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Maggh , 1s Ca. LXXX.- An Act for inreasing the Revenue by Rsseration and Sale o" Ton
Sites on Public Lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreentative of the United
Town st to &ae of America & Congress atem d, That it shall be the duty of
be reserved. the President of the United States to reserve from the public lands,
whether surveyed or unsurveyed, town sites on the shores of harbors, at
the"junction of rivers, important portages, or any natural or prospective
centres of population.
Reservatiou Se. 2. And be it fw er enacted, That when, in the opinion of the
to be s id President, the publid interests require it, it shall be the duty of the Seere-
into low tary of the Interior to cease any of said reservations, or part thereof, to
be surveyed into urbin or suburban lots of suitable size, and to fix by
Value to be appraisement of disinterested persons their cash value, and to offer the
appraised. same for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder, and thence afterward
March 8s8IM. Ou. XII. - An Act to authorize the Breve"tn of 11ifterand ether Qjtceti in
the Unaited Stat. Serice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United
Brevet rank of Sates of America in Congres assembled, That the President of the United
volunteer and States be, and he hereby is, authorized, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, to confer brevet rank upon such commissioned officers
of the volunteer and other forces in the United States service as have
been,.or may hereafter be, distinguished by gallant actions or meritorious
Pay, &e., not conduct; which rank shall not entitle them to any increase of pay or
irse. emoluments.
APROVED, March 8, 1868.
March 8, 188. CHAP. LXXXL-An Act 1 the eif of certain Po, wsohmperfosed t
Duties of Assistant Surgeons in Reghnento of (Yavaby.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tae United
Pay of those States of America in Congress assembled, That physicians and surgeons
acthuge orst who have since the second day of July last been duly appointed and corn-
nt surgeons of
cavalry missioned as second assistant surgeons in volunteer regiments of cavalry,
and as such have been duly mustered into the military service of the
United States, and actually performed the duties appertaining to that
office, shall be paid therefor in like manner and upon like proof as other
Proviso. assistant surgeons of cavalry: Provided, That not more than two assistant
surgeons to each regiment shall be allowed and paid for services per-
formed at one and the same time.
APprovzD, March 8, 1868.
March 8, 1868. CrrAt. LXXXIV. -An Act to amend an Act entled " An At to audtorie the E.
1861, ch. 9. plogineat of Volunteers to aid in enforci the Laws, and protetng Public Property,"
approved July twenty-two, ehteen hundred and sirty-on
Ants, p. 268.
Be it enacted V the Senate and Home of Repraentatives of the United
Persons dis- Staes of America in Oongress assembd That every non-commissioned
charged within officer, private, or other person who has been or shall hereafter be dis-
two Years of
enlistment, by charged from the army of the United States, within two years from the
reason of wounds, date of their enlistment, by reason of wounds received in battle, shall be
&c., entitled to entitled to receive the same bounty as is granted or may be granted to the
bounty.
same classes of persons who are discharged after a service of two years;
Repealing and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this, are hereby repealed.
clause APPRovED, March 8, 1868.
March ,188. CAP. LXXXV.-An Ad concerning Letters of MaNwue, Prixes, and Prize Goods.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of R entatives of tMe United
President may State of Aerica in ongrmes assembled, That in all domestic and for-
issue letters of eign wars the President of the United States is authorized to issue to
marque, &e. private armed vessels of the United States, commissions, or letters of
marque and general reprisal in such form as he shall think proper, and
under the seal of the United States, and make all needful rules and regu.
Rules for ain- lations for the government and conduct thereof, and for the adjudication
dication, &c.,o and disposal of the prizes and salvages made by such vessels: Provided,
puthority, That the authority conferred by this act shall cease and terminate at the
when to ceae. end of three years from the passage of this act.
AppROVxD, March 8, 1863.
Ow. LXXXTL-A A iwther to repuate Poedasin PriaeM .e,ad to wend Xrh 6,1866.
waiene Act. of Conres in Rekuien therdto
Be it exacted by Senate and House of Rqpesentatives of the United
States of Amerioa in Cbngres assembd, That whenever any prize prop- tale of prize
erty shall be condemned in any district or circuit court, or shall at any property, when
to order.
stage of the proceedings be found by the court to be perishing, perish- court
able, or liable to deteriorate or depreciate, or whenever the costs of keeping
the same shall be disproportionate to its value, or whenever all the par-
ties in interest who have appeared in the case shall agree thereto, it shall
be the duty of the court to order a sale thereof, and no appeal shall oper- Appeal not to
ate to prevent the making or execution of such order. And upon any prevent-
sale, it shall be the duty of the marshal forthwith to deposit the gross pro- Proceeds of
eeeds of the sale with the assistant treasurer of the United $tates nearest ele.
to the place of sale, and subject to the order of the court in the particular
case; and the court may at any time order the payment from such de- Payment of
posit of the expenses and disbursements necessarily incurred in the cus- expenses and dis-
bu'semeDta.
tody, preservation, and sale of said property, audited and allowed by the
court in the manner provided by law. And when a decree of condemna- Costs, fees, and
tion shall be made in any cause, the court may, in like manner, order the charges.
payment from said deposit of the costs, fees, and charges decreed in the
cause. And on a final decree of distribution, after the payment of such
costs, fees, and expenses, the residue of the deposit shall, by order of the Residne to be
court, be paid into the treasury of the United States for distribution paid into the
according to the decree. And the clerk of the court shall forthwith Clerk leasury.
to trane-
transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy mit copies of fnal
certified copies of said final decree of distribution; and in case the final decree.
decree shall be for restitution without costs, the costs, fees, and disburse- CO.", how paid
meats allowed by the court• and nf unpaid" shall " upon the fund
" betha charge • when
for decree is
restitution
for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States is a without costs.
party or interested. And the Treasury Department shall credit the Navy Those in navel
epartment with the amount held for distribution; and the several service entitled
officers, marines, sailors, and other persons in the naval service entitled to the prize-
money to be
to share in the prize money, shall be credited in their accountt with the credited there-
Navy Department with the amount to which they are respectively en- with.
tided.
SEc. 2. And be it fiUr eracted, That the Secretary of the Navy or the Captured ves-
Secretary of War shall be, and they or either of them are hereby, authorized eels, arIs,
me), be Waen for
to take any captured vessel, any arms or munitions of war, or other material, government use.
for the use of the Government; and when the same shall have been taken, Proceedings in
before being sent in for adjudication, or afterwards, the department for such eaes.
whose use it was taken shall deposit the value.of the same in the treas-
ury of the United States, subject to the order of the court in which prize
proceeding shall be taken in the case; and when there is a final decree
of distribution in the prize court, or if no proceedings in prize shall be
taken, the money shall be credited to the Navy Department to be dis-
tributed according to law.
Szc. S. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy Secretary of
shall employ an auctioneer or auctioneers of established reputation in that the Navyeto a-
branch of merchandise, to make sales of all prize goods, under the direc- Odl prizegoods
tion of the marshall of the district in which the property shall be ordered under thedreo-
to be sold, and at a rate of compensation not to exceed in any ease one o h e mar-
and one fourth per centum upon the gross amount of the sales; and such Pay.
sales shall be advertised in the fullest and most conspicuous manner, and Advertiement.
to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy; and any fraud, collu- Coludon, &.,
Insale tooe.,
sion, or combination, or any..... act or fraudulent device or contrivance in the captors, defra
sale and disposition of any prize property, by which the captors or the made a felony,
Government are or may be defrauded, shall be, and is hereby, declared to and how pun-
be a felony; and any public officer or agent, or any other person engaged ihed
therein, upon conviction thereof by or before any court of competent juris-
March 8, 1868. OEAP LXXV.- An Adt to Mequaiie mad estaWAs the'Cmpmsation qf Me Co~eeto,
%& Cutossa on die ANoaem Nordaten, and Northwasurn Frontiers,and for other
-
March 8, 1868. GEAL. XCI. -An Act to gin greater gfflciency to the Adica 4S m of the Uned
Ca"r. XCV.- An Act to faciitt ttakn of Dqpeetionssoaiai the ZUiet &dtee, to March 8,1863L
be used in de Courts of ete Countris, id jfr other Pupow.
Be is enacted by the Senate and House of Representaives of the United
Sake of America in Congess assembled That the testimony of any wit- Testimony of
ness residing within the United States, to be used in any suit for the Witnes" Inthe
recovery of money or property depending in any court in any foreign may be taken to
country with which the United States are at peace, and in which the be used In suits In
8vernment of such foreign ountry shall be a party or shall have an countries.
eorgt
interest, may be obtained, to be used in such suit. If acommission or Mode of pro-
letters rogatory to take such testimony shall have been issued from the eedure.
court in which said suit is pending, on producing the same before the
district judge of any district where said witness resides or ahall be found,
and on due proof being made to such judge that the testimony of any
witness material to the party desiring the same, such judge shall issue
a summons to such witness requiring him to appear before the officer Summons.
or commiskioner named in such commission or letters rogatory, to testify
in such suit. Such summons shall specify the time and place at which
such witness is required to attend, which place shall be within one hun-
dred miles of the place where said witness resides or shall be served with
said summons.
SuE. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That if any .perlon 'shall refuse or Penalty on
neglect to appear at the time and place mentioned in the summons issued, 9appearing
wite ororRotre-
in accordance with this act, or if, upon his appearance, he shall refuse to f, ing to testl4W.
testify, he shall be liable to the same penaties as would be incurred for
a like offence on the trial of a suit in the district tourt of the United
States.
Suo. 8. Ald be it fwther enaded, That every witiess who shall ap- Fees and mile-
pear and testify, in mainer aforesaid, shall be allowed and shall receive age of witnees.
from- the party, at whose instance he shall have been summoned, the
same fees and mileagef as are allowed to witnesses in suits depending in
the district courts of the United-States.
Sze. 4. And be it further enaeted, That whenever any commission or Commissions
letters rogatory, issued to...take
. the testimony of any- witness
• in a foreign of
to witnesses
take testimony
in
country, in any suit in which the United States are parties or have an fori countries
interest, shall have been executed by the court or the commissioner to in u n which
whom the same shall have been directed, the same shall be returned by the United States
such court or commissioner to the minister or consul of the United States-are parties, how
returned.
nearest the place where said letters or commission shall have been ex-
ecuted, who, on receiving the same, shall indorse thereon a certificate,
stating the time and place when and where the same was received; and
VOL xn. Pus. -97
March 8,IB. CoAp. XCVL- An Act to aatstWA a Branch Mint of sk VhWted Sa in tin Triy
of Nevada.
Be it enaced b the &nate and Home of eraenaIve*of the a'tead
Branch mint State. of Ametica in (ongree assembled, That a branch of the mint of
established " the United States be located and established at Carson City, in the Terri.
Canon City,
Nevada. to of Nevada, for the coinage ofguld and silver.
President to 1 c.2. And be it further enacted That, for carrying on the business
appoint oficers of said branch, the following officers shall be appointqd, as soon as the
mint, public interest shall require their service, upon the nomination of the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, namely:
one superintendent, one assayer, one melter and refiner, and one comer;
Superintendent and the said superintendent shall employ as many clerks, subordinate
to appoint elerks, workmen, and laborers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
Salares. ury, as may be required. The salaries of the said officers shall be as
follows: To the superintendent, the sum of two thousand dollars; to the
assayer, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars; to the melter and refiner,
eighteen hundred dollars; to the clerks, subordinate workmen, and labor-
ers, such wages and allowances as are customary, according to their
respective stations and occupations.
Ofers and Sc. 8. And be it furte enaed, That the officers and clerks to be
clerks to take appointed under this act, before entering upon the execution of their
oath. offices, shall take an oath or affirmation, before somne judge of the United
States or of the supreme court of said Territory, faithfully and diligently
Bond. to perform the duties of their offices, and shall each become bound to the
United States of America, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction
of the director of the mint, or the secretary of the Territory of Nevada,
and of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the condition of the faithful
performance of the duties of their offices.
Director of Szo. 4. And be itfurther eaacted, That the general direction of the
mint to direct business of said branch of the mint of the United States shall be under
branch. the control and regulation of the director of the mint at Philadelphia,
subject to the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury; and for that
purpose it shall be the duty of the said director to prescribe such regula-
tions and require such returns periodically and occasionally, and to estab.
lish such charges for parting, assaying, refining, and coining, as shall
appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the
intention of this act in establishing said branch; also for the purpose of
preserving uniformity of weight, form, an l Ah in the coin stamped at
said branch.
Branch mint to Szo. 5. And be itfaurder enaed, That said branch mint shall be a
be moneys. place of deposit for such public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury
plaeofdepit
Ibrpublie
Superintendent may direct. And the superintendent of said branch mint, who shall per-
to have custody, form the duties of treasurer thereof, shall have the custody of the same,
and also perform the duties of assistant treasurer; and for that purpose
1Ws,c. go. shall be subject to all the provisions contained in an act entitled "An act
Vol. iz. p. 59. to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collee.
tion, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue,
approved August six, eighteen hundred and forty-Aix, which relates to
the treasury of the branch mint at New Orleans.
Cmkr. XOhfL -As Ad to proviborthe DIpasd of ctk Lud thae imEd. Marcha,1lSe.
Be it enacted by tMe Senate and House of Repreuntat"v of the United
,Sta of America in Congress asemX4 That the commissioner of the Fort Howard
general land-offiee shall, as son as may be, cause that portion of the M litai Resve
to be 7mvea
public domain known as the Fort Howard Military Reserve, including and bdv
the site of the fort, containing three acres and four-hundredths of an acre, Into lots.
which is situated in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, be-
tween Fox River and Beaver Dam Run, and which is not included in the
confirmations to Talbot C. Dousman and Daniel Whitney, nor in the
grant to the State of Wisonsin under the resolution of Congress approved esolution
April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled " A resolu- number 80.
tion explanatory of,and in addition to, the act of June third, eighteen 1856, ch. 4&
hundred and fifty-six, granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin to Vol Xi. P. 0.
aid in the construction of railroads in said State," as heretofore surveyed
under the direction of the surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa, to be
surveyed and subdivided into lots of such form and of such size, not less
than one fourth of an acre, and not more than forty acres, as he may deem
expedient, dedicating such portions of the same to the use of the public for
streets and highways as he may think the public interest and convenience Streets.
may require; and shall came a plat thereof to be duly and properly cer- Plate to be
tified by such surveyor-general, and recorded in the office of the register cent.ed and re-
of deeds for said county of Brown; and when so surveyed, platted, and c bes.ol
recorded, he shall cause each and all aid lots to be sold separately at separely at
public auction, giving not less than two months' notice of the time and public auction.
place of such sale by advertising the same in such newspapers and for
be sold
snch period of time as he may deem best. Every such lot shall
to the highest bidder for cash, and when not paid for within twenty-four
hours from the time of purchase, it shall be liable to be resold under the
order of the cmmissioner of the general land-office aforesaid, but no buoSalet~asnot bind-
apn-
inune ap
sale shall be binding until approved by the Secretary of the Interior. proved.
Sac. 2. Ard be it fiwttfer enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Patents.
President to cause patents to be issued in due formof law foreach and
every such lot as soon as may be after the purchase of and payment for
the same.
Sm. 8.And.b. itjfjter enacted,That it shall also be the duty of Portion of the
the commissioner of .the. . land-ofilce to cause so. much of the public Publiadaaet dmi
to Fort
domain adjacent to said reserve as les between said Beaver Dam Run and Howard Mill-
Duck Creek to be re-surveyed into lots, the lines of which shall conform as tay Reserve
March 8, 1M6. (K*P. XCVII. -An Adt fo. a Gna of.rm&d to the Sate of Kansas, in aftemate
&tioss, to aidi the oosnetim of oert ai Raif'odsand Terphs inmsai &at&
Be it enacted by the Snate and Hoe of Representatives of te United
Alternate see- &Sates of America in Congress assem&e That there be, and is hereby,
tionsof inndC., granted to the State of Kansas, for the purpose of aiding in the construe-
sas to aid In eon- tion: First, of i railioad and telegraph from the city of Leavenworth by
atruction of rail- the way of the town of Lawrence, and via the Ohio City crossing of the
roads. Osage River, to the southorn line of the State, in the direction of Galves-
ton bay in Texas, with a branch from Lawrence by the valley of the
Wakarusa River, to the point bn the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa F6
Railroad where said road intersects the Neosho River. - Second, of a rail-
road from the city of Atchison, via Topeka, the cal~ital of said State, to
the western line of the State, in the direction of Fort Union and Santa
F6, New Mexico, with a branch from where this last-named road crosses
the Neosho, down said Neosho valley to the point where the said first-
named road enters the said Neosho valley; every alternate section of
land, designated by odd numbes, for ten sectiona in width on each side
Ifany section of said roads and each of its branches. But in case it shall appear that
htbeen sold, the United States have, when the lines or routes of said road and branches
&ean eq.nsl
quantit to be are definitely fixed, sold any section or any part thereof, granted as afore-
v n lieu said, or that the right of pre6mption or homestead settlement has attached
to the same, or that the samhe has been reserved by the United States.for
any purpose whatever, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Interior to cause to be selected, for the purpoes akfo id from the public
lands of the United States nearest to tiers of sections above specified, so
much land, in alternate sections or parts of sections, designated by odd
numbers, asshall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold,
reserved, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of predmiption
or homesiead settlements have attached as aforesaid; which lands, thus
indicated by odd numbers and selected by direction of the Secretary of
the Interior as aforesaid, shall be held by the State of Kansas for the use
Proviso, and purpose aforesaid: Prouidd, That the land to be so selected shall, in
no case, be located further than twenty miles from the lines of said road
and branches: Provided,frther,That the lands hereby granted for and
on account of said roads and banches severally, shall be exclusively ap-
plied in the construction of the same, and for no other purpose whatever,
and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses through the same,
as in this act hereinafter provided: Awided, a/so, That no part of the
Mail to be SEC. 5. And be itfw er enacted, That the United States mail shall
transported over be transported over said roads and branches, under the direction of the
road, . Post-Office Department, at such price as Congress may by jaw direct:
Provided, That until such price is fixed by law the Postmaster-General
shall have the power to determine the same.
APPROVED, March 8, 1868.
March 8,186S. CRA~p. XCIX -An Adt naKV~ Appropr*ation i retmi e~n Afr
eomvtw, ada for twn 2e , a wioue
ndian Ofat forth eaending
&xUqJ th", iglonndrs and &atWy.jow.
Be it enacted k 41e Senate and Houe of Rgeenatives of ts Ute
Indian appro- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,
priatlon. and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and con.
fingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipula-
tions with the various Indian tribes -
For the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department,
namely:
Payofsuperin- For the pay of superintendents of Indian affairs and of the several
tendents. Indian agents, per acts of fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty, twenty-
8O, ch. 14. seventh February, eighteen hundred and fAty-one, thirty-first July, eighteen
1854, eh. 15. hundred and fifty-four, third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eigh.
18, ch. 90. teenth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, third March, eighteen hun-
185e,. 12. and nineteenth hundred and sixty, twety-
1860, ch. 15T. fifth aned
1857, ch. 90. fit-een,
June, eighteen hundred and June,
sixty, hteneft
eig eighth and tlrteent February,
1850, oh. 218. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and per fifteenth article of treaty of nine-
47
Vol . xi. pl . teenth April, eighteen hundred and fty-eight, with the Yancons, ninety-.
three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Sub-agens For the pay of the several Indian sub-agents, per act of thirty-first
iss , . er. July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, six thousand dollars.
Clerkt at St. For the pay of clerk to superintendent at Saint Louis, Missouri, per
Louis. ... act of twenty-sventh June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one thousand
1848,' Oh. e two hundred dollars.
Suprviorsin For pay of suprvisor~sJ red
for reservationi in California,
hen nine thousand
California. dollars. i
Iprte. For the pay of interpreters, per acts of thirtieth June, eighteen hundred
sir. 16% and thirty-four, twenty-seventh February, eighteen hundred and fifty-
1, Vo. one, eighteenth August, eighteen hundred and fltly-six, and seventeenth
Jul ghteen hundred and sixty-two, twenty-six thousand nine hundred
LaSae in For pay of twenty laborers for resevation in Californa, twelve thou-
CanforiM.
Pr'esets.
sand dolla.
For presents to Indians, five thousand dllars.
Provisio. For provisions for Indians, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars.
Buildings and For buildings at agencies and repairs thereof, ten thousand dollars.
repars., For
c ontingencies of the Indian deand forty-six thousand
ois" hundred
wo dollars. t y u
eolporai. For the employment of temporary clera by superintendents of Indianaf-
cs, fairs, on such occasons and or such periods of time as the Secretary te
dol
Interior may deem necessary to the pablic service, five thousand dollars.
ieaty sipla- For futfl treaty stipulahins with the variot Indian tribes:
l8os. B-ac.foot
eime.-h For eighth of ten instalments as annuity, to be
Jexpended
, in the pudrase of sych goods, protsionuand other us
articles as the President, at his discretion, may from time to time dter-
VoL xi. p. mine,o. per ninth article of the treaty of seventeenth October, eghteea
hundred and fifty-five, twenty thousand dollars.
For ninth of fifteen annual instalments for support of two smiths and
smiths! shops, per third article treaty twenty-second February, eighteen
hundred and fifty-five, two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For pay of an engineer to grist and saw-mill q Leech Lake, six hun-
dred dollars.
of ppew of Saginaw, Swanm ek and Blak River. - For eighth ChIPewas of
of ten equal annual instalments in coin, to be distributed per capita, in Creekla
the usual manner of paying annuities, per second article of the treaty River.
of second August, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, ten thousand dollars. Vol zL p. a.
For eighth of ten instalments for the support of one blacksmith shop,
per second article of the treaty of second August, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, twelve hundred and forty, dollars.
For first and second of five equal annual instalments, each of the see-
cnd series, of two thousand dollars, for educational purposes, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the President, four thousand dollars.
For first and second of five equal annual instalments of the second
series, of three thousand dollars each, in agricultural implements, and
carpenters' tools, household furniture and building material, cattle, labor,
and miscellaneous items, Aix thousand dollars.
For third of five equal annual instalments for educational purposes,
under the direction of the President, two thousand dollars.
For third of five equal annual instalments in agricultural implements,
three thousand dollars.
Qppeat, Henomes, Wosbagoes, and ew Mork hdian. -For Cippeios,
education during the pleasure. of Congress, per fifth article treaty eleventh MbnomseeO
August, eighteen hundred and. twenty-seven, one thousand five hundred and "lq- %-r
dollars. . o.
OIdks8aw. -- For permanent annuity in goods, per act f twe - VoL v p. 0
fifth February, seventeen hundred" and ninety-nine, three tousand' dol- 19, 11
IaSM VoL Lp. W&
Cholo.-For permanent annuity, per second article treaty sixteenth Choetaws.
November, eighteen hundred 'and five, and thirteenth article treaty twenty- VoL viL p. 99.
second June, eighteen hundred and fity-five, three thousand dollars. VoL xi. p.614.
For permanent annut for support of light-horsemen, per thirteenth VoL vi
article treaty eighteenth October, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thir- .
teenth article treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundre! and fifty-five,
six hundred dollars.
For permanent provision for education, per second article treaty twen-
tieth January, eighteen hunadred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article Vol vH. p.2
treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six thousand
dollars.
For permanent provision for blacksmith, per sixth article treaty eigh.
teenth October, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article.treaty
twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars.
For permanent provision for iron and steel, per ninth article treaty
twentieth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth
article of treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three
hundred and twenty dollars.
For interest on five hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum per
annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial
purposes, to be applied under the direction of the general council of the
Choftws, in conformity with the provisions contalned in the tenth and
thirteenth articles of the treaty of twenty-second June, eighteen hundred
and fifty-five, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Coman Kiowas, and Apacene of Ark==n aer.-Forthe last Comancha.,
of ten instalments for the purchase of goods, provisions, and agricultural KlOw.,
implements, per sixth article treaty twenty-seventh July, eighteen hun- kmItiver.
dred and fifty-three, eighteen thousand dollars. VoL x. P 1014.
For expenses of transportation of the last of ten instalments of goods,
VOL. xn. PMn.- 98
MAP. CL -An Act to nq iso Ejot ts ceuuegath bWen the UR edo and arh , 188 .
the RpUk Of Passig=e..atLimnst. tlfthj of Janvo, egktea hundred and
sbqq-hr*4 for the Stiment of Claus.
Be it piacted byj the Senate and House of Repreenatves of tie V~ated
Snte of Anerica in Congres assumbied, That the President of the United The Presient
States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint t
two commissioners, whose duty it shall .be, conjointly with the com- under the con-
missioners appointed by the Government of Peru, to investigate, adjust, -tin with
and determine the amount of the claims of citizens of the United States Pam
anainst the Government of Peru, and of citizens of Peru against the
Jovernment of the United States, pursuant to the terms of a convention
signed at Lima, on the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three.
Sue. 2. "d be it Anf er enacted; That the President, by and with the Soie r or,
advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a solicitor or agent, learned agen
in the Spanish language and law, on the part of the United States, whose
duty it shall be to prosecute, before the joint commission in the city of
Lima, the claims of citizens of the United States embraced in the stipula-
tions of said convention.
Szc. 8. And beit furter enae9, That the President, by and with the Seeretary.
advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a secretary to the said
commissioners on behalf of the United States, versed il ihe English and
Spanish languages.
Szo. 4 Ad he it further enatd, That the compensation of the re- pa of can-
speetive ofloers for whose appointment provision is made in t" act shall tisakeers,
be as follows: To the commissioners, in full for their services, four thou-
sand five hundred dollars each; to the solicitor or agent, four thousand soWtorl,
five hundred dollars, in flh for his services. And the said commissioners
and agent shall also be allowed, in commutation of travelling and all other
personal expenses, ten dollars a day, for the time actually and necessarily
occupied in going from the places of their residence to Lima and returning
home, under the provisions of the convention. To the secretary of the seoretMr.
commissioners on the part of the United States, there shall be paid two
thousand dollars in Hll for his services, and the same amount in commuta-
tion of all travelling and other personal expenses, as is provided in the
ease of the commissioners and solicitor. And the ms necessary to pay Appropiation.
the foregoing salaries and expenses, as well as the share of the contingent
expenses of the commission on the part of the United Statea, and of the
compensation of -the umpire chosen under the conventon, arehreby ap-
propriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise apopriateL.
8E. 6. And be it fihr enaeteA That the said commissioners on the Rulesandvege-
part of the United States, in conjunction with the commissioners on the dinin latins for
the eOn-
imt&
part of Peru, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to make all need- d10 the bust
ful rules and regulations for eondueti the business of the said commis- m .tultno.
sion; such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution of the
United States, the provisions of this act, or the Atipulations of the said
convention.
Sze.6. And be it fethe mace That the Seoreta. of State is
30ah 1, INS. OwR. CIL.-An Act to amend an Act atWed "An Ad to prcouct t Pftgw of de
NW&h 8,18
M LOn. CV. -As Ad to &=pa~es & Ann's hJWm Agdan, in the Dhiet of C.
Rate of
Be it maed b tWaSmea and House es of the Vited
R
,st. Awe bi- &a of America in (lOn m That Theresa A. Costello, Lucy
ftA m Gwynn, Margaret Bowden, Sarah M. Carroll, Catherine Ryan, Louisa
--
eur..-ae Fisher, and Catherine Shea, and their successors, be, and they are here-
by, made a body politic and corporate forever, by the name of" St. Ann's
Infant Asylum," for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in the
city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, an institution for the
Objects. maintenance and support of foundlings and infant orphan and half-orphan
children, and also to provide for deserving indigent and unprotected
females during their confinement in childbirth; and by that name may
Name and sea sue and be sued, prosecute and defend; may have and use a common
* seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure; may adopt and establish
By-laws. rules, regulations, and by-laws not repugetut to the Coniton and laws
of the United States, for properly conducting the affairs of said corpora-
Amont of s- tion ; may take, receiv, purchase, aad hold estte, real, personal, and
mixed, not exceeding in value at any one time one hundred thousand
dollars, and may
the proceeds manage
of the and dispose
sales thereof, of uses
to the the same, and apply
and purposes the same,
of said or
corpora-
tion, acording
after to be
at any time rides and regulations which now are or may here-
theestablished.
Corpoo Sac. 2. And e it fiaer e That said corporation shall be e-
my rig
t i
aa titled to retain under their cre, charge, and restraint, and subiect to e
res end discipline of said corporation, all foundlings and infant hle
eoimittd tolS m to their keeping as fully and completely, to all intents and
A unt, purposes, as if they were regularly indented and and apprenti to
said instittion, until said foundlings and infants shall be, if males, twenty
one year old, and if females, eighteen years old, or any shorter period that
maybind them may be agreed upon; and said corporation shall have power to bind them
r~~a ou otfor a time not to exceed said ages of twenty-one and eighteen years,
respectively, as apprentices to learn any trade or business, or to learn to
be useful in housekeeping, or may, under terms proper in the view of the
said corporation and to be by them stipulated, plac them for adoption, or as
inmates with any families or persons, said corporation not being restricted
in the exerise of their powers of binding or placing out to the District of
Columbia; and all such acts shall beinwritin, signed by the president
of said corporation, and sealed witht heir corporate seal, and signed and Act to be in
sealed by the persons taking said children as apprentices or as aforesaid, and writng, inder
s nl,so-
ad
acknowledged by said parties before a justice of the peace in and for said kawledged&
District, and within one month thereafter recorded in the office of the
register of wills for said District.
Szc. 8. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time Thist may Ye
paled.b tsdor
hereafter alter, amend, or repeal this act.
A&ProvxD. March 8, 1868.
On". OVIL -As Act suppl.neatwy to an Act eud "An Adt for the R Mart 8,1
Peronsor Damage, ai ed O Reaon of Dpreatiaan e~p
i certa n a 1868, eh.-7.
ofIdias,
ou ~oee FrAn aia*enh, eighteen hadw and seixtp.tle Ante, p. 652.
Be it mated by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United Act applicable
&ate of America in oyreM anemed, That te provisions'of the above I' all daOqM
March 8,18IM. Cup. 0 VI - A# Act to nute tdo Dutie. of the Cerk of the Howse of Res,wt
fia inpreparigftr tAe Oyaimo( &fth Howea
Be it enated by the Senate and Houe of Bqroenative of doAUnited
Duty of c.erk Stater of America in Congress aswMed, That before the first meeting of
cI%"a-'9 the the next Congress, and of every subsequent Congre.s the clerk of the
e e. - -- next preceding House of Representatives shall make a roll of the repre.
sentatives elect, and place thereon the names f all persons and of such
persons only, whose credentials show that they were regularly elected in
accordance with the laws of their states respectively, or the laws of the
United States.
APPiOaviD, March 8, 1868.
March 8,1"& M&w. CIX. - An Adt amndaty.qf. Acrnill*~ c o i&Al &Ua
06m
fan. Ac of iAdt
1850, ob.
Vol. Lip.8S&
4p. Preeatin
Water
sai
of doeofWork.
ifto the Mdies
GoeCImental
eacab. and
ced ite .
kd &atwjo,~&ving
and for doe = Ma=;;7 Beneft. 7Pli-
WUa~igan
Pinpoe, i-idh Potomae
of te Ihahianta ofth_rWJ
Be it enacted 6y ffmeSena*e and.Hote of Beprwwttives f -do Unite
C¢orporaion of tates of America in Chares assembe, That, in addition to the powers
Was,,--o mway conferred upon the corporation of Washington by the second and third
tey & sections of the act of Congress, approved March three, eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine, [entitled] "An act to provide for the care and preservation
of the works constructed by the United States for bringing the Potomac
water into the cities of Washington and Georgetown, for the supply of
said water for all jovernmental purposes, and for the uses and benefit of
the inhabitants of the said cities," full power and authority are hereby given
to the said corporation to levy and collect a water-tax on all real property
within the corporate limits of the city of Washington which binds on or
touches on any avenue, street, or alley in which a main water-pipe has
been laid or hereafter may be laid by the United States or by the eorpo-
Tax to be uni- ration of Washington, which water-tax shall be as nearly as possible equal
form. and uniform; may be levied on lots in proportion to their frontage or their
area, as the said corporation may determine; and may be collected in not
How levied and less than three nor more than five annual instalments, of which instal.
coflecte meats all after the first shall bear interest at the rate of six per centurn
per annum, commencing from the date of (at] which the first instalment
becomes due, but may, at the option of the owner of the property taxed,
be paid and discharged in full at any time after it shall have been levied.
And the said corporation of Washington is further
ered, on petition of the owners "of the majority authorized and empow-
of the real estate on any
Water-pipes, square or line of squares, to lay down water-pipes and erect fire-plugs
and public hydrants wherever the same may be requisite and neessary
pubchyrane.for publip convenience, security from fire, or for health.
ph'e-plug tax. Szo, 2. Andbei farthe enacted, That, to aid in the erection, main.
tenance, and efficiency of fire-plugs throughout the city, the said corpora.
tion of Washington is hereby authorized and empowered to levy and col-
lect a special annual tax on all buildings within five hundred feet of any
main water-pipe into which, or the premises connected thirewith, the
water has not been introduced, and the owners or occupants of which do
not pay an annual water-mte or rent in accordance with the ordinances of
the corporation, which tax shall be levied with reference to the value of
the building so taxed, @ma& hall be not more than five dollars nor less than
CaP. CX. -Ai At to eaned te Ckier of the Aleadria and Wahitoa B d March 8,186M
ompay, and for other POP011".
Be it e d hi &ate and Home of Represtatives of the United
&stee of America in Cogress asemled; That the Alexandria and Wash-_.dJ& TheandAlen-
Wae-
ington Railroad Company be, and the same is hereby, authorized to ex- ington It.
tend their said railroad from the south side of the Potomac across said company -sy
river, to and along Maryland avenue to the Capitol grounds, and across extend its read.
Pennsylvania avenue along First street to Indiania avenue, and thence to
the Baltimore and Ohio depot; and that all the ordinary rights, privileges,
and liabilities, incident to similar corporations are conferred upon said
company for that purpose: Provided however, That the same shall be
subject to alterations, amendment, or repeal: And provided fwsher,
That the ears shall not be drawn on the streets aforesaid, or on the When steam
structure across the Potomac River mentioned in the second section of P may be
this act, by steam power without the consint of Congress and of the
corporate authorities of the city of Washington thereto: And prod
f owther:.
That said company shall be authorized to charge and re- ate offteight
ceive rates of freights and fares not exceeding five cents for each person and fares.
transported and for each No eon
• ton conveyed on said road so extended: And excluded tmto be
provided,also, That no person shall be excluded from the cars on account eore o accont
of color. of cAor.
Sc. 2. And be it further hnaeted,That the said company are hereby AdditiOnal
empowered to make such additional structure or passage way along either .raeure along
side of the Potomac bridge as may render the same safe for public use, brigto
and so as not to hinder the general use of said bridge for ordinary travel,
which shall be ascertained by one or more experienced civil engineers,
who shall report, by proper surveys and estimates, to the Secretary of the
Interior for his approval; the whole cost of which surveys and eonstruo-
tion of said additional bridge for the purposes aforesaid to be paid by the
said company. And the said company shall construct such draws as shall Draw&
correspond with-those now in use on the said bridge, and of such model
as shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and which shall
afford reasonable facilities for navigation on the Potomac River.
SEC. 8. And be it futer enacted That the said company shall keep Corporation to
that portion of the avenues or streets occupied by their road in good keep portion of
repair, and provided with suitable crossways, at the proper places, for aven esi repah
vehicles and wheeled carriages, and for general use. The track of said Track, where
road shall be laid as nearly in the centre of the street and avenues laid
through which it passes, as may be, without interfering with the water
mains and gas pipes, and the speed of travel shall be subject to such Speed of travel
regulations as the corporate authorities of the city of Washington shall,
from time to time, prescribe, under such penalties as the said corporate
authorities shall impose: Provided however, That the rights and privileges
March i, 180. Ck". XL - An Aet toInemte &is ationa Aoa= Wof &aw.
Be it enacted by L..Senate and ouse 'ofReprus'taliiesof the Vnhie
NationalAad, &atea of America in Obngress auembed, That Louis Agassiz, Massachu-
emy of Scences setts; J. H. Alexander, Maryland; S. Alexander, New Jersey; A. D.
hi ote Bache, at large; F. B. Birnard, at large; J. G. Barnard, United States
army, Massachusetts; W. H. C. Bartlett, United States Military Acad-
emy, Missouri; U. A. Boyden, Massachusetts; Alexis Caswell, Rhode
Island; William Chauvenet, Missouri; J. H. C. CDfin, United States
Naval Academy, Maine; J. A. Dahlgren, United States navy, Pennsyl-
vania; J. D. Dana, Connecticut; Charles H. Davis, United States navy,
Massachusetts; George Engelmann, St. Louis, Missouri; J. F. Frazer,
Pennsylvania; Wolcott Gibbs, New York; J. M. Gilhs, United States
navy, District of Columbia; A. A. Gould, Massachusetts; B. A. Gould,
Massachusetts; Asa Gray, Maachusetts; A. Guyot, New Jersey;
James Hall, New York; Joseph Henry, at large; J. E. Hilgard, at
large, Illinois; Edward Hitchcock, Massachusetts; J. S. Hubbard, United
States naval observatory, Connecticut,' A. A. Humphreys, United States
army, Pennsylvania; J. L. Le Conte, United States army, Pennsylvania;
J. Leidy, Pennsylvania ; J. P. Lesley, Pennsylvania; M. F. Longstreth,
Pennsylvania; D. H. Mahan, United States Military Academy, Virginia;
J. S. Newberry, Ohio; H. A. Newton, Connecticut; Beunjamin Peirce,
Massachusetts; John Rodgers, United States navy,. Indiana; Fairman
]Rogers, Pennsylvania; B. E. Rogers, Pennsylvania; W. B. Rogers,
Massachusetts; L. M. Rutherford, New York ; Joseph Saxton, at large;
Benjamin Silliman, Connecticut; Benjamin Silhiman, junior, Connecticut ;
Theodore Strong, New Jersey; John Torrey, New YorkJ; . G. Totten,
United States army, Connecticut; Joseph Winlock, United States Nauti-
cal Almanac, Kentucky ;'Jeffiries Wyman, Massachusetts ; J. D. Whitney,
California, their associates and successors duly chosen, are hereby incor-
porated, constituted, and declared to be a body corporate, by tho name
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Numberof Suo. 2. And be it furJher enact4 That the National Academy of
ordinary mer- Sciences shall consist of not more than fifty ordinary members, and the
Power of cot. said corporation hereby constituted shall have power to make its own
poratlon. organization, including its constitution, by-laws, and rules and regulations;
to All all'vacancies created by death, resignation, or otherwise; to provide
Election oe for the election of foreign and domestio members, the division into classes.
imibe, &a. and all other matters needful or usual in such institution, and to report
the same to Con
Anna anet- Sao. 8. And it fur hr e,,aed That the National Academy of Sci-
ences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States as
may be designated, and the academy shall, whenever called upon by any
vesxam department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and re-
c, on subets port upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such inves-
of sence or 8. tigations, examinations, experiments, and reports, to be paid from appro-
Cw. CXI -An Adt to able the Dhii Courts of the Unted &de to hes Exe. March ;, 18
cLatindoarl tal Procssin cirtain Cases
Be it enacted by the Senate ad House of Repeentative of tde Uited
States of America in Comgress 'assemnbe, That in all bases wherein Cwo& distrint
the district courts of the United States within and for the several districts courts to ise
of Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and KanW had rendered W osC
entitled "An
fial judgments or decrees prior to the passage of an act
act to amend the act of the third of Maich, eighteen hundred and thirty- 1887, 4L. SL
seven, entitled ' An act supplementary to the act entitled an act to amend VoL v. p. 17.
the judicial system of the United States,' approved July fifteenth, eigh- iBU, Ch. 178.
teen hundred and sixty-two, which cases might have been brought, and At p.570.
could have been originally cognizable in a circuit court, said district
courts shall have power to issue writs of execution or other final process,
or to use such other powers and proceedings as may be in accordance
with law, to enforce the judgments and decees aforesaid, anything in said
act of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
APmov=, March 8, 1868.
of
of all
the moneys intrusted
account to thetosaid
Seretary them,t be governed
of Secretary
he United solely by and
the instructions
semi- of moneys.
annually, for theStates,
manner in shall,
which the
aforesid moneys shall have been expendedp; and no expenditure shall be Uxpondlsur
made by said legislative assembly for objects not specially authorized
the acts of Congress making the appropriations, nor beyond by
the sums
thus appropriated for such objects.
Sac. 12. And 6. it furtker enacted, That the legislative assembly
of atsson of
the Territory of Idaho shall hold its first sesson at such time and place l/th~tre assem-
in said Territory as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at bl.
said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the
governor and legislative assembly shall proceed to locate and establish
the sat of government for said Territory at such place as they may deem
eligible: Prvdd That the seat of government fixed by the governor Seat oegven.
and legislative assembly shall not be at any time changed, except by an mont.
act of the
tificate said assembly
thereof duly y~lw
shall be given passed, and which shall be approved, after
due notice, at the first acrdingy.
general lawstoad.nt
election That thebyConstitution
thereafter, a majorityand
legal votes cast on sennd of the
all Consitation
that question.
eTte ofe tis
Sac. 18.
awortenitd Ad
moesatebe it Jert/ewhiae
enacted; Thatlocally
beepnotd a delegate
naeplible
to the House
shallhae
of Zzlsssia.
Delegate to the
Representatives
who of the oUnitd
shall be a citizen States _totates,
servemay
for be
theelected
term of
the United by two
the years,
voters Hous.If
nes.Repro.
qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly, who shall
be en-
titled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by
the delegates from the several other territories of the United States to the
said House of Representaives ; but the delegate first elected shall hold
his seat only during the term Of the Congress to which he shall be elected.
The first election shall be held at such time and places, and ho conducted
in such manner as the governor shall appoint and direct ; aad at all sub-
sequent elections the times, places, and manner of holding the elections
shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest number of
legal votes shall be declared by the governor to be duly elected, and a cer'-
the same fore and effect within the said Territory 6f Idaho
as else- rtor.
where within the United States.
M=
r, isM& CsEu. OXV L -An Ad maki priaoam for Me Nasa Serve for d Year
avdig JAne talry, "ghea m n t -four,awd for etd P*oe.
Be it enacted by te Senate and Home of Representativesof th United
Appropriato,. stateof America in Congress amesened; That the following sums be, aAd
they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four:
Pay of lers For pay of commission, warnt, and petty officers and seamen, includ.
and men. ig the engineer corps of the navy, fourteen million seven hundred and
thirty-four thousand three hundred and'thirty-two dollars and seventy
cents.
Construction For the construction and repair of vessels of the navy, nine million two
and repair. hundred and ninety-eight thousand dollars.
Purchase, &c., For the purchase and building of additional steamers, repairs of same,
of addt"oa charter of vessels, extra labor and materials, and repairs of vessels on
stesael, &e foreign stations, fifteen millions of dollars.
Armor-plated For two armor-plated sea-steamers of iron of the first class, three million
55steamers of dollars: Provided, That no contract shldl be entered into for the construe-
Iron.
Ontract to be tion of said steamers until after public advertisement for proposals to build
made only aft the same, published for at least thi ty days in two daily newspapers of
asi 'general cirulation, published in each of the cities of Washington, New
York, Bcpton, and Philadelphia, prior-to such contract being made.
lb"stn,- For repairing around dry-dock and relaying surface water Navy Yaru
drains, joiners' shop and painters' loft; extension of shear wharf; addi.
tional expenses on house for hear 7 forging hammer, and for repairs of all BeatoN
kinds, two hundred and seventy-eight thousand fivq hundred and sixty-sx
dollars.
NZew York. - For continuation of quay wall; for new foundery ; drains, New Yor
paving, and flagging; water pipes and hydrants; filling low place; re-
pairs of dry-dock ; chain cable shop; railways; offieers' houses; ma-
chinery for machine shop, foundery; boiler shop and pattern shop; for
large chuck-lathe, for turning large rings for turrets on gun batteries, and
for repairs -ofall kinds, three hundred and seventy-seven thousand and
eleven dollars.
For building floating dry-dock at navy yard, New York, seven hundred rloating dry.
and fifty thousand dollars: Prd That if, after examination and sur- do-k.
vey, the Secretary of the Navy shall deem it er- utent. Proyo
Phi4adep*a.- For repairs of all kinds, twenty-eight thousand eight Philadelphia.
hundred dollars.
Wasingto - For Bishop's derrick; depot for coal for steamers; Washington.
machinery and tools; and for repairs ot'il kinds, one hundred and thirty-
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars.
Aare island, (Oallfornia.- For completing officerse houses; grading Mars Island.
and paving; foundery, machine shop and equipment; completing Bish-
op's derrick ; repairs of sectional dock; fitting up boiler shop in smithery;
portable engines, with machinery for hoisting for yard purposes; cistern
and holder for gas-works; saw-mill; commencing stables; commencing
coal-house and wharf; commencing sea-wall on west side of Wsland, and
repairs of all kinds, three hundred and sixty-six thousand three hundred
and sixty-three dollars.
Sacketes Harbor- For repairs of all kinds, one thousand five hundred Sckews
dollars.
Navy Yard, Jorfol-Forrepairs of dry-dock, and *pumps, and gen- Norfolk.
oral repairs, eighty-five thousand dollars.
,6srpr eL. HosPitas.
Boston.- For repairs of hospital and grounds at Chelsea, two thou- Bstn
Vad five hundred dollars.
Now AYork. - For repairs and improvements; repairs and increase of New York.
apparatus in laboratory; and for temporary addition to hospital acoom-
modations,- twenty-two thousand dollars.
Philadlhia .AVIm and HospitL -For furniture and repairs; P21h
house cleaning and whitewashing; repairs to fiunaces, grates, andsqyl
ranges; gas and water rent; improvement of chapel and grounds ; for WaMtL
library of asylum; and for hospital and repairs of all kinds, two thousand
nine hundred dollars.
For support of beneficiaries, thirty thousand dollars.
Borfo/L -- For the support and repair of the naval hospital at Norfolk Nerfolk.
for the remainder of the current fiscal year, and for the years eighteen
hundred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eighteen
thousand five hundred dollars.
Mound ft. - For supporting hospital, repairs, rent, and furniture at Mound Ct.
Md City, Illinois, seven& n thousand five hundred dollars.
Mare n O fosia- For commencing hospital, twenty-five thou- Mar.land.
and dollars.
M&GAZWU. Kagasn
Ptmoth, Ne Hnp ir. -For ordnance, tinber shed, and store. Pammt
house for howitzers, thirty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-two
dollars.
B stom.- For repairs of building and care of grounds, two thousand Bos
dollasm
voL. X. Pu.- 108
Mash 8,1868. Cxii. =I. - An Adt to pMceid for asl Cofiecgis (f aWoedPm* atvnd/ortb
Presesanof F1ras in ianseutmary Diac whin the a~ .dSwe.
Be iSeaced b te esate and Hanue of Reprmea'We of the United
Speca agents &ates of America in Cobgrea asembAd, That it shall be lawful for the
to ie a Secrary of. the.Treury, from and after the passage of this act, as he
collect aban- emoyo h rauy
doned orcaptured shall from time to time see fit, to appoint a special agent or agents to re-
property er- ceive and collect all abandoned or captured property in any state oIter-
ta states. ritory, or any portion of any state or territory, of the United States, des-
ignated as in insurrection against the lawful Government of the Eii ted
States by the proclamation of the President of July first, eigheen hundred
.Proviso. and sixty-two: Prvi'ded, That such property shall not include any kind or
description which has been used, or which was intended to be used, for
waging or carrying on war against the United States, such as arms, ord-
nance, ships, steamboats, or other water crat, and the furniture, forage,
military supplies, or munitions of war.
Suchppet SEc.. Ind be further enacted, That any part of the goods or prop-
may be appro- erty received or collected by such agent or agents may be appropriated to
prtord apli public use on due appraisement and certificate thpreof, or forwarded to any
public auction in place of sale within the loyal states, as the public interests may require;
loyal States and all sales of such property shall be at auction to the highest bidder,
and the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the treasury of the United
States.
Bond of specl Sac. 8. And he itfudirer t That the Seeretary of the Treasury
agents, may require the special agents appointed under this act to give a bond,
with such securities' and in such amount as he shall deem necessary, and.
to require the increase of said amounts, and the strengthening of said
security, As circumstances may demand; and he shall also cause a book
Books to be or books of account to be kept, showing from whom such property was
kept. received, the cost of transportation, and proceeds of the sale thereof. And
Owners of such any person claiming to have been the owner of any such abandoned or
= 4s m captured property may, at any time within two years after the suppres-
cour oiecaiw" . sion of the rebellion, prefer his clim to the proceeds thereof in the cours
Upon what of claims; and on proof to the satisfaction of said court of his owner-
Fmy re- ship of said property, of his right to the proceeds thereol and that he has
cover. never given any aid or comfort to the present rebellion, to receive the res-
idue of such proceeds, after the deduction of any purchase-money which
may have been paid, together with the expense of transportation and sale
of said property, and any other lawful expenses attending the disposition
thereo&
Propeyco-- Szo. 4. Ind be it farther enacted, That all proper coming into
ag inoloa6 _ any of the United States not declared in insurrection as aforesaid, from
i inurrection, within aoy of the states declared in isurecion, through or by any other
mept,through person than any agent dull appointed under the provisions of this act, or
= to under a lawful clearance y the proper officer of the -Treasury Depart-
Proceedings fo ment, shall be confiscated to the use of the Government of the United
condemnat States. And the proceedings for the condemnation and sale of any such
RESOLUTIONS.
Den. 18, 18.' [No. L] A Resom jfr hwi V the Bond of to Srae d¥uls
of Plic Prndhtg
Whereas the amount of money which can be advanced to the superin.
Supiteandent tendent of the public printing, under existing laws, is not sufficient to
of pubd printing enable him to meet the current expenditures of his office: therefore-
tive bond In Resolved by the &nate and Houle of Repreentatives of the Uited
94 ates of America in Cogrew assembled, That the said superintendent
be required to furnish a new bond in the penal sum of forty thousand dol-
lam
Appovzp, December 18, 1862.
Jan. is,186. [No. 8.1 oint Reolutin to punt do e 9f a Portio of ?Mrye Sqirrefebr a Pro
Llw,y and Mpdanq.Roe for 8""dar.
Relved Sy the Senate and House of Representatives of the nite
Free Ubray &ate of America in Cbngre auem6ed That the Secretary of the Inte-
&d4S-40oU rior be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant to John A. Fowle and Elida
B. Rumsey the use of a portion of the land owned by the United States,
and known as "Judiciary Square," to erect thereon, free from charge to
the United States, a suitable building for a soldiers' free library and
reading-room for soldiers: Provide, That the same can be done without
prejudice to the public interests, and provided that all expenses shall be
borne by said Powle and Ramsey, and that all benefits and privileges of
such library and reading-room be granted to our soldiers free of charge,
and that said building be removed whenever the Secretary of the Interior
.si require the same to be done.
APPRovD, January 18, 1868.
hIM 17, Msa (No. 9.1 Jois Resoluin to preuae jbr the inmnd"t Pagqntw of doe Army rad Natg
18M, d. M84 L. of te (iEa &tane.
A*e P 710. Whereas it is deemed expedient to make immediate provision for the
payment of the army and navy: therefore,
e iresed by the Senate and House of epre tves of ti United
Satces of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trees-.
[No.10.] A Ruolutien sfWw" to the Adct&e-tt An At to pva r the '- jaL 28, mm'
pns.unwat f Pawon iivied of COime 5j t&e (fuina Cow . te Dirict of eh 10.
ClM-bi," wproved Jon..1 senth ewghteen hwadrw and eizr4hrm . 485
Resolved byv Me Senate and House, of R esetves of &Ue United
&.# of America in Congress assemle That the provisions of the act ProvWou of
entitled "An act to provide for the imprisonment of persons convicted of *
crime by the criminal court of the District of Columbia," approved the
sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and are
hereby, made applicable to all persons who had been convicted of crime
by the criminal court of the District of Columbia and sentenced to con-
finement in the peniten prior to the date of the act herein named,
and subsequent to the transer legalized by the fourth section thereof, and Former tmas.
their transfer to the penitentiary at Albany, in the State of New York, in fer nA* v.
the present month, by order of the President of the United States, is
likewise hereby legalized and declared valid; and the said persons so
transferred shall'continune in confinement in said prison until the expira-
tion of their several terms of imprisonment, or until they shall be legally
discharged or removed.
A"novin, January 28,1863.
[No. 11.] Jeit R&scti timnring th anhsa C uto CommanderAn L. Wor- 1eb. 8,18.
[N!d. 1L.1 Joint Ruehasnf e d thmd akqf Coopres to CesOmvrs Man BID ~ , s.
Dal
dd vis
Ifand her Off
the OtUits-Swoo; he mm Sn .PNuam "UVh Reommm n of St elsi
Feb. 15, 5L5. [No. 8] JW Ra o to opeuatM Las Sair on U Gana " Ca#,-" *ee TAM
I.f c .
Resolved L.s Sneae ad Howe of Rrpesetaiuea of the Udiod
Allowance tor &ates of America in Conres assseinbd That the proper accounting
ce ma offler of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized, in settling
boat "'aro" for the accounts of the petty officers, seamen, sailors, and others of the crew
lo of lothing- of the United States gunboat "Cairo," to allow to each a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars as a remuneration for the damage they may have
sustained in the loss of their clothing by the deatruction of said vssel in
December last.
A sPovzD, February 18, 1868.
Feb. IS186. JNo. 19.] Jon Raption to revim "An Act to uev to th Ocer ad Men _ adw
1862, ch 49. - in do. Wesum Dqxrartneqt, or Depaoeuot of Niseonti t~ci Pay, Boteti,
4,,te, p. 374, ao, and fir d uros.
Reovd by do Seae and Howe of Rep ntatives of the United Slams
Commealoners of Amewica in Congress arsenmbk4 That the provisions of a joint resolution
to have six entitled "A resolution to suspend all payments under the act approved
months to maim
report in. the twenty-fifth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled 'An
An*e,p. 628. act to secure to the, officers and men actually employed in the Western
Department, or Department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension,
and for other purposes,'" approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, be, and they are hereby, revived, and the commissioners there-
in provided for shall be allowed six months from the passage of this reso-
lution within which to make their report.
A~ppovw, February 16, 1863.
Feb. 90,1863. [No. 20.1 A Resoluion toamend the "Joint Rehsoion in hPayont of sh
Epyn
~ p.ezaofA. ointComi~te of~bnrma, appolnaI to ~rer -. inbek VAondoci of do. War,"
(5pprovd due twent1,-sew,,tk Januanj, eightme handied and sixtjaw.
Resolved the ienate
and House of Rreentaie of ta OM4a.
Mone paid by &ates of America in Cmgress assenled, That any portion of the amount
at ary of en. appropriated by the joint resolution for payment of the expenses of the
order ofthajoint joint committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the conduct of the
eommittee the the war,Vlapproved the twenty-seventh January, eighteen hundred and sixty.
eoniduet of on
war, to be 9. two, that may have been, or shall hereafter be, allowed by the said
lowed, &C. joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or to persons employed
in its service, for per diem, travel(I]ing, or other necessary expenses, and
[No. 2L]I Joint Reschon athoing 9ke Appoiot~t a Conmeisuiozw to revise and March 8,11IN&
cadfr tde Naval Lain oj the Unid &ta"u
Resolved AVthe *eate and House of Representatves of the United
&at of America ian Coress assomed That the President of the Commlsslov r
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint (by and with to revise sad
the consent of the Senate) a commissioner, whose duty it shall be to laws-of-the
revise and codify the naval laws of the United States, and report such United States.
revised code to Congress at its next session. -The annual salary of said Pc .
commissioner shall be three thousand dollars. SAWY.
AssuovzD, March 8, 1863.
[No. 25.] Join Rescontiss fie Pay o/the Commadant of tLhNatg Yard at are march s, um
h~nid, Ceafflrsi
Resolved by te Snate and House of Reresentatives of the United Pay of---
Skates of America in Congress assembled, That the pay of the officer of =d ti,
the navy assigned to the command of the navy yard at Mare Island, =.Man
Calilfrnia, shall be the aea pay of his grade.
AppsovED, March 8, 1868.
[go. 2.] A Rswdm togat Me P ayent of sidad wetded s in 4he Mch 8, 1868
Resolvd by the Senate and Houe of A etaie of the United Sick and
Staes of America in Congres aseembld 2Mha t e aymaster-general wounded soldiers
be, and he hereby is, authorized and dircted to take immediate measures inc bes
for the prompt payment of the sick and wounded soldiers in the conva- pad within sixty
leseent camps, hospitals, and elsewhere, so that they may be fally paid dam.
within sixty days from and after the passage hereof
AppzovzD, March 8, 1868.
INC. 27.] Joint Refideion to cvpedit the Paintingaftie Prkeui f Msan aaac. March 81 15M5
Rsolvd byt doe Snate and House of Reetatime qof the Vnitd Heads .f do.
States of America in Congress asseucesa, anu, Instead of fibrishing P~~ 0f
manuscript copies to each house of Congresa, the heads of the several s of a-on.
departments of Government be required to farish the superintendent of A.6011Ol
the
theirpublic
sanapreports
ing on
withorcopies
before of
thethe
firsdoeuments usually accompanying
day of Novembir anal"rts
of each year; by id Nivene
whose duty it shall be to print, in addition to the number now required by l"Y
thouand for
law, two ousand copies for the use of the Senate, asid Ave thousand e, hr-
W&Nanber
Vo. XI. Pun.-- 104
March 8, 1860. [No. 28.] .TAW Reedsic. providsg fir the DAistn~ion of aolais Pubkoi Boobe and
Douens.
Reolvd by the Senate and Hoe of Representives of ae ie
Al books and States oflamerica in Congress anebe That the Secretary of the In-
documents here-
tofore rinted at terior, and all other custodians thereof, be, and are hereby, authorized and
cost of Govern- directed to cause equal distribution to be made forthwith, among the mem-
&c.,ent YJet bers of the two houses of the present Congress, of all books and docu-
among members ments heretofore printed or purchased at the cost of the Government and
of present Con- not actually belonging to any public library, or the library kept for use in
grew. any department of the Government, excepting, however, all such books
Mach s,188. [No. 88.1 A Rfesadon in Rdaon t.Prty dvised to the Peopl of 46e &td & se
by aptai Vmih P.LMy de=881e
Preamble. Whereas, Uriah P. Levy, late a captain of the United States navy, died
in the city of New York, on the twenty-second day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, leaving a last will and testament, containing
Devise and be. the following provision, to wit: "I give, devise, and bequeath my
suet of Urah P- farm and estate of Monticello, in Virginia, formerly belonging to
of the Unitel President Thomas Jefferson, together with all the rest and residue
states, of my estate, real and personal or mixed, not hereby disposed of,
wherever or however situated, to the people of the United States, or
such persons as Congress shall appoint to reoeive it, and especially all
my real estate in the city of New York, in trust for the sole and only
fW .a l- purpose of establishing and maintaining at said farm of Monticello, in
tua schooL Virginia, an agricultural school, for the purpose of educating, as prac-
OF CONGRRSSP
STATUTE L-1859-60.
lrmac
AnW forl t W ele fWLdii1%Wu widodwand ad = ltatlxof JohnkFrame, lateuof
theCit Yok.
ofNe 11 I0, ch. 18................................ SM
Wilem
a~mutto
Gsge, he.iuflfrClus idr C~tncLAn act forthe relef of William
Gele. Apri 11, 1860, . ..................................................... Ms
ejahmEaes, P to. An act f_ the reief
a Apil 11, 1860, oh. 2 ............ 88
Alice Bum,Pasimo, to. An act fir the relief of a Hunk widow o Thomas Hn Api
1 1860,TCL 21 ........................
................ ...... m
Jisa A*l. Pbgamwt to,Jr fishing Boinitie. An act for the relief of Kose Noble. April 11,
U86,coh. 2...........................................................88M
Geuri. r MOWjld LandE Warrnts to innv to Ewosors o. An act for the relief of the lea
representatives of Charles Porterield, deceased. Apri 11, 1860, cha. 28 ............ 886
CA~r. B~&efe, Paymn to,f~r &h o amio ".am AdMn." An act for the relie of.
Ciasner T. Soalfe, adminitao of Milbrt Staiker. Apit 11, 1860, chi. 24..........88M
PRIVATE RESOLUTIONS.
111. 8.] H. J. Hwtene to Ae Aowaei n Account. For the relief of Commander . J. Hart-
stene, of the United States navy. March 27, 1860 .................................. 872
[No. 8. . Rihar, Compensation to. A resolution for the compesation of Rev.
Pk R. Richards, late chaplain to the United States Penitentiary in the Distriet of
Columbia. April 19, 1860 ........................................................ 872
[No. 10.] .TolaA. Tot, _Paynw" to Repwentaties of. A resolution for the relief of the legal
representatives of John A. Fros; deceased. May 9, 1860 ........................... 872
[No. 11.1 Toaas . Wae, Payment to. Joint resolution for the relief of Thomas 0. Ware.
S ay 16, ................................................................... 872
[No. 18.] A. M. F yf,Afiowance to, in Settiement of Account. A resolution for the relief of
A. M. Fridley, late agent for the Winnebago Indiana. May 25, 1860 ................. 878
[No. 14.1 George ruler,Accomtsof, toe sedle. Aresolutionrekltngtotheclaim of George
Fisher, late of Florida, deoeae. June 1, 1860 ..................................... 878
[No. 1. ohn . Bartlett Accounts of, to be saed. A resolution authorizing the settlement ox
the accounts of John I. Bartlett, late' commissioner of the United States to run and
mark the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
June , 1860 ................................................................... 878
[No. 16.] H " Wood. Joint resolution for the relief of Henry Woods. June 9, 1860 .... 874
[No. 17.1 John T. Roberts;on. Joint resolution for the relief of John T. Robertson, of Vir-
ginia. June 9, 1860 ............................................................. 874
[No. 21.1 &teuart W. Meon. A resolution to correct a clerical error hi the act approved
May four, eighteen hundred and sixty, "for the relief of Stewart McGowan. June 1S,
1860 . ......................... 874
[No. 22:1 WM H. Do Gret. Joint resolution for the relief of William 3. De Groot.
June 15, 18 0 .......... ........................................................ 874
[No. 28.] Arthmr Edmwa and O , A resolution for the relief of Arthur Edwards and his
associates. June 22, I ........................................................ 876
Alf. 24.] Avmeu S. B ldwin. A resolution for therestoration of Lieutenant Augustus S.
wln to the active list, from the lcave-oftabssnce list of the navy. June 22, 1860.... 876
STATUTE IL-1860-61.
Pare
William A. Lisa;, XJudgm etobe sat*%ud - An act for the relief of William A.
against Swtof,
Lina's estate. December 2 ,1860, ch.4 ........................................... 877
Goae _ Hartsu, P entto,.frPblc Mom ag lod by Acident. An act for the relief of Lieu.
tean
e auffUnited States army. January 6,1861, oh. 6 ............... 87?
Eit A. Mehmt, fPensio to. An set for the relief of Mrs. Elza A Merchant? widow of
the late First Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Charles G. Merchant, of the United States
army. January 6, 1861, ch.7..................................................... 878
Aerodah Pend *.Lib Penion o. An act for the relief of Jeremiah Pendorast of the Dis-
Wlct of uolumbia. January 16, 1861, oh. & ........................................
.David C. Broerai, Assignesaf, to receive his Pay and &aay.An act for the relief of the assignee
of the Honorable David C. Broderick, desesede. January 16, 1861, oh. 9 ..........878
Richd 0. Martin, PayndtjrkDqot . AnactfortherelieofRiohardC. Man. Jan-
uary 16, 1861, eh. 10 .............................................................. 878
Frnkix Tbrny, January
Torrey. Dupicaste Car at ofLea to be isesed to. An act for the relief of larankli 8
19, 1861, ch . 12............................................... 878
Sanue It FranHin, to be alloed Payof Prser.i An act far the relief of Samuel . Franklin.
January 28,1861, ch. 18 .......................................................... 879
0. P. D. NWAia, Fr'Deric Dde, PaeaP Mail &=nm uip Clopam, Payment . An act
for the relief of 0. F. D. Fairbanks, Frederick Dodge, and the Pacifio Mall Steamship
Company. January 28, 1861, ch. 14 ............................................... 879
Bw&umin Alrord, to be credited or Puoi None o by Accident. An act for the relief of Major
Bejamin Alvard, paymaster United States army. January 28, 181, oh. 16 ......... 879
M&AI and Rammelu ,B and Von Pu, £Yims of,to be paid. An act direeting the Seore-
tary of the Interior to liquidate the accounts o t Mlitchell and Bammelsburg, and Baker
and Yon Phul. January 28,1861, oh. 16 .......................................... 879
Qjauais X. A. Capnus, Payment to Cidren of. An act for the relief of the children of the lat
* Captain N. A. Capron. January 2, 1861, oh. 17 ................................... 880
Z PaeRes. An act grantingapenslon toBHL Reeves. January26,1861, eh. 18 .......... 880
Hospiad Squars, Baa Froomcisc, ?!tl to LatesnuberedjIve and six in An act to authorize the in-
stitution of a suit against the United States to tet the title to lots numbers Sve and sir,
in the Hospital SquaM In San Fmncisco. Janary 26, 1861, oh. 19 ................ 880
David V. WlAWivPaynaoatto jar Serri=e as lunslator. An act for the relief of David V.
Whiting. January 9, 1861, 21................................................ 881
2h.
Robert A. MaWw, Aurmn q/ Chad. W. sh, = toof Pr of Land.En sn can-
celle. An act for the relief of Robert A. ws. snuary ,1861, e& ........ 881
Danie Davis. An act anthorizing the Semtay of the Interior to ssue alnd-warrant to Daniel
Davis. January 29,1861, oh. 28.................................................. 881
Sampson &,udmet aga , z . An act for the relle of Sampson Stanfil. January
81, 1861, h. 4 ................................................................. 881
Alexandria, Leudmis, and Hamepshire Railroad. An act to authorize the extension and use of a
branch of the Aeadrha Loudoun, and Hampshire railroad, within the City of George.
town. February 6, 181, ch ................................................... 882
Wiliam G. Bernard. An act granting an increase of pension to William G. Bernard, late a
soldier in the United States army. February 6,1861,eh.'25 ......................... 882
Gabri.. Unson, LandR nmt of, i i3sso'-i, oqmjbed. An act for the benefit of Gabriel J.
Tohnbson. February 6, oh. 27 ............................................... 882
c861,
F. M. Beucamp and Be D. Townts APqR v Bod of, to de Unite ,a, o tbepd. An
aet fr the relief of F. M. Beanchamp and Betsy D. Townsend. February 6, 1861,
ch. 2&................. .............................. ....................... 888
Mary K. Gurie, Pen s o. An act for the relief of Mary K. futbrie, widow of Presley N.
Guthrle. February 8, 181, oh. 81 ................................................ 888
NewMee, wPaymentte. AnactfortherelefofMosesMeeker. February 8,l61, ch. 82.. 888
4drWc H P4ler,PMJent t. An at for the relief of Aaron H. Palmer. February 18,1861,
Gre" Pati. An act ranting a lension to Gregory Patti. February 18, 1861, oh. 8 ...... 884
VOL. Xl. Pmw.- 106
PRIVATE RW8OLUTIONS.
[No. 8j bAnG. Cbr, tohavePa of Pusr. 4L resolution for the relif of ieutant John
.Carter. J.anuary 28,186L .................................................... 894
[No. 4.1 Crus H. Mormick Joint resolution extending the time for taking testimony on
the application of Cyrus H. McCormiek for the extension of his patent. Februa 9,
I1 ............................................................................ 894
[No. 6.1 Duvl and Broer, Paymeat to, as sipe of R.A. Davidge. Joint resolution fa the
benefit of Davall and Brothers. February 18, 1861 ................................. 894
iNo. 7.]Robet Slocko Joint resolution directing the accounting officers ofthe tury to
settle the accounts of the late Robert Stockton, Quartermaster, and so forth. Februr
16, 1861 ......................................................................... 894
INO.8.1 oAn Randolph Chy. Joint resolution authorizing the proper accounting officers of
the treasury to revise and adjust the account of John Randolph Clay, United States
Minister to Pea. February 20, 1861 ............. ..................... 89
[No. 10.] William H. De Gro&. A reolution to repeal the joint resolution approved June fif.
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty, for the relief of William H. De Groot. February
21, 1861 ........................................................................ 9
No. 19.] George Euer. Joint resolution repealing &resolution relating to the claim of George
Fisher, late of Florida, deceased, approved June one, eighteen hundred and sixty.
March 2, 1861 .................................................................. 895
[No. 20. George H.Giddinqs, Paymen k/b,-cai de Mail. Joint resolution for the beneit
of George H. Giddina .......................................................... 895
STATUTE L-1961.
Page
SloepefWar Lew~nt. An act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen.
and marines of the United States sloop-of-war Levant, and for other purposes. July 2A,
1861, ch. 14......................................... . . ................... 897
Musicin and Solers at Fort Samter. An act for the relief of certain musicians and soldiers
stationed at Fort Sumter, in South Carolina. July 24, 1861, ch. 15 ................... 898
Vdolaters,ft wit Date to receive Pay. An act for the relief of the Ohio and other volunteers.
July 24, 1861, eh. 16 .......................................................... 898
IWea, *4y Seame, . An act to authorize the issue of a register to the steamer "Estela."
J y, c . 2 ............................................................. 898
JoA . M(cCbeme/ Accouna f to be adjud. An act for the relief of John . McConnell.
August 8, 1881, ch. 48 .......................................................... 898
Certain Volunte in Iaryland Payment of. An act tiuthorizing the Secretary of War to pay
the volunteers, who, under the command of Charles W. White, and by order of Brig.
adler-General T. A. Morris, enlisted to protect the railroad bridges and other property
in the vicinity of Oakland, Alleghlny County, Maryland. August 6, 1861, oh. 67...... 899
(. W. Ardd, 0hade & Wilei, and Hery N", Pe t to. An act to provide for the pay-
mert of Arnold and Willett, for bread, and Henry North, for wood, supplied to the
United States volunteers in Maryland. August 6, 1881, oh. 68 ....................... 899
PRIVATE RESOLUTION.
[No. 4.1 tpen A. Dougla, Widow of. A resolution to pay to the widow of the late Stephen
Douglas the amount due him as a Senator as the time of his death August 6, 1861 900
STATUTE IL-1861-82.
21s Sait Perthhi, Palmient to Omw fir detnti of. An aot for the relief of the owner of the
~ritJsh ship Pethhre, January 17, 1882, o ................................... 901
Willim Y. Strong,P,mwuto. An act fqr the reliefof William Y. Strong. January 81,1862,
oh. 16 .......................................................................... 901
Phlp Sipr d-Co:,CVetb ,c esbgfta toheieued to. Anact for the relief of Philip Speyer &
Co. of bhe city of New ork. Febraary18,180 ,ch.20 ............................ 901
Z. B. CmaPPm , tri, S c An act for the relief of z. B.
C'ely, latserety of legatiou at Lfa, Peru. .Mfarch 14, 1882, ch. 42......... 902
Pedro £Iaboa. An act to authorize the district court of the United States for the northern
district of California to hear and determine upon its merits the claim of Pedro Chaboys.
to a certain tract of land In Californl, cealled LA Posa San Juan Bautista. Apr 25.
1862, ch. 0 ..................................................................... 902
2%#e Bark "1Jwyme Lovnixes,'" DamageeftrualauofidSeizur of An act for the relief of the own-
ers, officers, and crew of the Danish bark "Jorgen Lorentzen. April 26, 1862, oh. 61. 902
J eHuaman, Rep to, *D%_ie 0'4, al i. An act for the relief of Francis Hut-
man. May 1, 862 el ....................................................... 908
SyVesteor Ciooks, 23-ansport0aaodgiven by, to be cancele. An act for the relief of Sylvester
ers, offiers, and ew of the Spanih hark "Providencla. Ma 12., 1882. ch. .. 908
v,'g, Payeet,f
M' S,rlefofJohn or Designs, iv Woseo. An act for the
d-o., foPubl 6............................90S
,uidig a
May 18, 182,...........
kirvg. ch.
F. R aef.rt ost Pay end E
&ee &olnAn4Wal atof.for the relief of leutnat-Colonel
Charles . Ruff of the United States army. May 17, 1862, h. 74 .................... 904
PRIVATE RESOLUTIONS.
No. 17. WMam H. Nole, Pagimt to, as Supeintedent of Wagon Ra, A reolution for the
relief of William IL Noble. March 8, 1862 ....................................... 911
No. 81. MarA 0. Robe&t. A resolution in reation to the claim ofMarsbd 0. Roberts for the.
los of the steamer "Star of the We." May 2, 1862 .......................... 911
No. 88. 71omas B. Graham A resoltin to confim the opinion of the eourt of elalms adverse
tothelamof Thomas B. Grahm. May 21, I ....... ................... 911
No.45. 0. J. Jenh and W. W. Mann. Joint Meol n te oanfigm the advem &eisien or
ile Br4 "J-Maset MarW' An act 1br the relief of the ownem of the Fn brig "Jules et
Marie." December 1, 186%, h. .......... ,............. 918
hade ito cseis of the VhWit Sates in Ddauxe. An aet to ihdemnify ertain citisens of the
United States, residing n the State of Delaware, for expenses incured by them in de.
fenceof the United tes. January 7, 1868, ch. 8 ..... ........ ............ 918
Ada a.A fMote, Consson as A' &wy fn. I
ae for the relief of Johnb
Motley, January 28, 1868, eli. 12 ................................................. 914
Wi//iam B. Shomhook andothsr, edit allowed to. An a r the reliefof William B. Snowhook
and others. January 8, 1868, ch. 15 ................... 914
&oca G. 5 ,o, Alowane, to, flrMoneg sal. An aetr the rel of th legal represent-
tives of Seneca G.Simmons. January 81,1868, ch.16 .............................. 914
Watsm Freemen, Aowunee.tp, f Repairs of &urb.-6e.An act to provide for the payment of
expenses Incurred by the marshal of Boston for repairs to the United States court-
house. February 8,1868, ch. IS .................................................. 914
StA ut, Rdiqf of eieu ef. An act to authotize the court of claims of the United
States to hear and determine the claim of the heis of Stephen Johnston, deceased.
February 9, 1868, ch. 80 .......................... %.............................. 916
hee Vde _,Aloance to in Setm f Amuts. An act for the relief of Iaw Vander.
pool. February 10,168, ch. 81 ................................................... 916
Nrwegian Bark " AdkWl P. Tdso," Damage-fir Deiwsn of. An act for the relief of
the owners of the Norwegian bark "Admiral P. Terdeusklol. February 14. 1868,
ch. 86 ..................................... . . ........................... 916
Repnxt of Tonnage Daes waqiy emeceL An act for the relief of Joseph W. Dyer, Am
L. Dyer, and William W; Dyer. February 18,1868, eh. 88......................... 917
Ogrus 011%and Surtis releasedfron Lulity on caftai Mal? Mtwis. An at for the relief
of Vyrus Clapp and his guarantors or suretls. February 18,1868, oh. 89 ............ 917
Adan Ckeau#A, Payment to. An act f r the relief of John Cradlebaugh. Iebruary 18,1868,
ch.40 ................. ..................... ................................... 917
ightiagae," Paymnt to same of td Crew of As B74.' An at for the relief of certain of the
crew of the ship "Night.igale." February 19, 1868, oh. 41. ........................ 917
Igats C. Matting, Alnoancs to, in Acounts. An act for the relief of Ignatlus C. 3attingly,
postmaster at Bardaqwn, Kentucky. February 19, 1868, oh. 42..................... 917
• ox and Eanud Ba4ae reeasedfrom ZLait Mm a Forie RaX9IsGce. An act fbr
he benefit of Simon and Emanuel Bamberger. February 2,1868, ch. 48 ............. 918
.T*spA Paddock, Payment to. An act for the relief of Colonel Joseph Paddock. February d,
1868, oh. 67 ..................................................................... 918
Herm T vk, Invalid Peasion to. An act for the relief of Lieutenant Herman Tuerok Feb.
ruary 26,1868,ch. 62 ............................................................. 918
Haam Grahaa, P to, r Exu &rske. An act for the relief of Hannibal Graham,
3februry 2 5,=16, eh. 46&........................................................ 918
VRIVATE RESOLUTIONS.
[No. 4.] Thoas B. Mny. Joint resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of
claims in the cas of Thomas B. King. January 16,1868 ............................ 922
[No. ] Arthur dward and Others. Joint resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the
court of claims in the ce of Arthur Edwards and others. January 16,1868 ......... 922
[No. 6.1 G re Yes. Joint resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of claims
in the case of George Yates. January 16, 1868 ..................................... 922
INo. 7.] Josa Eddys Heirs. Joint resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of
claims in the case of Joeshu Eddy's heirs. January 16, 1868 ......................... 922
[No. 8.1 J7m. W. Knagge. Joint resolution to conf rm the adverse decision of the court of
claims in the case of J. W. Knaggs, administrator of Whitmore Knaggs. January 16,
1868 ....................................... ......................... 92
(No. 12] Mom Yaka Joint resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of claims
inthe case ofMoes Yale. February 8,1868 ....................................... 928
[No. 14] R. A. Clements, Administrator qf ames N. Mdican. A resolution to confirm the ad-
verse decision of the court of claims in the case of B. A. Clements, administrator of
James N. Mullican. February 10, 1868 ............................................ 928
[No. 16.] David D. Mitchdl A resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of
claims in the case of David D. Mitchell. February 10, 1868 ......................... 92
[No. 16.1 Tomas Hicks. A resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of claims
in the ease of Thomas Hicks, executor of Isaac Hicks. February 10, 1868 ............ 928
[No. 17.1 Alexander D. Andesn. A resolution to confirm the adverse decision of the court of
clims In the case of Alexander D. Anderson, administrator of John Anderson. Feb.
ruary 10, 1868 ................................................................. 928
[No. 22] Perry E. Brcchus. A resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
to Perry E. Broochus his salary as judge of the supreme court of the United States
for the Territory of New.Mexico. February 26,1868 ............................... 928
[No. 28. Gant E. Thornon Joint resolution authorizing the Navy Department to alow.t
Paymaster Gilbert E.Thornton four thousand five hundred dollars, in settlement of his
accounts, for money stolen from him without fault or negligence on his part. February WA
26, 1868 ......................................................................... 24
[No. 89.] Kate R. Gaither md dhr, Paymen to, fr freed S es. Joint resolution for the
relief of Kate R. Gaither and others. March 8,1868 ................................ 92d
UNIT D STATES,
Pawsed at d". **ew meaiv wM4- wa )gaa and Welat ase Cty of
Waahingoit, in ObIi*tic of OWUmbla, on Monda, the j.fA day of
December, A. D. 1859, and osedd on Monday, te twenty.#fth day of
JAne, A. D. 1860.
Jim s Buoa wr, President. Jom C Buoxznvmm, Viee-Presi-
dent, and President of the Senate. WILLux~ PwmwaTow, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Ours. VL-4,, Ad jbr A*eRelq or tie leW RqwrmWe of Chrafe Pma=o, de- March 19,186BM
Be it enacted by 06s Senate and House of Repretatives of the Unaited
Slat of Ametic in ongrss asembme, That there shall be paid to the
legal representative of Charles Pearson, late of Concord, in the State of 8140 to be pau
New Hampshire, deceased, the sum of one hundred and forty dollars out the legal rePr8-
uentative df
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being the csh~ea 'sesar.
amount of money paid into the United States Patent-Office by the said
Pearson, whilst he was laboring under a state of insanity.
APEovzD, March 19, 1860.
April U, 1850. CHa". XVL-.An Ad/for the Reliof tMe Americas Board of £laaisioer for For.
of TA-
CaP. XVII.-As Acd for k Rd,'h" M on. Apri 11, 1860.
Be it enacted &ythe Senate and Hose of Represea e of t United
&ates of America in Congress assembKed, That the Secretary of the Treas-
ury be, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not 480 tobe paid
otherwise appropriated, to pay to Thomas Fillebrown, the sum of fur Thomas Flne-
brown as secre-
hundred and thirty dollars, in full for salary as secretary of the Board of tary,&e.
Commissioners of the Navy Hospital Fund, from February seventh to May
sixteenth, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and for com-
missions on the disbursements of said fund between the years eighteen
hundred and twenty-five and eighteen hundred and twenty-nine.
AnPnovzD, April 11, 1860.
Aj1#8Wao CHAP. XXMlL-As Act/or tfe &lidfof the iWql 1qpwats of (hawle Paerald
Apri 11,1i8s. C#Ai?. XXV-An Act fir diae Reliqf of Chamwe T. &ajt, Acdniisvor of Gilr
Be it enaced bg t4 e enate and Rouse of Representativesof tde Unted
Sates of America in gr6ess assem d That the Secretary of the Trees-
aI,64.1e to be ury be, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not
d hr T. otherwise appropriated, to pay to Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gil-
of Ntmbcste bert Stalker, deceased, five thousand six hundred and forty-five dollars
"JamesAdama." and sixteen cents in full, for the use and service of the steamboat "James
Adams," belonging to said Stalker, from the first day of August, eighteen
hundred and forty-one, to the ninth day of July, eighteen hu dred and
fort -two r
APPOYR, April 11, 1860.
April 19t,1860. Cu~l. XXXIV.-An Act authoiming thmeCourts to a" d o 0W=Caiof thme
kega
Represena vo the Seur die Bosi and of the Che tie Ree t o ceia Land
at As SAt &,&Marie, nsm &ate of Jiha.
Be it enated by the Snate and Home of Rqewnwims of the United
&ates of America in O re assem4ed, That the legal representatives
The legal of the Sieur de Bonne and of the Chevalier de Repentigny be, and they
esentaiveLof are hereby, authorized to present their petition to the United States dis-
adthe oeer trict court for the distriet of Michigan, setting forth the nature of their
de Repentigny claim to certain land at the Sault Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigani
recover a undeian alleged grant, in seventeen hundred and fifty, from the governor
suit toinstitte
may
oertnland in and lieutenant-general and fiom the intendant-general of New France,
M1an Inthe now Canada, with evidence in support of their claim, stating the names,
fa as near as may be, of all persons claiming adversely, and praying that the
validity of the title may be inquired into and decided under the laws of
,nations, the laws, sakges, and customs of the country from which the same
was derived, and the treaties and laws of the United States; and the said
court is hereby authorized to examine the same, and, in adjudicating the
question of the validity of the title as against the United States, to be
governed by the laws of nations and of the country from which the title
was derived, and also by the principles, so far as they are applicable, which
lsn4,eh.L.i are recognized in the act of Congress approved the twenty-sixth May,
vo0l. P i eighteen hundred and twenty-four, "enabling the claimants to lands
within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to
District attor- institute proceedings to try the validity of the same;" and the district
neytodefted the attorney is hereby directed to proceed, in defence of the interests of the
1 Ut. United States in all things, as required and directed by the aforesaid act
of twe nvy- rvh May, eighteer %,undredand twenty-fo:,r. 4vvtde4 That
C*AP. XVI.-A,, Act Jtr thi Relie of Spwtr AJ&&wsm. May 0,18o.
Be it enacted &j o Seate and Hotise of Repreomnatva of V04
U.*w P 874
States of America in ogyre asseman 4 That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized an4 directed to place the name of Pension to
Stewart McGowan on the roll of invalid pensioners, and case him to be'_Stewart
an of
Meoow-
a
paid the sum of twenty dollars per month, to commence from and after month, from Jan.
the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and I,1859.
to continue during his natural life.
APPROvzD, May 8, 1860.
&nde Red,.
Be it enacted by tde &nat and House of RepresetA"ves of te United
Staftes of Jmeri in Congress assemroed, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior be directed to plate the name of Mrs. Anne X. Smith, widow of the PenstontoMs.
late Brevet Major-General Persifor F. Smith, on the pension roll, at the " M. Snith
rate of fifty dollars per month, from the seventeenth day of May, eighteen from "ay7,I
hundred and fifty-eight. for and during her natural life. And that the 158, forlife.
Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of Mrs. Harriet PensiontolMl
B. Macomb, widow of Major-General Alexander MaUeomb, deceased, late H15tet B. ua.
comb and to Mrs.
commanding general of the army, upon the roll of pelsioner and ay Ambeusa Boy of
her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from the date of the ,0 each a
approval of this act And also that the Secretary of the Interior be di- w th- from the
rected to place the name of Mrs. Arabella. Reily, widow of Brevet Major- of thi at.
General Bennet Reily, deceased, late of the army, upon the roll of pen-
sioners, and pay her a pension at the rate of ty dollarseper month from
the date of the approval of this act,
APPROVzD, May 7, 1860.
di of Davd D. Porter.
Cau. XLVII.-Aa Acot/r dt May.9,160.
Bitenaed Mte SesandHomseof iii..~ of tMe Unitd
Sttsof Admerica in amonrese aee l That the proper accountingofi
cers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to pay to David D. W48 tobe paid
Porter, a lieutenant in the navy of the United States, the sum of seven David D.Portm.
hundred and forty-three dollars, for certain extraordinary expenses incurred
by him in the di ge o his duty, under the orders of the Navy Depart-
ment, on spedal service to the island of St. Domingo; and that the same
be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
ApPROVED, May 9, 1860.
CHur. LU.-An Ast/br the Relif Geop B. Beao, lAdo atl Prserof doe Slop May 22, IWO.,
or brinia.
Be it enated by tae uSent
and Hou of ReVera ivue of tMe Uitd
Oate of 2met*c in Obnre ansewd, That the proper aceunting oil-
elBacn,
of the late
treasury
B. actingbe, and they
purser amsl=o-of-wr
of the her , direceto
= allow
in to setl am of pu.
theGeorge
d4tnoth unss,Inn
ment of his accounts, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ettlement ofh
appropriated, the amount properly payable to a purer of a sloop-of-war, aeoaLt.
for his services as acting purser as aforesaid, during the period he acted
as purser, deducting therefrom the amount paid to said Bacon, for the
same period, as commander's dlerk.
AiRovzD, May 22, 1860.
VOL. XII Piv.-lOt
May A128 Cur. LIV.-An Adr t Rdf of Sw, RmAuoe, Fnt and £bmpny.
it dby the Seate and Howe of Representatves of te Uited
Sat of America in Congress assem d That the Secretary of the Tress-
Portion of pre- ury be, and he is hereby, directed to refund to Sweeny, Rittenhouse, Fant
!Tbd foreen and Company so much of their preliminary deposit of one per centum
to b6 refunded. made with the Treasurer of the United States upon their bid for three
millions of dollars of the stock of the United States, under the advertise-
ment of the Secretary of the Treasury, dated December seventeenth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, on the amount of stock unissued to them,
being one per centum on the difference awarded to them of three millions
and the actual amount of stock issued to them.
Apzaovz, May 22, 1860.
may92A 1850. ChAP. LV-An Ac* for dhe RdlW of &anawd A. Weet, Geme Mc~vl.Q&W, Brazn
Ifkqlogh anrd MJaine Pendefst.
Be is enaced 4j tie Senate and House of Representatves,of a#e Vaite
&ates of America so Congress assmmWd That Samuel"A. West, George
Belease * McCullough, Hiram McCullough, and Charles Pendergrast be, and they
contraot to de- are hereby, released from their liability on a contract entered into with
liver stone at
Gosport, Va. the United States on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six, for the delivery of stone at the navy yard at Gosport, in the
State of Virginia.
APPROViD, May 22, 18"60.
May 25,1860. CoAP. LIX.-An At for te Rief of Asenath M. EUo, Wed"w of CaptainEdward,
0. EiON.
Be it enacted by the &nate and House of Representadvs of ti United
States of America in Ofngress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-
So to be paid ury be, and hereby is, directed to pay to Asenath M. Elliott, widow of
f private pop- the late Captain E. G. Elliott, of the United States army, out of any
erty wrongly money in the treasury'not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thou-
sand dollars, in compensation fur private property applied to the payment
OzAp. LXIL-An Act/orde Relf Jmr. Agad O'Briea, Widow of Ermt Majr June!, 18ft
J.P. J. OBiAeis ofUte
_at SW Arm.
Be it enacted by the Senae and House of Repreeat e of the Uated
Sta of America in 0ongress awembd, That the Secretary of the Treas.
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money Payment to
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Agatha O'Brien, widow Asetha O'Brlen.
of Brevet Major J. P. J. OYBrien, such sums of money as may be found
due to her late husband, as captain of artillery, from the thirty-Art day
of December, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, when he was last paid, to
the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty, the day of his
death, and that his accounts on the books of the treasury be balanced.
APPnovzD, June 1, 1860.
On". LXL-ds At for tdo Wee of tia lea Rpeuttfe of Wetosaw. &anV Jne! 1860ow
'june 1,ism& Our. LXXI.-As Ad Vo1 nmt doe S&gh af Pveftmo ta cais 7kw of Xan4? in
Me. Stat of.1Iim to 4e,Heiwed jd p Aprwutative of 21mosa Aladdin de-
Cast. LXXVIL-An Act e aL. sm May L L5, Wbot of N5nt June 8, 1860.
_.. . LXXXVII.-An Act/or tde Relief of Chad., .ames Laama. June 9, 186.
B i enacted by the Senate and Hows of Representatives of the United
Staes of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Charles Pames
e
James "Lanman, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- L,=',
printed, the sum of two thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars
and eighty-one cents, in full for his seriees and.expenses while acting as
a receiver of the United States land office at Monroe, Michigan, from
eighteen hundred and twenty-three to eighteen eighteen hundred and
thirty-one.
APPRov-D, June 9, 1860.
June 9,1860. Ouw. XOIL-4n Adt jor t6e Wee of Beds Hza, Widow of Dafte Hayes, of
G? 4, fartfW C-t neccut.
Be it enad b the Senate and Home qf n ves of the A,ted
tates of America i .onses ase That the Secretary of the Inte-
Be" Hyes to rio. be directed to plae6]be name of Beda Hayes, widow of Dudley
have pension. Hayes, of Granby, Ha-vfod county, Connecticut, on the pension roll, at
the rate of sixty dla ,wrannum, to commence from the first of Janu-
ary, eighteen hundred pd ixty, and to continue during her natural life.
AppzovzD, June %I§Qt(.
June 9,Ism. CuAP. XZV.-An Act grati a Penion to Major Ada F. Hntr.
Beit enac t the &ate and House of Represewativaof e United
Sta of America in Cngres anembkd, That the Secretary of the Inte-
John F. Hun- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of John
t'r to hve pen- F. Hunter on the list of invalid pensioners, and pay him a pension, at the
im rate of thirty dolikW per month, from the twenty-seventh day of January,
Czp.C.AnAdfoMte e a"~
the kya sm Qeewtav
ks in JuneS0, 1"b
Be it enacted 4j tie Senate and Hous of Repesntative of 46~ Unite
State of America in Congress assp&ed That the Secretary of th8q.res. Paginent to
ury be, and he is hereby, direeted
... to pay, out 'of any money in the .treas- 1%0
ives o oti "
ury not Qthrwise appropriated, to the lgal representatives of David decaae oletks.
Vo.. xn. Pkav.--109
June 9,1860. Cip. GIL-A. Act or tleRA f Emma A. WOcJWidotl, i late Brevet
June 9, 1560. Cow. OIV.-As Adt Prt the Relie q W. . Hoane the eHdrs of W. H. MVadewo,
ad the Rgep me of BaasJBochael.
Be it enacted by t& Senate and Bouse of Wpreentaouf ae United
Sts of America in Congrm assembed,That the Secretary of the Treas-
Pyments to be ury be, and he is hereby, directed and required to pay to W. 7. Hansel!,
mae t . z.and the heirs of W. H. Underwood, and the legal representatives of Sam-
heirs of W.]H nel Rockwell, thirty thousand dollars, being the balance of the sum of
Underwd; and sixty thousand dollars reserved in the treaty between the United States
orSamudIe . and the.Cherokee nation (negotiated on the twenty-ninth of December,
well, eighteen hundred and thirty-five) for the payment of said clains, and mis-
Off".
CVIE-Act Afor ahe Relie of the Of A, c nn ,iso
CVIIL-A
Ciur.~~~~ inJE~f
did f4lit q aEJue9 80
and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury Paymeutto N
owesof the
not otherwise appropriated, to Peter Rogerson and son, owners of the British brig Jes.
British brig "Jessie," for losses incurred by reason of the rescuing of the sle.
passengers and crew of the American ship "Northumberland," in the
month of December, eighteen hundred and f*y-seven, when in a sinking
condition, and conveying them to Cork, Ireland, the sum of seven thou-
sand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-flive cents, or so
much thereof as may be necessary: Provded, That the proper propor-
tionate part thereof, according to the number of British subjects so res-
cued, shall be paid by the British government.
ArPatoRDv, June 9, 1860.
CAP. OXVIL-An At t reimburse go Co "tionof Georyetowa, in the Diatrbi of June 12, 1860.
Columbia, a Sear of Money advanced tomwa& eutretio / Liotf FalkB'de.
e it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
States of America in Cbngress assem4d, That the sum of four thousand
six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid Go erembursed
to
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to repay to for money ad-
the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, all moneys va, eed to con.
heretofore advanced by the said corporation for and towards the construc- stvrt bridge
tion of the bridge over the Potomac, at the point known as the Little mac.
Falls. And the said corporation of Georgetown, by accepting the provis-
ions of this act, shall waive and surrender all further claim or demand on
the government of the United States, founded on any advancement of
money or other thing towards the object herein specifiect for any purpose
whatsoever. This act shall commence and be in foree from and after its Act to tke
passage. effect from its
passae.
APROVED, June 12, 1860.
CnAr.-C I-An At to ineorate the Grmd Lode oftie hepaden Order ef Odd Jnne i,%i.
Melow of th Ditit of mia.
Be it enacted k the &nate aid Hone of Representvee o f te United
&tes of America in Obgess assembed, That John Thaw, George
Brown, C. J. Wright, Johit T. Bangs, Martin Johnson, and others, the Grand Lodge
officers and members of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of of Odd Felows
Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia, and their successors, be, and i0 ted-
they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, by
the name of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
of the District of Columbia; and'by that name may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and may have and
use a common seal, and the same change at pleasure, and be entitled to.
use and exercise the powers, rights, and privileges incident to such cor- Powers of cor-
poration. poration.
Suc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said orporation shall be orptio
capable of taking and holding real and personal estate not exceeding in maynold eal
w
value the sum of fifty thousand dollars ; which estate, personal and real, ea
shall never be divided among the members of the corporation, but shall
descend to their successors, fir the promotion of the benevolent purposes
of said corporation.
Sac. 8. And be it fisrth enacted, That this corporation shall have ema make,
power to alter and amend their constitution and by-laws at pleasure: &, y-laws;
Provided, That they do not conflict with the laws of the United States, or
the laws of the corporation of Washington City.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall not exeA- shell not issue
eise banking privileges, or issue or put in circulation bank notes, or any nots &O.
-note, paper, token, scrip, or device to be used as currency.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force Act to be In
udil Congress shall by law determine otherwise, force until Con-
ApPROVED, June 12, 1860. motherwise
June 12, IWO. CAw. CXIX.-A Actj*r die Rdtf of Vantin Wda ea.
Be it enacd ,ythe Senate and Hown 'of prentatiesof the United
States of America in (bmer, asembAed, That the Secretary of the Inte-
PensiontoVal- rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Valentine Wehr-
entine Wehr- helm on the roll of invalid pensioners, and pay him at the rate of twenty-
helm. five dollars per month, from and after the twenty-sixth day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty.
Apznovzp, June 12, 1860.
June 18, 1860. CaAP. CXX.-An Act to disoe te " WgKashtm's kaal Labor Mhod and Hale
a 11
ees Wwbiid, tion for the Instruction qf do Dea and Dumb and Me
" Co
June 18, 1860. CHAP. CXKL-An Adt extening the Charterjn ar Geran Benevolent Socdy
dontgth
vi. 154,
Mol. 1.o.
p. 810. Andredaain 0Vin
,~i~on she it of CAMOinm, aprvw Jurr ftWsgsW~h, dagen
.o.
aL ito.
Be enacted by se&nat nd Ho of Reprsentatie tf the Uaited
tates of America in Congres assembled Thaw from and after the passage
common seal, and shall have power to purhase and hold not exceeding
one hundred acres of land in the District of Columbia, north of the limits
of the city of Washington, [and] to sell and dispose of such parts of said
land as may not be wanted for the purpose of a cemetery: Prvided That
at least seventeen contiguous acres shall be forever appropriated and set
Cma. =XXII-An Actj~r th Wei of Mpyo raFn Bwdd,& June is, 1M.
BW it eatd Ay the Senae and How.. of .Repreentativerof doe MW~t
Sea of America in Cotngrm ammbkd That the Secretary of the Treas.
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Maryett Van PsYment to
Buskirk, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, = Van,
the sum of twenty thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars, in full
payment for the claim for forage, grain, cattle, and other supplies furnished
to the American army by the late Thomas Van Buskirk, deceased, of
Bergen county, State of New Jersey, during the revolutionary war.
ArmrovwD, June 18, 1860.
Jua-A 160. Cazp. C X.-An At to hwrpoate te Natid Cawlery and Sdo of Arts in te
Di £Wq
ownbia.
Be 4 enacted 4 the Aenate and House of Representatives of the United
Saate of America in ongress assembed That there may be established
school of arts in the District of Columbia by the persons hereinafter named a gallery
Gallert$d
StabSI.e, and school of arts, for the purpoae of promoting the improvement of the
fine arts, and their application to patriotic purposes, by means of exhibi-
tions, libraries, museum, instruction, and any other practicable operations.
Instltutdonhow Sac. 2.And be it furthwr enacted, That the said institution shall be
to be manged, under the management, direction, and government of a number of trustees,
not exceeding twenty-five, to.be elected annually by the contributors to
the said gallery and school, in such manner and under such limitations
and restrictions as may be provided in the by-laws thereof; and the first
First Trustees. trustees of the said institution shall consist of the following persons, name-
ly: Horatio Stone, John Cranch, J. M. Stanly, J. G. Bruff, Robert Bogle,
W. W. Corcoran, A. F. Cunningham, T. G. Clemsen, J. G. Berret, F. P.
Stanton,*A. Thomas Smith, H. G. Fant, Cbarles Eames, B. Ogle Taylor,
George W. Riggs, Charles Haskins, Seth Eastman, Samuel F. Vinton,
and L. D. Gale, which said trustees add their successors shall be a body
politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of
Name of r "The National Gallery and School of Arts;" by which name and title
Ir umpawe9 the said trustees "d their successors shall be competent and capable, in
law and equity, to take to themselves and their successors, for the use of
the said institution, any estate in any lands, tenements, hereditaments,
goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale,
conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or bequest of any person or persons
whatsoever: Provided, The same db not exceed, in the whole, the yearly
value of fifty thousand dollars and the same property and effects, real and
personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assure, demise, and to farm let,
and to place out on interest for the use of the said institution; and by the
same name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, in any courts
of law and equity; and to make and use a common seal, and the same to
break and alter at their pleasure; and generally, by and in the same
name, to do and transact iland every the business touching or concern-
oag the premises.
Tof
Oa ofde -- So.8. And be it furdher asaeed That the trustees aforesaid shall
Ate. thei hold their offices until the first day of October, eighteen hundred and
powers, 8M sixtynd until their successors shall be elected. And in the mean time,
June is, iS60. CK. CXLVL-An Ac for the Ref of Somo Wadswth
Be it enacted 4 tMe Senate and Hose of Representatives of the United
&ates of America in Congress assembled, That the title of Solomon Wads-
Land titl, con- worth, of Clayton county, in the State of Iowa, be, and the same is hereby,
frmed to 8olo- confirmed to lots numbers two and three, in section number fifteen, in
moise
andplet
mo Wadsworth. township number ninety-four north, of range three west, containing one
hundred and thirty-four acres and eighty-four hundredths of an acre, in
said State of Iowa, and that a patent issue therefor, in accordance with
the laws of the United Stateg6 upon the payment of one dollar and twenty-
five cents per acre therefor into the proper land office of the United
States.
A"PROVED, June 16, 1860.
OCa". CXLIL-An Actfor doe Weiof David Mpfs. June 16, left.
Be it enacted by th Seale and Hous of R*premadve of ae Uited
States of America in Coopres assembled That the Secretary of the Tress.
ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to David Myerle, out of any Payment Of
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty thou- Ny80 foroae,
sand dollars, for losses, sacrifices, and expenses incurred by him in testing &6., in testing
and establishing the practicability and safety of the process of water-rotting o
hemp, under the direction of the Navy Department.
APpaovw, June 16, 1860.
Ouar. -An Ac grAt a Pension to Maria &mfirmv, Widow of Major June 1,1860.
Window F. aderson
Bb it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreentative of the United
Sate of America in Congress aneme That the Secretary of the Inte- .o
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of M
Martha Sanderson on the invalid pension rolls of the United States, at the so.
rate of twenty-five dollars per month, to commence on the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and sixty, and to eontinue during her widow-
hood.
APPROvw, June 16, 1860.
NAP. CLL-Ax Act greasin a Penson to .Taus AleWade-, = s waW Sodier of Jum1 IS,1low
doe Warofeightulm m" and hev&m
Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Reprsetatives of Vsted
Um
Skae of America in Congress asseme, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place the name of Penso to
James Abram-
James Alexander on the invalid pension lists of the United States, at the der.
rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty, and to continue during his natural life.
ApPovND, June 16, 1860.
June 19,1860. Cxs. CLI.-An Act graningan rnvald Pmon to EIskd Toer.
Be it maded tMe Seate and Hose of Representativ of the Uited
Sates of America in Congress assemUe That the Secretary of the Inte-
Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
KekWtJo. Ezekiel Jones on the invalid pension roll of the United States, at the
rate of sixteen dollars per month, commencing from and after the passage
of this act.
AppxovzD, June 19, 1860.
rior be directed to eause to be issued to Josiah Atkins, of the State of Bounty lad-
Ohio, a bounty land-warrant for one hundred and sixty acres in lieu of Akns
warrant number fifty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, issued
to said Atkins under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-
five, the same having been lost in transmission through the mails by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office to the register an& recorder at
Council Bluff, Iowa, in the year eighteen hundred and fity-eight, the
same to be issued under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of
the Interior may prescribe.
Anneovwm, June 19, 1860.
Cz~r. OLxI.-A, Act to iamopors. thasw wWmge Larar Am"*iti,. June it, 1860.
Be it enacted k the Seate and House of Representative of the United
Sttes of Abnvim in Congrew anemed, That Richard H. D. Cooper, Qorporatom
James B. Peake, Elmon A. Adams, John H. B. Jenkins, Edward L
Boteler, Samuel A. H. Marks, jr, Donald MeCathron, and others, to-
gether with those who may hereafter become associated with them, are
hereby made, declared, and constituted a corporation and body politic in
point of law and in fact; to have continuance forever under the name, (aorPos
style, and title of the East Washington Library Association.
Szo. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation by the l , iof Poesand
co-
name and style aforesaid be, and shall be hereafter, capable, in law and poration.
equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to recover and be
recovered from, within the District of Columbia, in as effectual a manner
as other persons or corporations can do; that they shell appoint such offt-
cers as they may deem necessary and proper, to assign them their duties,
and remove them and appoint others when duty or the laws of the associ-
ation make it necessary; and the said corporation shall have the right to
adopt any rules or measures necessary for its kovernment and for the
general accomplishments of the objects of the association, and for those
who are hereinafter mentioned: -Provided,
That they are not inconsistent
with the laws of the District of Columbia or of the United States in any
manner whatsoever.
Szc. 3. And he it further enacted, That all and singular the goods, Corporation
chattels, and other effects of what kind or nature, and moneys, that have may teoa to
been or may hereafter be given, gran d, or devised to the said associa- extent ofnotover
tion, or to any person or persons, for e use thereof, or that have been or 50,001.
shall be hereafter purchased or secured for or on account of the said asso-
ciation, be, and the same is hereby, vested in and secured to the said corpo-
ration: Proided,That the goods, chattels, effects, and moneys thus vested
in and secured to the said corporation shall not, in the whole, exceed the
sum and value of fifty thou~sand dollars.
SEC. 4. And he it further enacted, That this act may at any time be This sot may
altered, amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. be altered, &o.,
APPROVzD, June 19, 1860. or repealed.
JCt, CaP.
pss0.
June21, CLXX.-As
860.of Aetfr the d AsH.
of'WaHers or Leg Rqpre
rasm. ss of the Estatf
June 31,1860m Ciar. CLXIL-As Adt for doe Relitf of EMae & Eimscomb.
B it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre staves of t Uited se
Sates of America in Congres asmbed, That kben S. Hanscomb be,
Eben S. Han- and he is hereby, authorized to enter the southeast quarter of section
comb inmaj
land ent
Nnne- sixten, township twenty-eight north, range twenty-four
sxen wnyfu west, in the dis-
sota, &o. trict of lands subject to sale' at Forest City, State of Minnesota, upon the
payment by said Hanscomb of the usual minimum of one dollar and
twenty-five ents per acre; 'ad the Commissioner of the General Land
Office is directed to issue a patent on said entry: od, however, that
no bond fde-claim, or right of any other parties, or of the State of Min-
nesota to said land, shall be in any wise prejudiced or affected by the
terms of this act, until their assent shall have been first obtained.
Superintendent SEc. 2. And be it fwter enacted, That the superintendent of public
ot sohools to
,elet land inlieu schools in the State of Minnesota is authorized to select an equal quantity
thereof, of other lands in said State, for the use -of public schools, in lieu of the
lands herein granted.
ArPPovzD, June 21, 1860.
June 21, I86. CxA. CLXXI.-An Adt jr th RIef of PhNp B. Hd. and Wiham Pedrich.
Be it enacted r th Senate and oame of r e ec of ted
Stats of Americaw im e agr = the Secretary ofothe
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Philip B. Payment to
Holmes and William Pedrich, out of any money in the treasury not Pht & Holmes
ad wmtam
otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand dollars, for the inven- Pedrlo.
tion of a machine for cutting raw hides into strips for making hide ropes
for the use of the navy of the United States: Aovided, That the United pmvw
States shall be authorized hereafter to use said machine free of any charge
by claimants, their heirs, or assignees.
APPROVED, June 21, 1860.
Cn. CLXXIV.-An Act for tie Rdif of Peru and AVlj. June 21, 18.
Be it enacted k the Senate and How of Representatives of the Uited
States of America in imogrese assemed That the Postmaster-General
be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust the accounts of Acwano fltS
Peay and Aylrffe, late contractors on mail route, number seven thousand t, be Ad Al"d.
five hundred and three, in the. State of Arkansas; and if it appears, from
evidence produced by said Peay and Ayliffe, or on the fies of the depart-
ment, that the said contractors, in consequence of the weight of the mails,
were compelled between the first July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
and fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to perform
extra service, not contemplated in, or covered by, their contract, then the
accounts of said contractors for such extra service shall be audited and
paid, at a fair rate of compensation, out of any money'in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
APPRovED, Juvi 21, 1860.
esu. CLXXV.--An Act for the Re'_lef of Emitie G. Jones, Executrix of Thomas P. Jtme21, 180.
Aone, decesed and ffancy H. Aemt, Aodunietawhu of Welter R Joinso,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative, of the United
Sgates of America in Congress ausemUe That the Secretary of the s to
Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed, out ofany money in the treasury Jones.
jiae-o.
not otherwise apffropristed, to pay to Emilie G. Jones, executrix of
Thomas P. Jones, deceased, the sum of two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars, in full for the services of the said Thomas P. Jones as a
member of the board of examiners, appointed by the Secretary of the
Navy, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved Mirch third, 1848, ch. 4.
eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to modify the act en- Vol v. p.6 2.
titled 'An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers 1888, oh. 191.
on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam,'" approved VoL v. p. 0_.
July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Sac. 2. And be it further enadted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Payment to
be, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not other- 14"6 Y
of Walter " 'L Jeaa
wise appropriated, to pay to Nancy M. Johnson, administratrix
. Johnson, deceased, the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars, in full for the services of the said Walter B. Johnson, as a mem-
ber of the board of examiners, appointed byapprovd Marchofthree,
the Secretary the Nav
igh
under the provisions of the act of Congress,
*teen hundr6d and forty-tOree, entitled "An act to modify the act entitled
' An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on
board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam,'" approved July
seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
APPROVzD, June 21, 1860.
Juneg 91860 Ou. CLXXVIL-An Adt to emb inncrainPriests Land Caim~in the State of
Be it encted kr te Snate and Home of Reprow atis of the V'd
Certain privateStates of Anwicr in Congreu a mMe, That the decisions in favor of
lad clais in certain claimants hereinafter mentioned, made by the recorder of land
Miberi Oon. titles in the State of Missouri, and the two commissioners associated with
18c9, oh. 180. him, by virtue of an act entitled "An act for the final adjustment of pri-
"oL iv.P . Tate land claims in Missouri," approved July nine, eighteen hundred and
1838, oh. 84. thirty-two, and an act supplemental thereto, approved March two, eighteen
VoL iv. P. 661 hundred and thirty-three, as entered in the transcript of decisions trans-
mitted by the recorder and commissioners to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, which decisions ase named and numbered as follows,
to wit: Israel Dodge, number two hundred and eighty-eight; Walter
Fenwick, number three hundred and thirty-nine; and Mackey Wherry,
number eighty-six; said claims having been by said board reported in the
first clas andreeommended for confirmation, be, and the same are hereby,
confirrned to the respective claimants aforesaid, or their legal representa-
tives, to the extent recommended by said recorder of land titles and com-
missioners, that is, to Israel Dodge, or his legal representatives, seven
thousand and fifty-six arpens; to Walker Fenwick, or his legal represen-
tatives, ten thousand arpens; and to Mackey Wherry, or his legal repre-
sentatives, sixteen hundred arpens.
Provision In Sze. 2. Ad be itfwther encte That, in case either of the claims
case claims have
not been and a confirmed by this act, or any part thereor, has not been located or sur-
not be located, veyed, or cannot be located or satisfied, either for want of a specific loca-
tion prior to this confirmation, or because the land upon which the same
is located has been otherwise disposed of by the general government, it
shall be the duty of the surveyor-general of the district, upon proof satis.
factory to him that such claim has been confirmed, and that the same, in
whole or in part, has not and cannot be satisfied for the reasons aforesaid,
or from any cause, to issue to the claimants, or their legal representatives,
a certificate of location for a quantity of land equal to that so confirmed
and unsatisfied, which certificate may be located upon any of the public
lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry, at a price not
Proviso, exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: .Proided That such
location shall conform to the legal divisions and subdivisions as provided
by law.
Omattfe of Sit. 8. And be it fther enacte That the register of the proper
entr7 to issue, land-office, upon the location of such certificate, shall issue to the person
and patent. entitled thereto a certificate of entry; upon which, if it shall appear to
the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Ofifce that such
certificate has been fairly obtained, a patent shall issue as in other cases.
APROVED, June 21, 1880.
June 21, 1860. CoAi.CLKXVUL.-An At to redeh Smnd Seion and other Potions of an At
pased
Dgheoecod
Jue, iglsashunredwadflfts4ht, entitled "An Adt to po
Wd for Me Location of crtai dPrivate Land aau in h Slate of Misor,
andforotedPuqoes."
Be it enacted by tMe Senate'andHosss of/Representadive of th Vnited
Aof 1*1, States of America in Cbngress assemble4 That the second section of an
oh. 81, 49, VoL act passed the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ffty-
zwp.904, re- eight, entitled " An act to provide for the location of certain confirmed
private land claims in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes;' and
all other parts of said act which relate to landsin Louisiana, confirmed
Ow. OXCIL-An Adt for the Wulof WM=la ZXla. Jane , 1860
Be it enacted by the Seate and House of R nt of the United
tates of America in Congres m , That the proper accounting
officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow to °Credit
t.
Inao-
Lieutenant William Nelson, United States navy, in the adjustment of his uf t --
accounts, the amount charged against him for goods stolen from the United Nelson to extent
States ship Fredonia, while under his command: Provide4 That the of i100 .7.
same shall not exceed Que thousand and five dollars and seventy.ix cents.
APpROVED, June 22, 1860.
June 22 18o. Cw. CXCV.-As Ad pir the , io"of Mar Preston, Widow of Geory Phrat .
Be it enacted b d Senate and House of ereentatves of o United
States of America in OWmress assemed That the Secretary of the In-
Pension to terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the
Mury Pre . pension rolls, at the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of Mary
Preston. widow of George Preston, late an ordnance sergeant in the service
COuP. CXCVIIL-As Ad for the ReWqf Zkemat WOm A. Wher, oq June9, 160.
Be it enacted by the S6ena and House of Rpresentaives of t& Uited
States of America in Conre assembled,That the proper -accounting of-
ficers of the treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and direeted to Aloe
ardin toBe-
be
credit the account of Lieutenant Willam A. Winder, of the United States oout Of Wila
army, with the sum of one hundred dollars, it being the amount he had in A. Winder.
his possession on board of the steamer San Franciseo, in the month of
December, eighteen hundred and fifty three, when said steamer was lost,
together with that amount of money, and which now stands charged against
the said Lieutenant William A. Winder, upon the books of the treasury,
it having belonged to the recruiting fund of the United States army.
A PROVzD, June 22, 1860.
June 28,18 0. CaP. CCVIIL-An Act for the Relief of W'ian B. SMu&*k.
Be it enaced by Seate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
Credit allowed officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, instructed to allow to
to William B. Captain William B. Shubrick, United States navy, in the settlement of his
Shubrlok in ac-
count. accounts, the sum of fifteen hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount
paid by his order while in command of the Pacific squadron, to H. . de
La Reintrie, translator and interpreter in the public service.
As PRovan, June 28, 1860.
June A8 186. Czar. C01.-An Adt fotMe Reelof. Gorye Sqeder, of Now York.
Be it ented t Me Senate and Hoe of Repreeatives of the United
&ate of America in Congres asemld, That the Secretary of the
. eoe Treasury pay to E. George Squier, of New York, from any money in
Squire to 8p82 4 the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sulm of nine. thousand nine
tral Amezie,, hundred and thirty-seven dollars, in full, for outfits to the republics of
Central America, and balance of salary due him as minister of the United
States to said republics.
APPRovED, June 28, 1860.
CmuP. CCX.-A* Act fr do Rief of awso S. Smfth of Spwuna, Nat York, June ,
Be it enacted hr t Seate and House of Preentatve of th United
tate. of America s Congrese aembIed That there be, and hereby is,
appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropi- Payment to
ated, the sum of seventeen thousand seven hundred and forty-thre dol- as Sh.
ars and seventy-seven cents, to be paid to Isaac S. Smith, of 8yraczs
in the State of New York, for his.work and labor bestowed, for materials
furnished, and for expenses incurred, in attempting to build for the
United States a light-house on the Horse Shoe reel in the Niagara River,
near Fort Erie, in the province of Canada.
A. RoVED, June 25, 1860.
CHAP. CCXIIL-An At for l of EBU t ,Sith,of Cofs CObmi, Tmenes. Jun. W,i8.
Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of epresetaaves of tAe United
States of America in Congre awsbe That the Seeretary of the In-
terior be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to 1be issued to Elizabeth Land warrant
Smith, the wife of Joseph B. Smith, of Coffee county, Tennessee, a war- et e BlglsW -
rant for one hundred and sixty acres of land, for services rendered in the bath Smith.
army of the United States, during the war with Mexico, by Ner fatther,
Colonel Archibald Yell, of Arkansas.
Aprnov=, June 25, 1860.
CHAP. CCXIV.-An At to grat to the Para of Poht ope, u certain June 2, 18W.
T=9s of Land in said Piari.
Be * enacted by the Senate and House of RBreen"v of the Uited
Sta of America in Congres asswentd, That the tracts of land in the Land to be
Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, which have been in ancient oceu- 90in Cos
pancy as the site of a church and court house, and which are designated l --ue
on the plats of the public surveys as sections twenty-three and twenty-
four, in township four, south, of range ten, east, in the southeastern district,
Louisiana, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the said Parish of
Point Coupee, on the condition that the aforesaid section twenty-four, or Coati
the church site, shall be held by said parish for the use of the Catholic
congregation now occupying it for public worship and as a burying-
ground; but not to the prejudice of a valid adverse right, if such exist.
APmRovED, June 25, 1860.
RESOLUTIONS
Marsh w,~ 160 [No. #.I A Bmesot jir th RlaW if=4maur X. .r Haroes, of doe £hit
Beooked by tde Senate and House of Bepesetat"VeofteUte
ates of America in Oongress aembled, That the sum of two thousand
,pense
toopad0om- andeghtdollars and sixty cents be allowed and paid by the aocounting
atten. " oers of the treasury to Commander H., J. HEartstene, on account of
extra expenses incurred by him in restoring the barque "Resolute."
ApprovmD, March 27, 1860.
April 19, 1860. [No. 8.I A Resoado thre (bmpenaat&m of Rev. RL A ROWh&d tat. Chaplais to
th dwState Pemwnrys ini did Di of (7o.maa
eoled by the Smate and Ho~n of esentves of the United
r.a of ie. L Sta of America in Cngree asembed That the sum of three hundred
L Cbardi dollars be paid to Reverend R. . Richards, late Chaplain to the United
"a'' &" States Penitentiary, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, in full for his half year's salary, ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and fifty seven, and the same is hereby appropriated.
.A rvowim, April 19, 1860.
Jue 9,IM. tNa. 17.] JoWn Rmlutionr doe Belvo J&h% T. RBntu%.of Vi,"ua.
Resolvd lp fhe'ASnali ad Houn*of Rgeressn~atve of doe lUdtd
Liabifltyof
Swe, of Ierioafa Congoss assembed That John T. Robertson of the
John T.Kobet State of Vinginia, be, and be is hereby, released from any further or ez-
son on boad ra- isting liability to the United States, upon his bond executed to the United
lmn Statee, of date twenty-sixth July, eighteen hundred and thirty, in the sum
of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the payment of live thousand dol-
lars in several instalments as therein provided.
Appovzn, June 9, 1860.
June is, 186. [No. V.]' oant RwWmo tdo Rde of Wlm R. De Grvo
Acout of Reeolvd by as Senate and Howe of Rspreseartves of Mhe United
Whlliam IL Do
Groot to be set- State of Anerica its ongres assembed, That, in further execution of
tled. the joint resolution of the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty.
VOL IL p. Mo6. seven, relative to the settlement of damages, losses, and liabilities, incurred
by certain parties interested in -the contract for furnishing brick for the
Washington Aqueduct, the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, di-
rected and required to settle the account of William H. De Ordot on
principles of justice and equity, allowing to the said De Greot the amount
of money actually expended by him in and about the-exeution of the said
L o.28] A aouftr oiB f "Artk Zdm dAis Au at. une 93, lse.
Reeolvei by Me Senate and House of RovisseWwe of d6 ( id
States of Ameica in Congress aes d That the Postmaster-General
be, and he hereby is, authorized to examine and adjust the claim of lam of Ar-
Arthur Edwards and his associates for carrying the through unils ononad t dvyds
asae to
their boats between Cleveland and Detroit, Sandusky and Detroit, and be ajuted.
Toledo and Detroit, during the years eighteen hundred and forty-nine and
eighteen hundred and Mity-three, and the intervening years, and to pay to
the said Arthur Edwards and his associates such sum of money as shall
be found to be justly and equitably due to them for carrying the mails as
aforesaid, and the sum thus found due shall be paid out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVzD, June 22, 1860.
k
[No. 2L] A Rewhie/. of LeAt w Atsu & BaWsi to t mae , I.
Active Ltat~fiwa doe Lenavqssese List of doe N"Sg.
Radoved by tOe Senate and Hiouse fR Mewuatives of the (Astd
Sat America in Congress aes e That the President of the
United States be authorized to nominate, and, by and with the advice and Let. Anne.
consent of the Senate, to appoint Lieutenant Augustus S. Baldwin, first rtoIWdfte
lieutenant and executive officer of the fag-ship Laneaster, to the active kin, IMt f
list of the navy. navy.
AmnovxD June 22, 1860.
UNITED STATES,
Passed at doe econd session, which to= Uegw'mad wil at the ft~ of
Washngton, in the Dii of CWnUma, on Mafndq, the third dft of
Decembe,A.DA8.43, nd ended on MWondae fourth day of March,
A. D. 186L
Jim= BUCHANaN, President. Joma . BaRZ IGz, vice-Presi.
dent, and President of the Senate. WLLirAx PmImgox, Speaker
of the House of Representative&.
is issi
Januay OH". XIL - An Ad for &i Relie of AFlun lbrrq.
Be it enacted by the Sena and Hous of epresentatves of the United
Dfi cate 1- S&a8 of dmerica in Cngress assem&&A That the Secretary of the Treas
of so$to b j-ury is hereby authorized to cause five certificates of the loan of eighteen
sued to Fmakun hundred and forty-eight, of one thousand dollars each, with coupons of
Tomy. semi-annual interest from the first of July eighteen hundred and fifty-eight
attached thereto, to be issued to Franklin Torrey, or bearer, to replace that
number of similar certificates, the property of satd Torrey, which were
desroyed by the burning of the steamer " Austri," in the year eighteen
~
Off".~ d~ wigdo&wr
~ ~ ~~hq oeriw
lntA to A*datetheWoottt 9f jimua2yua1M6
January96, 186. CEui. XIM -An Act to audri t/da la'ttio of a Suit aganst tMe VUtd 4)te to
twat ate lto L*e Numker Mhe and Sr s6se Hoepikda S re in San 1kacau.
Be it enacted by ti. Senate and Hotise of Repa-eentatit;m.o the United
suit ay be State. of America in Congress asemed That J. G. Ames, S. W. Holl-
tha si day, and James Blair, and their heirs, assigns, and legal representatives
to test the title of be, and they are hereby, authorized to institute a suit against the United
Wtni lots rn States,'n the circuit court of the United States for the State of California,
for the purpose of recovering from the United States, two lots of ground,
numbers five and six, in the square in the city of San Francisco on which
a hospital has been ereoted by the United States; which lots are claimed
to have been acquired by the said Ames, Holladay, and Blair, by deeds
executed in their favor by the sheriff of the county of San Francisco on
the twenty-third day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. The
How to be
eommenced. said suit to be commenced by citatibn served on the district attorney of
United Stats the United States for the northern district of California: Provided, That
to have al legal the United States shall have the right in any suit so brought to defend
ande.uitabl d- their claim to the title and possession of said property, or any part theref,
on any legal or equitable ground&
District attor- Sc. 2. And be i9.flrther enacte That it shall be the duty of the said
y tte d district attorney, under the direction and advice of the Attorney General
sut., of the United States, to defend any suit brought under the authority of
the first section of, this act, and to take all necessary measures at law or
in.equity for the protection and defence of the title to said lots.
Eithear S . 8. And be it furtier enaced That either party may appeal or
MAY prosecute a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States from
any final decision rendered by said cireuit court in any suit instituted as
aforesaid.
CRAP. XXIL-As Act for the Bell. of Robert A. Mathe Janasy99, 1M1
Be enacted b th Seate and Howe of Repreen'atitm of the nited
Sate. of Anerica in on.ress assembed, That the Commissioner of the
General Land-Ofiee be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay RePaYeat t
to Robert-A. Xatthew , attorney of Charles W. Tosh, the amount of the tbe of pde
price reeelved from said Tosh for one hundred and fifty-five and sixty-two land ant dae
on bud-dtth acres of land, entered by him at the land-ofilce, at Siouxaneed.
City, in the State of Iowa, on the second October, eighteen hundred and
fifty-six, as per register's certificate and receiver's reeeipt, both numbered
four hundred and fifty-five, the said entry having since been cancelled as
embracing land within the limits of the railroad grants made by Congress V& et. P.9
by act approved fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. .
APPRov:D, January 29, 1861.
February 5, 31. Ckw. IXYL-dA Actjr the Boofi #f Gddie .7. Mufnmen
Be it nacted by, the Senate anid Rouse of Representaves of ths UnWe
&ate of Aeica isn Cogress anemed That the entry made by Gabriel
Lsnwtr of J. Johnston, of Jefferson county, Missouri, on the second day of Novem-
-en.e "ber, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, of the northeast quarter of section
steab"
numer eleven, in township number forty-one nortl, of range number four
east, in the district of lands subject to sale ab Saint Louis, issouri, be,
lJebraryl,18l. Czar. XL. - An Adctfr the Rdiefof Townsd Hards or /hs #in or legal BRewsn
CuAp. XLVL-An Act for the Rotiof of Lm -0. Husker, Widow of Camr H. iebrur$0,18
Harsher.
Be it enacted by the enate and Hows of Bepraenkti~ve of tae United
&ates of America in CoWe asee kd That the Secretary of the Lite- La C.H=&-
rnor is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Laura C. Hum- baor to ave pen-
ber, widow of Charles Humber, late captain in the seventh regiment of for ife
the United States infantry, upon the pension roll, and to pay her at the widowhood.
rate of twenty dollars per month, to continue for life or widowhood.
ArpRovED, February 20, 1861.
wior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required top the name of Rieeves
to have
Annie D. Reeves, widow of J. S. K. Reeves, late cptain in theimfreg- 1, Jan.,
pay artillery,
hentproper, United States
commencing on army, on the
the first day pension roll, at
of January, the ratehundred
of half
eighteen
and sixty, and to continue during he.
AIRovm, February 20, 1861.
,tate. of America in Congre assembled. That the fines imposed by the Aines imposed
nost-Offie Department on Samuel S. Green, of ew Orleans, while carst
rypng the mail on route number three thousan u yve hundred and three,-rn iefor&Me
-con-
from New Orleans and other ports on the Gulf of Mexico, to Key West, tract to be remit-
and back, when he failed to depart from or arrive at any prt named in teeund hisb
his contrat with the mails at preciselys"schedule time," he, and the same tt be
are hereby, remitted; and that the accounting officers of the treasury be,
and they are hereby, directed to settle his account, and allow the amount
of said fines and the balance due him on his contrac and that the same
be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwiad appropriated.
APPRovED, February 28, 1861.
lebruaryl8,1861. Ca"i. IL - Ax Adt for the Reli of Mary Waiheek Widowo of the late Brevet ge
d- Geaeral John De B. W06ch, of th UAted State. Army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hotue of Repeentative of the United
&ate of America in Canyre ansm&d That the Secretary of the Inte-
L46esb to rior be directed to place the name of Mary Walbach, widow of the late
31Walba .c "Brevet Brigadier'General John De B. Walbach, on the pension roll, at
the rate of fifty dollars per month, commencing on the tenth day of June,
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, for and during her natural life.
A.movED, February 28, 1861.
Ieb-aary8A161 Czr". LV. - Ans Adt for tde Relie of &ue Peny.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the Uited
Sat of America in Oongras assmUe That the Secretary of the Treas-
Payment to ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Samuel Perry out of any
SUU~al Perry. money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred
and thirty-e4ht dollars and ninetl-eight cents, it being the amount which
was improperly deducted from his freight for the transportation of Idian
Marsh 2,18M1.NA. XCIX - An Act for the Reliefof Elixa B. ids, Wt'Ww of Robert Rik
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the VtI
M B._efls fo ,rates of America in onress asemned, That there be paid, out of any
services of her money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Eliza B. Mills,
hsnd since widow of Robert Mills, the sum of five hundred dollars, in payment for
MOe. services of the said Robert Mills as architect in preparing and farnishing
plans and estimates for a marine hospital at New Orleans, and a public
printing office in the city of Washington.
APPROVED, March , 1861.
iMarchi 2, iss. Gais.. CL -As Adt gmnsin a Pension to Etin If. FtpmoL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representies of the Unite
Pension to States of America in Conss asemed, That the Secretary of the Inte.
Run X Plymp- rior be directed to place the name of Eliza M. Plympton, widow of th3
ton. late Colonel Joseph Plympton of the United States Army on the pension
CIL -An Adt to .,aWl the 21wtof tie Ehoanut Coi&p to peliy -wc
Cz&r. 3,1961i.
tj Quarwe &to of m wadfor othe Pom 7,e
Be it maed by de &nate and Hoe of .eproesentivea of th Usite?
Sae of America in ogres a ed, That the following persons. Isaac ,i
bm n 001
Goodnow, S. D. Houston, Washington Marlan , Charles E. Blood, Joseph UP AN .
Dennison, William H McCollom, John. Paulson, John Pipher, and John taie land InKan-
Kimball, trustees of the Bluemont College Association be, and'they are
hereby, empowered to enter at the proper andoflce, the following described
qnarer section of land, to wit:
The southwest quarter of section twelve, (12,) township ten south, of
range seven east, in the district of lands subject to sale at Junction City,
in Kansas Territory; for the use and benefit of the said eollege associa-
tion, the said property to be. bald exclusively for the benefit of the said
cliege, and to be regulated or disposed of under such rules and regula-
tions as the legislature of the Territory or State may prescribe.
Anpiaovz, March 2, 1861.
Cs"p. CM 1-An Actfh. the ~Ifof Taylor Dafet, of Ifiuauea. warch 3,1*61
Be it enaced by the Senate and Howte of .Repre~entative. of the VUited
St W of America in Cbngre asembled That the Secretary of the Tress- Payment to
sry be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Taylor Dud- Ta8lor DUdley.
Icy, of Benton county, Minnesota, the sum of threshundred and seventy
dollars, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: the
same being due the said Dudley for services as clerk of the United States
District Court for the second and third Judicial Districts of the late Ter-
ritory of Mianesoti.
APPRovRD, March 2, 1861.
Ow. YIV-An A for the Cofrmation qf the Titte to the SUne Lax& i Jaks March 9, 161.
Ohuty, &at of fifins, to D. H. Brnk, and OthAe -
Narch 2,11
ML Off. CYL-As Act for th Relf f Desis B. 1Hihird.
Be matd by &ssat adHouseof Beswadaves of tae United
&ae of merka in Owgress aemAe That the Postmaster-General of
ayment t the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out
herd for earring of any moneys Jn the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Daniel B.
as mn Hibbard the sum of eight hundred and thirty dollars, in full compensation
for his services in transporting the United States mail between the villages
of St. Johns and Lyone, in thb State of Michigan, under his agreement
with the deputy postmaster at said St. Johns.
APPaovzD, March 2, 1861.
On". CYJILAs Act jfr the Wei of COumader lUaea r1Page Uhiad awes Mar&h 2, 180.
Be it enacted by tae Senate and Hows of Represatves of &h Uited
&at of America in Congress aaemed That the proper accounting ofi- Cetd sus-
cers of the Treasury be authorized and dirdcted to allow to Commander aounts of
Thomas J. Page, of the United States navy, in the adjustment of his Thomas J. Pra
accounts as purser of the United States steamer Water Witch, credit for -Power to be
certain suspended items of said accounts, not to exceed the sum of three alld
hundred and fify-four dollars and forty-six cents.
AP POVwD, March 2, 1861.
HSOLUTIOI 8.
Ir,eq , 1VI1L [No. 4.] Aioint Reeok*;on extedig thke 27M fi~r &**~Thtiniony ont (k Applicstoa of
Chnss H. AteCormiok,jfir ble RutMsioa of his Patent.
Be it resoled .e Senate and Houns of epresentotvs of as United
&ats of Ameria in Congres assemxed That the further time of ninety
The oppo. days be i to parties interested in resisting the extension of the patent
-Mccormiek of Cyrus JL. McCOrick, for his patent reaper, or his improvements or
et to have modifications of the same, to enable them to take testimony in opposition
IUtkeW to to said extension, to be used before the -Commissioner of Patents, on the
tk testmony. hearing of the application of said Mcormick for an extension of said
patent.
Aprovev, February 9, 1861.
Iebrua.yiIML [No. 7.] Joint Behdt a'eA= " s= of tMe M tot the
Accunt
ofth Rost ,Qwwarster, and soj"i.
Be it reoked by the Senate ad House of Representatives of CA. United
Sa of America in Cnres assmbe That the proper accounting offl-
obers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, directed to
to be seted, settle the accounts of the late Robert Stockton, of New Jersey, an assist-
ant quartermaster and forage master in the war of the Revolution, and
pay to his legal heirs and representatives such sum or sums as may be
/ . a14/~~the
t
[No. 8.] roid Raesotn ,u td
"o'o p=verAc motftgca M
fof 'Tm
to Ito re- Pebruaryl0,861
vise ind adjut doe Accusin of .tRno Ckig U Sate Minste to ema
Be it resolved by the Sonate and Home of Repreentatives of the United
States of America in Congren assemd, That the proper accounting offi-
cers of the Treasury be authorized and required to revise and adjust the
account of John Randolph Clay, as minister to Peru.
APPRovzD, February 20, 1861.
UNITED STATES,
CzAp. XIV.- An Actor the Relif of the Widow and Opns of de 0frOs, Sea. July 4, 18614
men, and Moines of&e sUnited States Sloop-of-war Lema
and/ orotrupes.
Be it macted by the Senate and House of Rgesenatves of the United
&a of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of fixing The Levant to
the-itlme at which shall commence the pensions, under the existing lawq, bedeemed as lost
of the widows and orphan children of the officers, seamen, marines, and nertW,1 or
others in service, who were lost in the United States sloop-of-war Le-
vant, as well as the time to which the pay of said officers, seamen, ma-
Alnes, and others in the service, shall be allowed, the thirtieth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, shall be deemed and
taken to be the day on which the said sloop-of-war Levant foundered at
sem.
Szc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widow, or child, or chil- Additionel pay
widows and
dren, and in case there shall be no widow, or child, or children, (as afore. tohilldren, &c..,of
said,) then the parent or parents, and if there be no parents, the brothers those lost.
and sisters of the officers, seamen, marines, and others in service, who
were lost in said sloop-of-war Levant, including captain's clerk and assist-
ant draughtsman, shall be entitled to and receive, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve months' pay
of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due
to the said deceased at the date of the loss of said vessel
Bic. 8. And be it firther enacte That the proper accounting officers Aceonts of An-.
of the Treasury Department be, and are hereby, authorized and directed drew J. Watson
to settle the accounts of Andrew J. Watson, late a purser in the navy, to be settled.
who was lost in the sloop-of-war Levant, with allhis accounts and vouch-
ers for expenditures and payments made by him, and with all the money,
stores, and supplies procured for the use of said vessel, and to allow him
a credit for whatever sum appears to be due from him on the books of the
Department.
APPROVzD, July 24, 1861.
* This session was called by Proclamation of the President, dated April l5th,
1861. See Proclamation, No. 8, Appendix, pot, p. 1268.
voL. xl P"iv.- 11
July 24,1861. Cea". XVI.-An Act for the Rief of te Ohio and oth. 3oWntr.
Preamble. Whereas the War Department has decided that the term of service of
1795,eL. 86,1 . the ninety days' volunteers, called out under the act of seventeen hbin-
Vol. Lp.424. dred and ninety-five, commenced only on the day when they were
actually sworn into the service of the United States; and whereas
the troops now in service of the United States from the State of Ohio
were not sworn into said service until some days after their organiza-
tion and acceptance as companies by the Governor of said State, and
that for such period, under existing laws no payment can be made:
Therefore,
Be it enacted 6y the Senate and Bouse of Re7pesentati'e of the U'ted
Volunteera to Sta of America in Congr assembed, That the proper disbursing offi-
be paid omet ocer compute and pay to the said volunteers compensation from the day
aat n of their organization and acceptance as companies by the Governor of the
acceptance as State of Ohio, as aforesaid, until the expiration of their term of service.
eompanis byt Sac. 2. And be it further enacted, That where the militia of other
bratf. States are situated similarly with those of Ohio, the War Department
pay them according to the provisions of the foregoing section.
Appaoyw, July 24, 1861.
July 9,1861. C .XXY. -As Actautorie the Issue of a Reistr to t Semer aEateia."
Be it enacted by the Smate and House of Re sentive of th Unied
Registerto is- States of America in Congress assemled, That the Secretary of the
setotheateamer Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a register to the
"Rstela." steamer "Estella," in accordance with existing laws, excepting only that
provision of law requiring the said vessel to have been built in the United
States.
AimPO4UD, July 29, 1861.
August 8,1861. C&. XLU M -An Act* the Rdief ofrehn 0.MeCas wL
Be it enacted by th Senate and House of Representatitw of the United
Accounts of ,tates of America in Cmongres assembled, That the Secretary of War be,
John C. eCon- and he hereby is, directed to audit and settle, upon terms of equity and
sell to be settled
justice, the accounts of John C. McConnell Against the United States,
for expenses necessarily incurred by him in raising a regiment of volun-
teers in the State of Maryland, in May, June, and July, eighteen hundred
Proviao. and sixty-one, and now in the United States' service: Providd, That the
same shall not exceed the sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars, to
be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not other-
wise appropriated.
Apzpovm , August 3, 1861.
CKw. LX=I. - An Act anthorlwVgo Secret" of War to tthe Totuntww, mho, August s, im5
tuder the Command of Cknin W. Whit, and by Order f .a . .
,mios, edisted to prtc the Rahad Brdges and other oper, in do VFi of
Oakl-d, Aeghan Con. Maryland.
Beitenid tS enae ndH oe o r ew~nq f w United
Saw of Amem in O au d That the Secretary of War be, Certain volun.
and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the teas in AIJej119-
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the commissioned officers, non-corn- in to pa
missioned officers, musicians, and privates who served as a Home Guard
for the protection of the railroad bridge and other property, near Oak-
land, Alleghany County, Maryland, under command of Captain Charles
W. White, and were called into service by order of Brigadier-General T.
A. Morris, and to make to them just and reasonable compensation for the
failure of the officer of the Government of the United States to furnish to
them rations, clothing, and other supplies during their service: Provided, Iftbo.
the amount to be paid shall not exceed the amount to which, for similar
service, and like rations, clothing, and supplies, volunteers, regularly
mustered into service under the President's proclamation of May third,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, would be equitable entitled.
APPROVED, August 6, 1861.
CIAi. LXVXI.-As Adt top ~ theo P an fArnold and Wifafr Braw4 Augart 6,1861.
and He"j ortAhor Wood, u9p7p o the Vhied Sa Vowsnter in -aindy .
.Be it enacted k~the Senate and Homse of Representatives of the United Amcounts of (L
&atee of America in Congress assemle That the Secretary of War be, w. A .
and he is hereby, authorized to cause the account of G. W. Arnold and Charle S-WD-
Charles S. Willett, for bread, and the account of Henry North, for wood, Jt, " Kenry
furnished to the United States volunteers in the State of Maryland to be e&
audited and adjusted on terms of equity and justice.
ArpmovaD, August 6, 1861.
1FOLUTION.
.,ta pay to the Widowo of the Wae &ehiA.Douglas the Amount
as a S a
hm4due at th time of Is deat.
UNITED STATES,
Passed at do seend sessi n which was hvm and e at t& ailof wah-
ington, in the Disritof CohmhAjon Mon6do h second daW of Vecem-
ber, A. D. 1861, and ended 9r8a, the Seventeenth day of r*,
A. D. 1862.
ARRmHA Lmoorx, Presdent. HArcMi Himur, Vice-President,
and President of the Senate. SOLOMON PoOm was elected Presi-
dent of the Senate, pro tempoe on the thirty-firet day of March, and
so acted until the twenty-first day of May inclusive; be was again
elected on the twentieth day of June, and continued so to act until the
end of the session. GAtusffA A. GRow, Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
On". VIL-An Adtfr th Wei of doe Gamwrof the BWAis Shi "Prth&w" Januar17,1862.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Howse of Rpreettivea of the Un~ited
mae of America in ogrese assembled, That there be paid, out of any 0m to be
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the order of the pad owner of
proper functionary of Her Britannic Majesty's government, the sum of t8M
one thousand dollar, in full compensation to the owner of the British
ship "Perthshire" in consequence of her detention by the United States
steamer "Massachusetts," in June last, under the impression that she
had unlawfully evaded the blockade, of the port of Mobile.
AUROVD, January 17, 1862.
CHaP. XV1. -An .ietjfr tAs Rele of Milass Y. &M~. Janur A1,86M
Be it enacted 61 the &enate and House of Representatives of the Vsited
Sta of America in Congress asem4ed That the Secretary of the Treas- ao to bepad
ury be, and is hereby, authorized and required to pay to William Y. to William 1.
Strong, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, Stron.
fifty dollars; being the amount so by him paid into the public TrM-
ury on the twenty-seventh of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five.
APPzROVm, January 81, 1862.
March~~~~~~~~ 1,89.O
.LI.-sAtfrheelfof Z B. Cavery, kat Sea of Lato.at
LiNa, Pm.
Be s enacted by as Snte and Howe of RTtamttives of the Utited
Pyment to Z. &ates of America in Cmgress auembed, That there be paid, out of any
B. Caverly. money in the Trelsury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nineteen
hundred and eighty-eight dollars to the said Z. B. Caverly, late
secretary of legation at Lima, Peru, for his services and expenses as
special messenger from Lima to Washington in eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, eighteen hundred and sixty, and eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
that being the amountoof the per diem and expenses of said messenger,
after deducting therefrom his salary for the time of such service as secre-
tary of legation.
Apmov=, March 14, 1862.
Apr18, se. Ow. LX-A Adt to aw orir te Dbid Coit 9f the Lited &atesforthe Norhs
Diat of C"_ia to hr and dernine uqm et Me the Cbai of Pedro Cia-
oato acertain 7luc of Land in Calboria,calld La Posn a Ja auita.
Be it enacted by the S&ae and House of Representatives of de United
Claim of Pedro &ateos of America in Congress assewmbed, That the district court of the
Cheboya to b United States for the northern district of California be, and is hereby,
Cour. authorized and required to hear and decide upon the merits the cla m of
Pedro Chaboya to a tract of land described in his amended petition, filed
in said court on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-seven, and called "La Posa de San Juan Bautista," in the same
manner and with the same jurisdiction as if the claim to the said tract of
land had been duly presented to the Board of Land Commissioners under
the provisions of the act entitled "An act to ascertain and settle the pri-
181, ch. 41. vate land claims in the State of California," approved March third, anno
Vol. ix. p. 68L Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and an appeal had been duly
taken from their decision to the said district court by the said Chaboya.
Testimony be- Suc. 2. And be it.firther enacted, That on the said hearing the testi-
fobe w&
taken MY mony heretofore taken in said court in relation to the said claim on behalf
of the said claimant, or of the United States, may be read subject to all
just exceptions to its competency, and additional testimony on either part
may be taken under the direction and order of said district court as to the
validity of said claim or the extent thereof.
Appea to s- Saoc. S. And be ifurtk r enacted, That an appeal may be taken from
Pee Court of the final decision and decree of said district court to the Supreme Court
States. of the United States by either party in accordance with the provisions of
VoL ix. p. a& the tenth section of the said act of March third, eighteen hundred and
fifty-one.
APovED, April 25, 1862.
April82, 1M29 CHAP. LXL-An Act /* the Relie 0 as Owner, Offlosm ad am ef the Danis
I"J on~ Laa ."
Be it enaded b te Senate and House of Rersentatives of as United
namages to be States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any
Maey 1, MM* CRAP. LXXI. -An. Adt/r Me=tnm -Odad Carle F. RiiJ; 4 of
On. CVI -An Ad fAr the Reif of Olswiver Weed Jue 17, 286M
Be it enaced bj the Ssnate and House of Representatives of tde Vited Aecounteof
Sates of America in Conres assembled, That the proper accounting Woo .OlvrSpencer
to be seb-
officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and direpted tied equitab
to examine and settle, on principles of equity, the accounts of Oliver and alowase
Spencer Wood, late temporary naval storekeeper for the United States
8
o' oO
vor- XIL iPu.-11
June is, 1869. Cyi-. CM31 -An Act for t Red of Raw N. Bark Wub of Edwa Hr
Payment of Be it enacted 6y the Senate anid Honse of Representaiveof the Unsited
Wto dow. States of Umerioa in Congres assemhed, That the Commissioner of
of Edward Hae. Patents be, and he is hereby, authorized and required
to pay, out of any
money belonging to the find of the Patent Office not otherwise appro-
priated, to Rose M. Harte, widow of Edward Harte, the sum of two
hundred and seventy-four dollars and eighty cents, in fall for certain
papers prepared by him, by direction of the Commissioner of Patents,
illustrative of the "Progr es s of AgriCulture in the United States during
ten years," and also for an article entitled "Railroads of the United States
in 1850."
APPROVED, June 19, 1862.
June 29,18IM Caw. C=V. -As Act or a. Relif of ih & rembgs b dobl g f file WaegtS,
IaRau-Y on the lAght of Z&w D4e1861.
amet of Be it eactded 6y dho Senate and Howe of Bereenaives of th nited
6626ta to cAsa
su e by the & of America in Congress assembled, That the Second Auditor of
burning of the the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and required to ascertain and
Wasbfiuto In- determine the amount of property lost by each of the sisters of charity,
fir517- and female servants employed in the Washington Infirmary at the time
of its conflagration, which occurred on the night of the third of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the amount so determined, not
exceeding in the aggregate six hundred and twenty dollars, shall bp paid,
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the claim-
ants respectively.
ApmovmD, June 19, 1862.
June 20,18is. ClAp. CXVIL -An Adt 1r tdo Relefof CQgUdOm HIIUM Panin.
Payment to ffe it enacted 4y the Senate anS Hows of Representwe of the Uited
.Hiram pumng Sw of Ameria in Cmgres asseme, That the Secretary of the
*r e'P1e1 * Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Com-
modore Hiram Paulding, of the United Statesanavy, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve hundred dol-
lars, or so much thereof as he may be satisfied is neeessary to reimburse
him for his expenses incurred in defending himself against a suit brought
against him for taking Charles McDonald (one of William Walker's fol-
lowers) from the steamer "Morgan," at Sim Juan del Norte, in Nicaragua.
and sending him on board the United States ship " Saratoga," in the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the said Paulding being at the time flag-
officer in command of the home squadron, and acting in the line of his
duty.
dpmovim, June 20, 1862.
June 90,1869. OxAP. CIXIL -As. Ad to pwj B. Y. qwh4 Ar Use Cu. .,dIspem
t#=e i him by tde Ata Reservaton stMe Ten*sy of
July13, 18W CRn". CLXIL - An Act ,for doe RWie of Pazny MacierSmAt.
Fanny t Be it enacted k6 Senate and Hoe of RereentatiWve of the Untead
Smh panion States of America in Congres assembed, That the Secretary of the inte-
to. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of
Fanny Mactier Smith, widow of the late Major General Charles Fergu-
son Smith, of the United States army, on the pension roll, at the rate of
fifty dollars per month, from the first day of May, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, for and during her ividowhood.
APPROvED, July 12, 1862.
CQA CXCIL-
r. An At to co nm and etali a Pa her ofore granedto ienne
Berne, dated Julyg twenig-fw, eighteen Iwndredand siegV, and to secure to Georye Soo. B 91
eroill Norris, i Assignee of smid Paten, the Benqft of the fvU sena for whAk sai
Paten was granted.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Patent to
Slates of America in Congress assembled, That the patent granted to Etienne Berot
Etienne Bernot on the twenty-fourth day of July, in the year eighteen confiaed.
hundred and sixty, for "an improved machine for cutting files," and which
patent, on the face thereof, was granted for the term of fourteen years
from the date of said patent, shall be, and the same is hereby, made a
valid grant for the full term of fourteen years from the date of said
patent, notwithstanding the fact that a patent had been previously granted
in France for the same invention, and notwithstanding that said patent,
when issued, ought to have been granted only for the term of fourteen
years, to be computed from the date of the said patent, previously issued
in France.
Sz.. 2. And be itfurder enacted; That the title of George Somerville Tie of ae.
Norris, as assignee of said patent, under the assignment made to him by signee of sid
said Etienne Bernot, dated October eight, eighteen hundred and sixty, and patent eehaird
recorded in the Patet Ofie, shall be good and valid to vest in said
assignee, his executors, administrators, and assigns, the executive right,
under the said patent, for the full period of the term of fourteen years
from the date of said patent, in like mannerand to the same extent as if
the said patent, when originally issued, had been validly granted for four-
teen years from the date thereof.
APPROVED, July 16, 1862.
CHAP. CUX(I -An Act to soeure one Mont's Pas, and Penon to Marart Ea/l,, Junly 16,1869.
of Virgina
Wdow of George B. Baie, Lieutenant WOW In t Regi
volunteeis.
Be it enacted Sy the Seale and House of Rqnrentatives of the Uitod
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Marga- M=-et-,
ret Bailey, widow of George B. Bailey, late acting lieutenant colonel in to B6in
*
the ninth regiment of Virginia volunteers, one month's pay of a lieutenant month's pay,
colonel, for services rendered by her husband as lieutenant colonel and
surgeon, prior to November tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, when
he was killed in battle at Guyandott, Virginia.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That the Commissioner of Pensions and pension.
be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of said Margaret Bailey,
on the pension roll, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, from the first
day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to continue during her
widowhood.
APPROWVxD, July 16, 1862.
ALdy 16 M C&r. CXCI V.-An Adt for the Ref of Aas N. Mailer, 9taexyniie peer of
&mnabate do &d
6XrvidV Dieb*L
e it enacted by the &naee and Howa. of Bepresentative, of the Unsited
A ts o Sate. of America in Congress assem& That the Secretary of the Tress.
James N.Mlaer sary be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to audit and settle the
to be set. accounts of James N. Muller for services rendered as supervising inspec-
tor of steamboats for the third supervising district, and to allow him the
compensation provided by law for the period commencing on the sixth
day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and ending on the second
day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
ArrPjovzD, July 16, 1862.
RESOLUTIONS.
[No. 88.] 4AResaon to corm tae Opinion of the Coaef £Y adverw iothe £fi w
Myn 186.
of Thoman B. Graham.
Resolved by the Senote and House of Representatires of the United
Skas of America is Congress assem led, That the opinion of the Court of Thomas B.
Claims, adverse to the claim of Thomas B. Graham, be, and hereby Graa,
i, Cadvort
confirmed. of Claims con-
APROVZD, May 21, 1862. firmed.
July 11, 186. [No. 47.] Join Resluion to momnthe advers Decision of tde Cowt of Clim in &h
Con of Bxecutor ofLevis Warrhtm and others.
Resolved h tesenate and House of Repressntaives of the United
Decision
against exeetttors Stas of Anmerica in Congress auemMed That the adverse decision of the
or~ewi, war. Court of Claims in the case of the executors of Lewis Warrington and
rlngton co- others be, and the same is hereby, confirmed.
drmed. APPROVE, July 11, 1862.
mlyi, 18m. [No. 48.1 JdAt Resolt'on tooqfltm te adverse Deiwn of the Cort of Caims i te
aseof Abraham King, Adnnstrt of JohaaMandewil
Be it resolved Sy the Senate and House of Representatives of tae nited
Decision States of America in ongre assembled, That the adverse decision of the
5gKigt. Court of Claims in the case of Abraham King, administrator of John
King conirmed. ~andeville, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed.
APRovED, July 11, 1862.
May i, 18s6. [No.-SO.] JotResouton town,=n the adverse Deciio of~k theo ofClaM in dho
ase of T. S. J. Jhnso.
Deision Sd" of America in Congress assened, That the adverse decision of the
ohnstT. . J. Court of Claims in the case of T. S. J. Johnson be, and the same is tere-
fAMed, by, confirmed.
APRovED, July 11, 1862.
UNITED STATES,
CAP. IL- An Act for te Adle of tie Owners of the Frec Bdg" Julaat Mari" Dec. la, 186.
Be it enacted by the Snate and Rouse of Representaties of ad United
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any DsMAga to be
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the order of the paidoers of
proper functionary of the government of his Majesty the Emperor of the , 1 6 e,
French, the sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars, in coin, as full.
compensation to the owners of the French brig "Jules et Marie," or their
legal representatives, for damages received by the said brig in a ollision
with the United States war steamer " San Jacinto," on the third day of
November last; which collision was ocasioned, in the opinion of a joint
naval commission to whom the claim was referred, by the failure of the
"San Jacinto" seasonably to reverse her engine.
APPROVED, December 15, 1862.
CRAP. VIIL - An Act to indomne.fy rtain atWn of the United Stae, reiYdng in hzary 7, 1868
the State of Delaware, for Expenses incred by then in Defene of the Uited &ats#.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative. of the Unied
Sates of America in Congress assembled, That the Seretary of the Certain ati-
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money 1413 of Delawe
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the Farmers' Bank for xp-a I
of the State of Delaware, at Dover, or the duly authorized agent thereof, defence of the
any amount not exceeding the sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-eight United States.
dollars, borrowed of said bank by Alden B. Richardson and others, citizens
of the State of Delaware, and by them expended for the enrolling, sub-
sisting, clothing, and equipping of company D of the first regiment of
Delaware volunteers employed in aiding to suppress the present insur-
rection against the United States; and also to the Bank of Smyrna, at
Smyrna, Delaware, or the duly authorized agent thereof, an amount not
exceeding the sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-eight dollars, borrowed
of said last-mentioned bank by George W. Cummins and others, citizens
of said State of Delaware, and by them expended for the enrolling, sub.
sisting, clothing, and equipping company H of said first regiment of Del-
aware volunteers employed in said service as aforesaid: Provided, That Ol expenses
said Secretary shall pay only so much of the expenditures aforesaid as, Wrpdy mads
upon examination, he shall be satisfied were properly made. . to *d
APPROVED, January 7, 1868.
VOL. XIL PRv.- 117
January 30,18G3. CHAP. XV. - An Act for the Relief of William B. Snowhook and others.
Sureties of Whereas a judgment has been recovered in the United States Circuit
Charles 11. Pine Court of the northern district of Illinois against Thomas Hoyne, E. S.
to be credited
with $2500.on a Smith, Isaac Cook, William B. Snowhook, and Richard J. Hamilton,
judgment as sureties of Charles H. Pine, late United States marshal for* said
against them. district, in which judgment is included a sum of two thousand five
hundred dollars, money advanced to said Pine by the government on
the ninth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-
nine, after he had become known to the officers of the United States to
be a defaulter in office, and after two of the said sureties had expressly
notified the late Secretary of the Interior of such official delinquency,
and protested against any further liability being incurred by them ; all
of which facts appear of record in the archives of the Department of
the Interior: Therefore-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Solicitor of the Treas-
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remit to the said
sureties, as a credit upon the amount of said judgment in satisfaction pro
tanto, the said sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, upon the payment of
the balance of said judgment by the said securities: Provided,however,
That nothing herein contained shall in anywise have the effect to release
the principal in said bond from his liability thereon.
APPRoVED. January 30, 1863.
January 31,1863. CHAP. XVI. -An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Seneca G.
Simmons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Representa- States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
tives of Seneca officers of the Treasury Department, in settling the accounts of the
G. Simmons to late Seneca G. Simmons, as assistant commissary of subsistence, be, and
be allowed
$t500. hereby are, authorized and instructed to allow his legal representatives
credit for the sum of money belonging to the United States stolen from
his possession at Metamoras, Mexico, on the night of the eleventh of April,
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to wit: fifteen hundred dollars.
APPROVED, January 31, 1863.
February 3,1863. CHAP. XVIII.-An Act to provide for the Payment of Erpenses incurred by the Mar-
shal of Boston for Repairs to the United States Court House.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Watson Free- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
man to be paid Treasury be directed to pay to Watson Freeman, late United States
for expenses of
repairs of court- marshal for the district of Massachusetts, the sum of two hundred and
house in Boston. eighty-one dollars and forty-two cents, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, in full satisfaction of the claim of said Free-
CnAp. XX.L - An Act to autori e tke Cowt of Caim, of the Ueitid &aa;to har yebruary 9,18.
and determine dae
Claim of the Heirs of Stegphn Jinstw4 demeaeed.
Whereas by an act of Congress, passed July twentieth, eighteen hundred Preamble.
and forty, for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnston, deceased, 1840, ch. 0.
said heirs were thereby authorized to surrender to the United States Vol. vi. p. 8M2
certain lands, and to receive in lien thereof a certificate "receivable in
payment at any land-office of the United States for any half section of
land not subject to preemption;" and whereas said heirs, in pursuance
of the provisions of said act, did, on the second day of February, Anno
Domini eighteen hundred and forty-one, surrender said land, and did
receive a certificate as aforesaid, and did thereafter twice make appli-
cation to the Commissioner of the General Land-Office for the purchase
of-one half section of the public lands of the United States with said
certificate, which several applications were rafused by said Commis-
sioner, although at the time of said applications the lands applied for
were duly authorized to be sold; and whereas it was the manifest in-
tention of Congress, by the passage of said act, to give to said heirs the
tight to make choice of and purebase with said certificate any half sec-
tion of the public lands of the United States, in order to compensate
said heirs for the loss of a judicious selection of land granted to them
by the provisions of a treaty made by the United States with the Potta- VALiL. L2l.
watomie Indians on the sixteenth day of October, Anno Domini eighteen
hundred and twenty-six ; and whereas since the passage of said act, and
the, issuing of Mid certificate, the most valuable lands of the United
States have been disposed of and made subject to preimption, and the
holders of the certificate have been deprived of the use thereof in the
purchase of such valuable lands by reason of the decisions aforesaid;
and whereas there are eow no public lands of the United States upon
which said certificate could be used, affording anything like a just com-
pensation to said heirs for the -loss of a judicious selection for them
under the provisions of the treaty aforesaid: Therefore-
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouee of Reprsentative of the Vidted
&ates of Anerica -in Cmongs aseemed, That the claim of the heirs of . jaim of bar
Stephen Johnston, deceased, be, and the same is herejiy, referred bak to of Stepien
the Court of Claims of the'United States, together with The record and "ehnsted 'Dbe
papen of the case of Stephen Johnston and others against the United court of Claims.
States, formerly heard in said court; thereupon said court is authorized .
and directed to order proof to be taken of the value of such a selection of Directln to
one half section of land within the boundaries of the treaty aforesaid as the Court.
said heirs were justly and equitably entitled to, as it was on the second
day of February, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-one ; and in
estimating'the value ofupon
or any improvements suchthea selection as it was
land so valued onnot
shall thebeday
considered, all Value of
.aforesaid, butI
the value of such a selection shall be estimated considering its natural
advantages of position, &c., and any increase of value from extrinsic and
general causes to the date aforsaid.
Sro. 2. And be itfirtte' enaed, That when the value of auch a selee- Coftto add
son shall be so ascertained by the proof, and thereupon determined by interest,
the cour4 which is hereby required, said court shall add interest upon the
v*ue so determined from February second, eighteen hundred and forty-
-one, and thereupon to ascertain and determine what amount of land scrip to decde an
of the United States, as hereinafter provided, may be necessary to be ahmp-- to ou.-f
isud
be land
issued to sadd heirs in compensation and satisaction. of the amount so to heir.
Feb. 10, 1868. 03",r XIXL- Am Ad Ajr the Relif f tams Fiarosk
Be &eonacted bg at Senate and House of Reprevenwat'ves of the UnMed
Isaac Vander- &eate#of America in Congqre. assetnW That the Senretary of the
peel to be Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow to Isaac
aflowed $20 .66
iiisettement of Vanderpoel, late United States army.pension agent at Albany, New
his accounts. York, in his account with the government of the United States of pen-
sions paid by him, the item of two hundred and six dollars and sixty-six
cents, ($208.66,) paid on the tenth of October, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, to George .Hamilton, purporting to act as attorney for Elizabeth
iSSS, ch. 41. Vanderheyden, a pensloner under the act of third of February, eighteen,
Vol x. p. 154. hundred and fifty-three.
APPROVD, February 10, 1868.
Feb. 1A,18UM CH"P. 3XXV. -As Adt fir tulaaef o Owners 0f d& NorneianR* MAaui-
reaP. Tosi~old."
Be it enacted Sy &1w &Sate
and Home of Represevates of &keUnited
Dames rto&ates of Ameria in C0ksgren aseembd, That there be paid out of any
YoreCanbak money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the order of the proper
"SAdmiraIP.
TordeaawdolL" functionary of His Majesty, the King of Sweden and Norway, the sum of
fourteen thousand three hundred and nine dollars and thirteen cents, in coin,
as full compensation to the owners of the Norwegian bark " Admiral P.
Tordeskiod," or their legal representatives, for damages sustained by the
said bark by reason of being prevented by the commander of the United
States blockading force at Charleston, in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, from leaving the said port with cargo, the said bark having innocently
entered during a brief interval in which the blodcadiog force was absent.
Appov-- February 14, 1868.
Cw. XXXVfL-An Actr the of Joseph W. D.e, Ad L. De, and Feb. 18,186.
Wilfian W. Dyer.
Be it enacti y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Rem-meut
Sates of America in Congress assembk That the Secretary of the Tress- Joseph w. keto
ury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the andotesofton.
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph W. Dyer, Ansel L. Dyer, nage duties
and William W. Dyer, the sum of five hundred and forty-nine dollars wvrongully ex-
the
and sixty cents, being for tonnage duties wrongfully exacted from
ship "Corinthian" by the collector of the port of New Orleans in the
year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
ApriPOVzD, February 18, 1863.
Cmw. XXXIX.- An Ad for the Belief of Cyrus Clappand his Guarantors or Suries. Feb. 18, 63.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
&ates of America, in Congress assembled, That Cyrus Clapp and his Cyrus Clapp
of tfar sureties re-
guarantors or sureties, of the State of Iowa, be, and theyl hereby are, ]ed from lia-
forever discharged and released from all liability to the government of tit on certain
the United States, or the Post-Office Department of said government, ta Contrats
on account of the failure of the said Cyrus Clapp to comply with certain
mail contracts on routes Nos. 10,935 and 10,93, in the State of Iowa.
Szc. 2. And he it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
ApPovzD, February 18, 1863.
Cu. XL.- An Act for the Rdief of JiAt Crad g. Feb. 18, 186.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaves-ofthe United
State. of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Treas- John cradle-
ury be, ani he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in baugh payment
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to John Cradlebaugh,
one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, the
sum of eleven hundred and five dollars, in full for the expenses of re-
moving the records, seal, papers, library, and other appurtenances of the
District Court of the second judicial district of the said territory from
Provo City to Genoa, or Carson City, in the year eighteen hundred -
and fifty-nine.
APPRovrn, February 18, 1863.
CaA. XLL - Adt for the Relf of Cferfn of the Crew of the Ship Yghtinyak. Feb. i,18 ,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress.aembed,' That the Secretary of the Treas- Payment to
ury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, from any money in the. certain thethe
crew of of ship
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charles Smith, Andrew Laird, coightigale.
John Lord, William Smith, and Antonio Frank, thirty-seven dollars and
fifty cents each, and to Robert Brent thirty dollars, in full for their ser-
vices on board the ship Nightingale in her late voyage from Liverpool
to the coast of Africa.
AprovED, February 19, 1868.
Cap. XLII.- An At for the dlef of ?gnaw C. fatt'ngl, Posbmter at Bards- " eb. 19, 88.
town, Kentuiky.
Be it enacted by te Senate and Bouse of Representatives of tMe United
States of America in Congress assembled That the Sixth Auditor of the Alownce to
Treasury in the settlement of the accounts of Ignatius C. Mattingly. post- IKnstius C. 31t-
master at Bardstown, Kentucky, be directed to allow to said Mattingly the tingly,
meat ofinaccounts
settles
Feb. 90, 1808. CAP. XLVII. -An Act for de eft of Smn ad E wd Baibe.er
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves of the United
Simon and States of America in Congress assembed, That the President of the
Emanuel Bam- United States shall have, and is hereby invested with, the power to grant'
berger released
from liability remission of the forfeitures of a recognizance acknowledged and taken
upon a forfeited before Hon. Bland Ballard, judge.of the United States Court for the dis-
recogniance. 'riet of Kentucky, wherein Hemmen Franko is principal in the sum of
five thousand dollars, and Emanuel Bamberger and Simon Bamberger his
sureties in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each, on which
forfeiture and subsequent proceedings thereon separate judgments* have
been rendered against said Emanuel and Simon, and executions therefor
are now in the hands of the marshal of said district ; the said Hemmen
Franko having been heretofore pardoned by the President from the charge
on which said recognizance was taken.
.APPROvzD, February 20, 1863.
l . .
Feb. 24, 186& Cn. LVH. -- A, Act tr t1 Re of Co1boe Joep Pdo&
Be it enaeW by tAe &nate and Homse of Reprsentaae of the Uni
Payment of Sates of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred
8500 to CoL dollars be paid to Colonel Joseph Paddock, late commandant of the fifth
Jofeph Paddock. regiment of Indiana militia, out of any money in the treasurl not other-
wise appropriated, for services in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and
ten and eleven, and the war of eighteen hundred and twelve with Great
Britain.
Appaovmz, February 24,,1868.
Feb. 25, 18U. Ca",. LXIL- An Actfr the Weie of LieAdewt Hea" 2laerL
Be it enacted by e Sdeate and Houe of Roprsentasves of the United
invalid pemion States of America in C/onms assembled, That the name of Herman
to Herman Tuerck, lately serving in the military service of the United States as
Tuerek. tecend lieutenant in company E of the twelfth regiment of Missouri vol-
unteers, be placed on the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of twenty-
five dollars per month, commencing on the eighth day March, A. D.
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to continue during his natural life:
Povided, That the pension herein granted shall be in lieu of all other
pensions to which the said Lieutenant Tuerek may be entitled under ex-
isting laws: And provded,further, That if the said Lieutenant Tuerek
shal have heretofore received any money from the government as a pen-
sion, under existing laws, the same shall be deducted from the moneys
to be received by him under this act.
AzPaovz), February 25, 1868.
Feb. 25, M8& Cz. LXIIL-.An Act Jfr Ae Ref of RMn" GAua.
Payment to Be it enacted by the Smate and House of eprosetadvs of the Unitod
Hannibal Gra-
am for extra
States of America in Congres assembied,That the Secretary of the .Treas.
wyriee& ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Hannibal Graham, out ot
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve
hundred and forty-eight dollars, in full for extra services about the Capi-
tol between the years eighteen hundred and forty-three and eighteen
hundred and fifty-six.
APPovFD,February 25, 1868
March 85.
C 3=.CXII - An Act /or t&e Bef of &SW= Dickson, Wdose f Aoda Didmao,
diced.
1sm, ch. is. Whereas-by act of Congress passed February twenty-third, eighteen hun-
VoL xi p. 5 4. dred and fifty-nine, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars was appro-
priated for the benefit of the captors, in the war of eighteen hundred
and twelve of the British brig I'Caledonia"; and whereas it appears that
John Dickson, late of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, was
one of said captors, and that his name was, by mistake, entered on the
list of said captors, now in the Naval Department, as William Dickson,
and that said John Dickson left a widow, Suawn Dickson, who still sur-
vives : Therefore -
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United
Payment to States of America in Congress assembed, That the proper disbursing
Susa Dickson. officer of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed
to pay to said Susan Dickson, widow of John Dickson, deceased, the por-
tion or share of said twenty-five thousand dollars which was due to the
said John Dickson, deceased, and now stands credited to the name of
William Dickson on the records of the Naval Department.
APPaovRD, March 8, 1868.
march a,1868. Cua. CXXIV. -An Act for the ,aef of aseAdmin 'at of Captati Richa
a"oh, 18& Ca. CXX . - An Act granto a Pension to FrancesH. Psmaer, Witow f the Zte
Bdgadier-GeertJeph B. Punmnm, of te United Stes Ann.
Be it endcted by a Senate and Howe of ,presentatives of Me Utsd
Pension to States of America in Congress assemled, That the Secretary of the In-
me.Pm terior be directed to place the name of Frances H. Plummer, widow of
the late Brigadier-General Joseph B. Plummer, of the United States
army, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, froi the