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in the same; and the office of surveyor general, in every such district,shall thereafter cease and be discontinued.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the quantity ofpublic land remaining unsold in any land district shall be reduced to anumber of acres less than one hundred thousand, it shall be the dutyof the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the land office of suchdistrict; and if any land, in any such district, shall remain unsold atthe time of the discontinuance of a land office, the same shall be sub-ject to sale at some one of the existing land offices most convenient tothe district in which the land office shall have been discontinued, ofwhich the Secretary of the Treasury shall give notice.
Approved, June 12, 1840.
Chap. XXXVII .—An Act concerning prisoners of the United States committed tothe gaol in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island .
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That all prisonerscommitted to the present gaol in the County of Providence and Stateof Rhode Island under the authority of the United States , shall be keptuntil discharged by due course of the laws thereof under the like restric-tions and penalties as in the case of prisoners committed to said gaolunder the authority of said State of Rhode Island .
Approved, June 12, 1840.
Chap. XXXIX. — An Act making provision for the payment of pensions to theexecutors or administrators of deceased pensioners in certain cases.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That in case any male pen-sioner shall die, leaving children, but no widow, the amount of pensiondue to such pensioner at the time of his death shall be paid to the exe-cutor or administrator on the estate of such pensioner, for the sole andexclusive benefit of the children, to be by him distributed among themin equal shares, and the same shall not be considered as a part of theassets of said estate, nor liable to be applied to the payment of the debtsof said estate in any case whatever.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case any pensioner whois a widow shall die, leaving children, the amount of pension due at thetime of her death shall be paid to the executor or administrator for thebenefit of her children, as directed in the foregoing section.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death of anypensioner, whether male or female, leaving children, the amount of pen-sion may be paid to any one or each of them, as they may prefer, with-out the intervention of an administrator.
Approved, June 19, 1840.
Chap. XLI .—An Act to provide for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and dis-bursement of the public revenue, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be preparedand provided, within the new Treasury building now erecting at theseat of Government, suitable and convenient rooms for the use of theTreasurer of the United States , his assistants and clerks', and sufficientand secure fire-proof vaults and safes for the keeping of the publicmoneys in the possession and under the immediate control of the saidTreasurer; which said rooms, vaults, and safes, are hereby constituted
Certain landoffices to be dis-continued.
Statute I.June 12, 1840.
. Statute I.June 19, 1840.
In case of apensioner leav-ing children,but no widow.
In case of apensioner whois a widowleaving chil-dren.
In case of anypensioner leav-ing children.
Statute 1.July 4, 1840.
Rooms to beprovided for theTreasurer, andvaults and safesfor the publicmoneys.
(a) Repealed by act of August 13, 1841, chap. 7.
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