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2 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That officers of the Veteran Reserve Corps of the volunteer service, now on duty in the Freedmen's Bureau as assistant commissioners, agents, medical officers, or in other capacities, who have been or may be mustered out of service, may be retained by the Commissioner, when the same shall be required for the proper execution of the laws, as officers of the bureau, upon such duty and with the same pay, compensation, and all allowances, from the date of their appointment as now provided by law for their respective grades and duties at the dates of their muster out and discharge; and such officers so retained shall have, respectively, the same authority and jurisdiction as now conferred upon "officers of the bureau" by act of Congress passed on the sixteenth of July, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner is hereby empowered to sell for cash, or by instalments with ample security, school buildings and other buildings constructed for refugees and freedmen by the bureau, to the associations, corporate bodies, or trustees who now use them for the purposes of education or relief of want, under suitable guarantees that the purposes for which such buildings were constructed shall be observed: Provided, That all funds derived therefrom shall be returned to the bureau appropriation and accounted for to the treasury of the United States. Endorsed by the President: Received June 24, 1868. [NOTE by the Department of State] - The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval. By decision of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury Department, none of the provisions of the above act went into effect before July 16th, 1868. The retention authorized is equivalent to a reappointment. Assistant Commissioners will therefore forward the names of such officers as may be required, for reassignment under this act. The Chief Disbursing Officer will furnish to the disbursing officers of the several States the necessary blanks for the settlement of accounts in accordance with this law. O. O. HOWARD, Major-General, Commissioner. Official: E. Whittlesey A.A. Adj.-Gen.
