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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 293, 294, 295. 1866. 309 five per oentum, as now provided by law, shall be continued to officers as c3`;;;*?;£{f aforesaid at the port of San Francisco. $0,,,1 m mw, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all blank books, blanks, and at San Fmtstationary of every kind required by collectors and other officers of the °”§{;nk books customs, shall, so soon as they can be prepared for delivery, by or under b]a¤kg’ and st;. the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be fhmished to chem for ticnsry for omthe use of their respective offices, upon requisition made by them, and the °°" °f °“°°"m°‘ expense of such books, blanks, and stationary shall be paid out of the uppropriation for defiuying the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the act of Per qiem com- February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act gggggggfsfot to revive certain provisions of the act entitled ‘ An act further to provide increased by act. for the collection of duties on imports and tonnagef approved March three, {$6} QR· 67. 24*; eighteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes," shall not be 0011- °xm'})' strued to increase the per diem allowed to appraisers by the first section of the act of April two, eighteen hundred and thrty-four, which it amends. A1>r1zov1·:o,July 28, 1866. CHAP. CCXCIV. — An Act to prescribe the Mode of Settlnzlq the Amounts q" the Gkrk J¤lY 28. IW- qf the Supreme Court of the Distnct of C' umbna. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the clerk of the supreme rgrlfglzgirztf court of the District of Columbia shall pay into the treasury of the United Bm,-gc; of States all the earnings of his office, over und above the necessary expenses Cvlumbiv- *0 WH of the same and his own compensation. ;'§gB;°§·%g; Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That his accounts of said earnings ings. and expenses shall be adjusted by the regular auditor of the court, or by oaA‘;g°;}';':d°f a special auditor to be appointed by the court for the purpose,within thirty exgznés, howto days after the first day of January and July, every year; and the auditor be aqjuszed. shall immediately report his adjustment to the court, with such exceptions thereto as the clerk shall, within four days after the adjustment reported, take and file with the auditor. Sm. 3. And be it further enacted, That the court shall pronounce such Court to pass decree upon said report and exceptions as may seem to it equitable and :§g3_;;P°" °f just; and said decree shall be final, and be binding upon the United States and the clerk. If, upon such account, a balance be found due from the Account, how clerk to the United States, the court shall order payment by the clerk into *° b° “°m°d' the treasury, and enforce its order by execution, process of contempt, or otherwise; and, if the clerk refuse to pay the money, shall remove him from office. If o. balance be found due fiom the United States to the clerk, the same shall be paid upon presenting to the treasurer a copy of the decree, duly certified. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the clerk shall, as in other cl¤¤‘k¤>f¤¤‘- cases of judgments to which the United States is a. party, furnish the so- 3:;;°¥$M_ liciror of the treasury a copy of the decree immediately after it is pro- for ofnmury. nounccd. Sec. 5. Ana' be itfarther enacted, That all other modes of accounting lR°P°¤Ii¤S for the earnings of said office are hereby repealed. ° °°°°' APPROVED, July 28, 1866. CHAP. CCXCV. - An Ae: _/or the Relief of the Trustees and Stewards of the Minion July 28, wsa. Church of the Wyandoite Indhms. ii Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for refunding to Jacob T¤'¤¤°¤¤¤»&<=-0f White-Crow, John Sowahass, and others, trustees and stewards of the gg:mt;?;d Wyandotte and Quindaro mission of the Kansas Couferenzce of the Meth- sion of the Kau-