430 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 153, 154. 1867. IN SENATE or THE UNITED S'I‘ATES,l M[arch 2, 1867. j The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to rcconsider the bill entitled "An act to provide for the more efiicient government of the rebel States," returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill: Resolved, That the bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary of the Senate. March 2, 18W_ CHAP. CLIV. ·-—An Act regulating the Tenure of certain Civil Offices. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Persons hold- States of America in Congress assembled That every person holding any gig' tzisljglgzfd civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and 6,,,, {Q hold the consent of the Senate, and every person who shallhereafter be appointed same until, &c. to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is, and shall be entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like _ manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided: The Secrets- Provided, That the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the ms °f *h° S°"· Navy, and of the Interior, the Postmaster—General, and the Attorney-
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Sw. Subject to President by whom they may have been appointed and for one month '°m°"”·r thereafter, subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. when c;,,;; 05. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any officer appointed as 6<=¤1‘¤»€X¤¢i>h aforesaid, excepting judges of the United States courts, shall, during a g;},;h,Qi;qE’_,‘;,_ recess of the Senate, be shown, by evidence satisfactory to the President, ned, &c. the to be guilty of misconduct in office, or crime, or for any reason shall beglfsgiznfgggy come incapable or legally disqualified to perform its duties, in such case, ,,,,dp,,,,,,,,;,,t ,,8,, and in no other, the President may suspend such officer and designate sonswmpururily some suitable person to perform temporarily the duties of such office until °° smh °m°"s‘ the next meeting of the Senate, and until the case shall be acted upon by such mom the Senate, and such person so designated shall take the oaths and give f¤ t¤kr¤_t£<; <>Mh¤ the bonds required by law to be taken and given by the person duly api,2gd€f°H° pointed to fill such office; and in such case it shall be the duty of the The President President, within twenty days after the first day of such next meeting of
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appointments to reasons for his action in the case, and the name of the person so desigt1i<;,_S§¤¤M<=· nated to perform the duties of such office. And if the Senate shall concur mm ,i,*;“{E,_§;f" in such suspension and advise and consent to the removal of such officer, dentimay re- they shall so certify to the President, who may thereupon remove such
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0GB8C3p another person to such office. But if the Senate shall refuse to concur in It Senate dues such suspension, such officer so suspended shall forthwith resume the ggézmzrioigf functions of his office, and the powers of the person so performing its eel- resumes his duties in his stead shall cease, and the odicial salary and emoluments of ¢K§$€·v_si°n as such officer shall, during such suspension, belong to the' person so perform- ,0 s,:E,;y_ &c_ ing the duties thereof; and not to the officer so suspended: Provided, howduring the sus- ever, That the President, in case he shall become satisfied that such sus- P°£j_:"f;0 pension was made on insufficient grounds, shall be authorized, at any time guspeniion before reporting such suspension to the Senate as above provided, to remeiv be revoked voke such suspension and reinstate such officer in the performance of the
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Vudanbies Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President shall have power l"*PP€¤*“8 ‘l“’· to fill all vacancies which may happen during the recess of the Senate, by
