t to hold or exercise, any such office or
employment, he shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be, guilty
of a high misdemeanor, and, upon trial and conviction thereof, he
shall be punished therefor by a fine not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both said
punishments, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 6. That every removal, appointment, or employment made, had, or
exercised, contrary to the provisions of this act, and the making,
signing, sealing, counter-signing, or issuing of any commission or
letter of authority for or in respect to any such appointment or
employment, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be, high
misdemeanors, and, upon trial and conviction thereof, every person
guilty thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both said
punishments, in the discretion of the court: _Provided_, That the
President shall have power to make out and deliver, after the
adjournment of the Senate, commissions for all officers whose
appointment shall have been advised and consented to by the Senate.

SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate, at
the close of each session thereof, to deliver to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and to each of his assistants, and to each of the Auditors,
and to each of the Comptrollers in the Treasury, and to the Treasurer,
and to the Register of the Treasury, a full and complete list, duly
certified, of all persons who shall have been nominated to and rejected
by the Senate during such session, and a like list of all the offices
to which nominations shall have been made and not confirmed and filled
at such session.

SEC. 8. That whenever the President shall, without the advice and
consent of the Senate, designate, authorize, or employ any person to
perform the duties of any office, he shall forthwith notify the
Secretary of the Treasury thereof, and it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury thereupon to communicate such notice to all
the proper accounting and disbursing officers of the Government.

SEC. 9. That no money shall be paid or received from the Treasury,
or paid or received out of any public moneys or funds of the United
States, whether in the Treasury or not, to or by or for the benefit of
any person appointed to or authorized to act in or holding or
exercising the duties or functions of any office contrar