes said moneys are deposited and in what causes payments have been made, which account and the vouchers thereof shall be filed in court. Sec. 4. ThatThe depositing of any money in violation of this act, or the retention or conversion thereof, to be embezzlement.Penalty if any clerk or other officer of a court of the United States shall deposit any money belonging in the registry of the court, in violation of this act, or shall retain or convert any such money to his own use, or to the use of any other person, he shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than the amount embezzled, or by imprisonment for a term not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. ThatThe knowingly receiving from the clerk, &c. such money, in violation of this act, to be embezzlement. if any person shall knowingly receive from a clerk or other officer of a court of the United States, any money belonging in the registry of said court, as a deposit, loan, or otherwise, in violation of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be punished as provided in the last preceding section. Sec. 6. ThatPenalty.Repeal of acts1814, Ch. 62,Vol. iii. p. 127,1817 ch. 108,Vol. iii. p. 395. the act entitled “An act directing the disposition of money paid into the courts of the United States,” approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fourteen, and the act supplementary thereto, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventeen, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 24, 1871.