FORTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 44, 45, 46. 1874. 19 lll essilla land-district, the office of which shall be located at such place Location of laudin said district as the President of the United States may direct, which °m°"· may be changed from time to time as the public interest may require. Sec. 2, That the President shall appoint, by and with theadvice and ' consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of public moneys for- said B°Si°*°’ ****6 *°· district, and said officers shall reside in the place where said land-office °°‘v"' is located, and they shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same emoluments as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to land offices of the United States in other Territories Approved, March 3, 1874. CHAP. 44-.-An act authorizin the chief clerk of the arD s. ment sian '- sitions on the Treasury duriigfg the temporary absebx of tbz S“dcretar‘y*0of:Wd-sj1m Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United . 'States of America in Congress assembled, Than when, from illness or Secretcrypr war other cause, the Secretary of War is temporarily absent from the War "{”§’k**g"h9"”° °h*°?f Department, he may authorize the chief clerk of the Department to sign g,?;,,,,,, °§;g° {sq;;,] 'requisitions upon the Treasury Department, and other papers requiring abwmk. ’ the signature of said Secretary ; the same, when signed by the chief clerk during such temporary absence, to be of the same force and effect as if "signed by theSeoretary of War himself. Approved, March 4, 174. CHAP. 45.-An act to render availablete certain unexpended balance of appro- March 4, 1814; PUB. lOl']. "—i"`__;"°_° Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the unexpcndcd balance Ra-ap,,mprm;.,¤ of the appropriation for the construction of the United States branch~ of unexpended balmint building at San Francisco, California, now remaining on the books °¤9° ml`, buf,i*¤°h· of the Treasury Department to the credit of the appropriation for that ;’,Q,",,Y,.,,,,g,Sc;“g ‘° work, and unavailable under the provisions of the fifth, sixth, and sev- ` enthsections of the act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy, 1870, 6h_ 2;,1, M 5, is hereby re-appropriated and made available from and after the passage 6, 7,voL mvi, p. 2m. of this act. Approved, March 4, 1874. CHAP. 46.-An act to amend the fifteenth section of an act approved June eighth, MMG], 5, 131.; eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, und—————·—·—· amend the statutes relating to the Post-Office Department." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That section nfteen of the act $8'.j3§°g,:$**3g§ 5 “ to revise, consolidate and amend the statutes relating to the Post Office ,5, mf x,,,,, ,,_ 289. Department; approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy- two, be amended to read as follows:
- 81:0. 15. That before entering upon the duties, and before they shall ,¤?,;”;’;°g’;,
receive any salary, the Postmaster General, and all persons employed in ‘ the postal service, shall respectively take and subscribe before some magistrate or other competent officer authorized to administer oaths by the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory, the followingoath or aiiirmation: _ F f th " ‘I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,)_ that I "““ ° °“ · will faithfully perform all the duties required of me and abstain from everything forbidden by the laws in relation to the establishment of post-offices and post-roads within the United States; and that _I will honestly and truly account for and pay over any money belonging to
