Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/1148

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1096 F IFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 847,848. 1901. payments, to be made to said Board of Chi1dren?s Guardians, toward , the support of such child such sum or sums, monthly, weekly, or otherwise, as in the judgment of said court either or both such father and mother should and may be able to pay; and the courts aforesaid may at any time hear and determine any etition for an order for contribution toward maintenance of any child who has heretofore been or who may hereafter be committed to the guardianship of the Board of Children’s Guardians, or for modifying or suspending the operation of any such order previously made. wP<=¤;1tyfg_>r Sec. 6. That any person against whom an order for contribution nandley toward maintenance may have been made, as provided_ for in this Act, who shall refuse or neglect to make such payments_ as ordered, shall be deemed guilty of contempt, and u on conviction thereof shall be S sentenced to suffer imprisonment in 5ie workhouse of the District of

);¤,gg§Q*;g§L0rjg§,gg Columbia for not less than three months nor more than one year; and

uegieci. such imprisonment shall not exempt such person from additional imprisonment for further neglect or refusal to make contribution as §rvvi·¢g·_On f _ aforesaid: Provided, however, That if, after such conviction, any such angipgumsiing $23, arent shall appear before the court before which such conviction shall em- have taken place and shall show to the satisfaction of the court that the amount due under such order, up to the time of conviction, has been paid, and further, with good and sufficient surety, to be a proved by said court, shall enter into bond to the United States in tge penal sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned that he will thereafter pay such sums as may have been ordered or that may thereafter be ordered to be paid by said court until such order shall be revoked,the said pjougt may suspend sentence therein during the continuance of such on . · . b0l;;§’“”*”g °*“°°‘ °f Sec. 7. That the disbursi ng officer of the Board of Children’s Guard- Payinents, etc.,by. ians shall receive and shall be responsible under his bond for all moneys paid to said board under the provisions of this Act, and Shall pay the amounts so received by him into the '1`reasury of the United States within twenty days after the close of each fiscal quarter. R"’*’°“‘· Sec. 8. That all Acts and portions of Acts inconsistent with the pro- EKQCL visions mentioned above are hereby repealed, and the terms of the provisions in the above sections shall become law on and after the date of approval. Approved, March 3, 1901.

 CHAP. 848.-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to

deliver to the mayor and city council of Baltimore, Maryland, Ionic columns. B”*1F’m°'°· Md- Be it enacted 6 the Senate and House 0 Re resentatives 0 the United mgiiiileielytatiiiftdiélsodi States of A¢neri%a in Congress assemblgi, 'lzhat the Secrgzlary of the °1d°““°m`h°“S°‘ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to . the mayor and city council of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, the twelve columns now in the custom-house of said city, in order that said columns may be placed in one of the public parks or pllaces of said ' Baltimore City as a relic or remembrance of said custom- ouse, which is to be torn down and removed to make way for a new building to be erected. _ Approved, March 3, 1901.