Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-24
WHOLE NO. 1874.

shall stand upon the same footing as those
made after the passage of this act, and the
rights of the parties shall be the same in one
case as in the other; Prorided, That such
deed of conveyance for any of said lands made
before or after the passage of this act, shall
not be valid for such purpose until the same
shall have been approved by the President of
the United States
Approved March 9, 1S4S.
NO. l5,-An Act granting the franking privi-
lege to Louisa Ca.harine Adams
BE 1t enacted blythe Senate and House of Re.
personalities Of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That all letters and
packets carried by post to and from Louisa
Catharine Adams, widow of the late John
Quincy Adams, be conveyed free of postage
during her natural life.
Approved March 8, 1s4s.
No. 16.-An Act to amend an act entitled
"An act in amendment of the acts respecting
the judicial sy stem of the United States"
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatires Of the United States of america
an Congress assembled, That in case of va
cancy in the Office of the clerk of any circuit
court of the United States in vacation, the
Judge OF the district court in the district within
which such vacancy occurs, may appoint a
clerk, who shall hold said office until the end
OF the next term of the circuit court for said
district, unless the office is sooner filled by an
appointment according to existing laws.
Approved March 9, 1913.
JOINT REsoLUTIoN-No 2. Joint Resolu-
ton expressive of the thanks of Congress
to Major General Winfield Scott and the
troops under his command, for their distin-
guished gallantry and good conduct in the
campaign of eighteen hundred and forty
seven.
RESOLVED unanimously By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United States
of America IN Congress assembled, That the
thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby,
presented to Winfield Scott, major general
commanding in chief the army in Mexico, and
through him 10 the officers and men of the
regular and volunteer corps under him, for
their uniform gallantry and good conduct con-
spicuously displayed at the siege and capture
of the city of Vera Cruz and castle of San
Juan de Ulloa, March twenty ninth, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven; and in the success
sive battles of Cerro Gordo, April eighteenth !;
Contreras, San Antonio, and Churubusco,
August nineteenth and twentieth and for the
victories achieved in front of the city of Mex
leo, September eighth, eleventh, twelfth, and
thirteenth, and the capture Of the metropolis,
September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
forty-seven, in which the Mexican troops,
greatly superior in numbers, and with every
advantage of position, were, in every conflict,
signally defeated by the American arms.
SEC. 2. RESOLVED, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby, requested
to cause to be struck gold medal, with devi.
ces mathematical of the series of brilliant vic
tories achieved by the army, and presented to
Major General Winfield Scott as a testimony
of the high sense entertained by Congress OF
his valor, skill, and judicious conduct in the
memorable campaign of eighteen hundred and
forty seven.
Sec. 3. Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to cause the fore
going resolutions to be communicated 10 Ma
jor General Scott in such terms as he may
deem best calculated to give effect to the OBJ
jects thereof.
Approved March 9, 1913.