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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rms.25, 26. 1867. 27 and enforced; and if any attorney or agent shall, in addition to notarial If *8**** d0- fees and expenses of collecting such claim, demand repayment for money Qgggifiggxy loaned or advanced to any claimant, he shall be required to make oath to advanced. the date and amount of such loan or advance, or payment of the fees and expenses shall he withheld; and when the claimant shall have been F¤l*¤°° d¤• properly identified, and his account is ready for settlement, the balance °l°{:{°;‘,°:,`°u;2el;: due shall be paid in current funds, and not in checks or drafts. ¥inds. Sec. 3. Anal be it further resolved, That all money held or disbursed Dasimmmsm under the provisions of this resolution shall be held and disbursed under the S0 b° {¤°·d° ¤¤· same rules and regulatmns governing other disbursing ouicers of the army. if g:sf:,§§`;,`;m' APPROVED, Marcin 29, 1867. officers of the _1___ Rfmy. [No. 26.3 A Resolution relative to the Payment of Expenses incurred bg the Judges of March 29, 1867. E ectionjbr the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of 'olumbrkz. """“"`“' Resolved by the Senate and Mme of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the corporations of the C°¤¤P°¤¤¤*i°¤ cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of Columbia, be, and the €§gj$,l§g;:°:; °t same are hereby, required to pay, or cause to be paid, all necessary ex- election in penses, including printing, clerk hire, room rent, stationery, and a per g”bl';Z*°° {md diem compensation to each of the judges of election in the respective th;°§;;.K,2(# cities, appointed under the act of Congress entitled "An act to punish Columnists be illegal voting in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," ap- P2';,,,, ch 81 proved February fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, of five dollars VOL xiv_ 3§°_ per day for every day they shall be actually employed in the discharge _ of their duties, and the certificate of the judges of election. of either city, th3‘?‘:5¤*;:*gr°§, or a majority thereof; of the correctness of any account arising out of the wbé, ,,§ wth, action of said judges, shall be deemed sufficient to constitute the same n correctness ¤f¤¤ legal debt against the city to which the judges so certifying shall belong. §°;‘;g;1°g;§:k° And it shall be lawful for any of the said judges of election to administer against the city. oaths in all cases relating to the duties assigned them hy law, and any lA;{Y.l“d8°:§ person wilfully making a false statement under oath, be ore any of said ;°,,€:,Q:;:.i:,1:5,, ` judges, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof shall Any wilful be subject to imprisonment for the term of not less than one nor more {gl§)‘;“*:;Fl§Q°”° than five years. P J y` Sec. 2. Ami be it fi¢rther resolved, That the judges of the supreme fC<§¤¤¤}*¤Sl9¤°¤ court of the District of Columbia, shall appoint three commissioners of g,,,_ci,c$g¥;,lg1n,8_ election in each voting precinct in said cities of Washington and George- cinct in Wulitown, who shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors g‘§;Q“°,‘;'_}g‘ are appointed and qualified, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the 1-Gfmcrohcs, ballot-boxes at the polls at each election, to receive and deposit in said duties, p¢>¤{¤¤‘¤, boxes the ballots of legalized voters in their respective precincts, to °°mp°"”“°"’ count the votes after the polls are closed, and declare the result, and make returns thereof as now provided bylaw. And the said oommis· ° sioners of election shall receive the votes of all persons whose names are on the list of voters in said precinct, prepared by the judges of election aforesaid, and none others; they shall have power to administer oaths, and to examine persons oiiering to vote, and other witnesses as to the identity of voters, and shall receive from their respective cities the same compensation for their services as is now paid to the commissioners of _ election in said cities; and any person swearing falsely relative to the gl°¤;Y¥i¤ same shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall, on conviction thereof, :§,,,;_ ° °" be subject to imprisonment for the term of not less than one nor more _ than five years. All acts and parts of acts im onsistent herewith are °,£;g°“h”8 hereby repealed. ` Approved, March 29, 1867.