Chapter 25.
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CHAP. 25.— AN ACT to amend section four thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight of the Revised StatutesMarch 8, 1878.R. S. 4778, p. 936. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pension agents.Filling temporary vacancies. That whenever during a session of the Senate a vacancy shall occur in the office of Pension Agent, by reason of resignation, death, removal or expiration of the term of office, or where any such agent lawfully appointed shall have failed to qualify 27 and assume the duties of such office, the President may when the public exigency requires it, designate any officer of the United States to perform the duties of such office, but such designation shall not be for a longer time than twenty days, and such officer so designated shall give bonds if required by the President for the faithful discharge of the said duties, and the Secretary of the Interior shall allow in the settlement of the accounts of such officer, the necessary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his duties under this act.
The foregoing provisions shall apply to any vacancy now existing. Approved, March 8, 1878.