TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 3,5. 1841.

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Chap. III .—An Ad further to amend the ad entitled ll An act to provide for taking

the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United Statesap-proved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni-ted States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and may belawful for such of the assistants to the marshals, in the respective Statesand Territories, who have not, before the passage of this act, madetheir respective returns to such marshals under the act hereby amended,to complete their enumerations and make their returns, under the saidact, at any time before the first day of May, eighteen hundred andforty-one, and for the marshals of such States and Territories to maketheir returns to the Secretary of State at any time before the first ofJune, eighteen hundred and forty-one ; Provided, That nothing hereincontained shall be deemed to release such marshals and assistants fromthe penalties contained in the act aforesaid, unless their returns shallbe made within the time prescribed in this act: And provided, further,That no person be included in the returns made under the present act,unless such persons shall have been inhabitants of the district forwhich such returns shall be made, on the first day of June, one thou-sand eight hundred and forty.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the eleventh sec-tion of the act for taking the sixth census as applies to the printing,under the direction of the Secretary of State, of the aggregate returnsreceived from the marshals, be so construed as to apply equally to thecensus of pensioners, and the statistical aggregates returned by saidmarshals: And be it further provided, That for arranging and pre-paring the census of pensioners required by the thirteenth section ofthe act for taking the sixth census and for the compiling and supervi-sion of the printing of the statistical returns taken under said act, therebe allowed to the superintending clerk, upon the completion of thework, such compensation as the Secretary of State may deem just andequitable, not exceeding the rate heretofore allowed for compiling thestatistics of the third census; and that an allowance be made to the dis-bursing agent of the Department of State for the extra duties whichhave been, or may be, imposed upon him on account of the sixth cen-sus, in relation to its preparatory measures, the accounts of the mar-shals, and the disbursements, at a rate not exceeding that allowed himfor his services in relation to the fifth census, according to the time heshall have been engaged in such duties.

Approved January 14, 1841.

Chap. V .—An Act to authorize the issuing of Treasury Notes, (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Presidentof the United States is hereby authorized to cause Treasury notes to beissued for such sum or sums as the exigencies of the Government mayrequire; but not exceeding the sum of five millions of dollars of thisemission, outstanding at any one time, to be reimbursed in the lastquarters of the year, if the condition of the Treasury will permit it, andto be issued under the limitations and other provisions, contained in theact, entitled “ An act to authorize the issuing of Treasury notes,” ap-proved the twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred andthirty-seven, and as modified by an act, entitled “ An act additional tothe act on the subject of Treasury notes,” approved the thirty-first day

Statute II.

Jan. 14, 1841.

Act of March3, 1839, ch. 80.

The time al-lowed for mak-ing enumera-tions and re-turns, extended.

Proviso.

Further pro-viso.

Constructionof 11th sec. act3d March 1839,ch. 80, with re-gard to printingthe returns..

Extra compen-sation to theclerk superin-tending the ex-ecution of saidact.

Extra compen-sation to the dis-bursing agent ofState aepT

Statute II.Feb. 15, 1841.

[Obsolete.]An emission ofnot exceeding$5,000,000 atany one timeoutstanding,authorized.

To be issuedunder the act of12th Oct. 1837,chap. 2, as mo-dified by the actof 31st March1840, ch. 5.

(a) Notes of the acts which have been passed relating to the issuing and reimbursement of Treasurynotes, vol. 2, 766.