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TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3, 4, 5. 1837.

Proviso.

Secretary ofthe Treasury tocause a monthlystatement to bepublished.

Power confer-red by this actto determine onthe 31stDecem-ber, 3838.

Statute I.

Oct. 12, 1837.

Extension ofbonds for duties.

No fee to ac-crue to any Dis-trict Attorneyon bonds left forcollection, or insuits institutedon bonds forthe renewalof which provi-sion is made bylaw, unless,&c.

holders of the said notes against fraud and losses. Provided, Thatnothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize theSecretary of the Treasury to reissue any of said notes, but upon thereturn of the said notes or any of them to the Treasury, the same shallbe cancelled.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be, and hereby is,made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause a statementto be published monthly, of the amount of all Treasury notes issued orredeemed, in pursuance of the provisions of this act; and that thepower to issue Treasury notes conferred on the President of the UnitedStates by this act, shall cease and determine on the thirty-first day ofDecember, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

Approved, October 12, 1837.

Chap. III.— in Act to regulate the Pees of District Attorneys in certain cases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That in all casesof extension of the time of payment of bonds given for duties on im-ports, it shall be according to such directions as may be given by theSecretary of the Treasury; and the extension of payment of the oldbond, or the taking of a new bond, shall be by the respective collectorssubject to no other charge than such as may be legally receivable on thetaking of an original bond, upon the entry of merchandise.

Sec. 2. And be it f urther enacted, That no fee shall accrue to anyDistrict Attorney on any bond left with him for collection, or in a suitcommenced on any bond for the renewal of which provision is made bylaw, unless the party or parties shall neglect to apply for such renewalfor more than twenty days after the maturity of such bond.

Approved, October 12, 1S37.

Statute I.Oct. 12, 1837.

All acts, &c.made to expireat close of the1 sess. 25 Con.continued toend of that ses-sion which shallcommence or bein session on the1st Monday inDec., 1837.

Chap. IV,— An Act to continue in force certain laws to the close of Ike next session

of Congress .

lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That all acts and parts ofacts, or provisions contained within any act, which, by the terms thereof,are made to expire at the termination of the first session of the twenty-fifth Congress , be, and the same are hereby, declared to continue inforce to the end of that session of Congress which shall commence, orshall be in session, on the first Monday of December, eighteen hundredand thirty-seven.

Approved, October 12, 1837.

Statute I.Oct. 14, 1837.

Act of Jan. 18,1837, ch. 5.

Horses, &c.turned over tothe service ofU. S. by orderof a command-ing officer, to bepaid for.

Claims to beadjusted by the3d Auditor, Sec.

This act andthe act to whichit is an amend-ment to extendto mules.

This act ex-

Chap. V .—An Act to amend an act, entitled “ An act to provide for the paymentof horses lost, or destroyed in the military service of the United States , approvedJanuary 18fA, 1837.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That any person who hasturned over to the service of the United States , his horse, saddle, bridle,or equipments, by the order of the commanding general, or other com-manding officer, shall be paid the value thereof; That the claims pro-vided for under this act shall be adjusted by the Third Auditor, undersuch rules as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, with theassent of the President. This act, and the act to which this is anamendment, shall extend to mules as well as to horses. Decisions underthis act shall be recorded as they are required to be recorded by the actaforesaid, and payment shall be made as is required by that act. Thisact shall extend to cases where any person mentioned in the act of which