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No. 10.

Joint RESOLUTION to encourage and facilitate Tel
egraphic Communication between the Western
and Eastern Continents.
Whereas, by an act entitled can act to encour-
age and facilitate telegrnphic communication be-
tween the eastern and western continents ap-
proved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, it was provided, among other things, that
the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to de-
tail vessel to assist in surveys and soundings,
laying down Il submarine cable, trans porting
materials connected Herewith and generally al
ford such assistance as might be deemed best
calculated to secure a successful promotion oil
the enterprise; and whereas the Emperor of Rus
sia, for the purpose of cooperating with the
government of the United States, under the act
aforesaid has ordered steam corvette, the eva
riag," of two thousand one hundred and fifty
six tons burthen, seventeen guns, three hundred
and six men, to assist in the achievement of said
telegraph and has placed the said steamer sub
ject to the orders of said telegraph company;
and whereas said telegraph company intend, the
ensuing summer, to lay the submarine cable re-
quired at Behring's Strait, said cable and the ma
terial for the entire line being now in transit and
the vessels of the company, seven in number,
being ready at San Francisco and Vancouver for
the expedition, and require immediate co-opera-
ton on the part of the United States, in con-
torlnity with said act Therefore,
Be it resolved in the Senate and House of Rep
rescntatives of the United States in Congress as
sembIcd, That the Secretary of the Navy be and
is hereby, authorized and required to detail one
steam vessel from the squadron of the Pacific
station, or elsewhere, to assist in making sur
veys and soundngs in that part of the part of the
Pacific coast, both of America and Asia, where it
is proposed to establish said telegraph, in laying
the submerged cable, and generally to afford such
assistance as may be best calculated to secure the
success of the enterprise and to carry out the
purposes of the act approved July first, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four entitled ''An act to en-
courage and facilitate telegraphic communica-
ton between the eastern and western continents"
so far as the same can be afforded without dis
mantling her, or destroying or impairing her eff
fciency as vessel of war.
Approved, February 26 1866.
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CuAp. CCCIV.

An act directing District Court to be held at the
City of Erie, in the State of Pen nsylvania.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
rcsentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That, besides the terms of
the district court of the United States, directed
by law to be held at Pittsburgh, in the county of
Allcghany, and at Wiiliamsport, in the county of
Lyc0ming, for the western district of the State
of Pennsylvania, the judge of said western dis
city of Eric, in the county of Erie, which shall
commence the first Monday of July and January
in each and every year, beginning in the July or
January which shall first Immediately follow the
passage Of this act, and be continued and adjourn
ed from time to time, as the court may deem eX-
pedient, for the despatch of the business thereof
Approved July 2S, 1866.
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No. 26.

Joint Resolution appointing Managers for the
National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Sol
diers.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen.
tative of the United States of America in Con.
gress assembled, That the following persons be,
and they are hereby, appointed managers of the
National Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers,
under the provisions and conditions of the third
section OF the act approved March twenty three,
lonel eighteen hundred and sixty six Richard J.
sachusetts, and Frederick Smyth, of New Hamp-
shire, of the first class, to serve six years Lewis
B. Gunckel, of Ohio, Jay Cook, of Pennsylvania,
and T. Joseph Osterhaus, of Missouri, of the Sc
dale, OF New York, Horatio G. Stebbins, of Cali
fornia, and George H. Walker, of Wisconsin, of
the third class, to serve two years.
Approved, April 81, 1885,
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March "a, 1866.
No. IL.
A Resolution in Relation to the Publication of thu
Laws of the United States.

Resolution in Relation to the Publication of the
Laws of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled That the Secretary of State
be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, to
renew the contract of October thirty first, egh-
teen hundred and fifty, between the Department
of State, and Little, Brown, and Company, of Bos.
ton, Massachusetts,, for the animal publication of
the Statutes at Large of the United States, until
otherwise ordered by Congress, in conformity
with the joint resolutions approved respectively
march third, eighteen hundred and forty five, and
September thrtieth [twenty-sixth], eighteen hun
dred and fifty: Provided That the time within
which the annual edition of the laws is to be de-
livered at the Department of State be extended to
seventy days after the adjournment of each ses-
sion Of Congress: And provided, further, That
the price shall not exceed the actual expenditures
by little, Brown and Company for composition,
press-work, paper. binding, editing, and trans
portation all of which shall be done at the lowest
market prices, the paper to be furnished at as
low price as is paid by the government for pa
per of the same quality, and five per cent COM
mission thereon.
Approved, March 81, 1866.
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No. IL.

A Resolution providing for Expenses incurred in
searching for missing soldiers of the Army of
the United States, and for the further Prosecu-
ton of the same.
Whereas Miss Clara Barton has, during the late
war OF the rebelloa expended from her own re-
sources large sums of money in endeavoring to
discover missing soldiers of the armies of the
United States, and in communicating intelligence
to their relatives; Therefore
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatves of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated
out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to reimburse Miss Clara Barton for
the amount so expended by her, and to aid in the
further prosecution of the search for missing
soldiers and the printing necessary in the fur
thetance of the said object shall hereafter be
done by the public printer.
Approved, March 10, 1866.
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CHAP. CCCII.

An Act to amend act entitled &C An Act ma
king Appropriations for sundry civil expenses
of the Government for the Year ending the
thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
enteenth section of the act to which this act is an
amendment be altered so as to read as follows :
And provided, That where there is no collector
at the place oflocation of any public work herein
specified, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have
power to appoint disbursing agent for the pay
ment of all moneys that are, or may be hereafter
appropriated for the construction of any such
public work, with such compensation as he may
deem equitable and just, and all laws and parts of
laws in conflict with the provisions of this section
be, and the same are hereby repealed
Approved, July 2S, 1866.
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No. 20.

Joint Resolution giving Construction to the Law
in Relation to Bounties payable to Soldiers dis
charged for Wounds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the true intent and
meaning of the words L" or in the line of Duty
used in the fourth section of the act approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-fve, en-
fore passed to provide for the enrolling and cal
ling out the national forces and for other purpo-
ses, requires that the benefit of the provision of
or other person entitled by law to bounty who
has been or may be discharged by reason of a
wound received while actually in service under
military orders, not at the time on furlough or
leave of absence, nor engaged in any unlawful or
unauthorized act or pursuit.
Approved, April IL, 1866.
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A Resolution for the Payment of Expenses in
Cured by the Joint Committee to inquire in
TO the Condition of the States which formed
the so-called Confederate States of America.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
scntatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled That the sum of ten thou
sand dollars, SO much thereof may be ne
cessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropria-
ted to pay the expenses of the joint committee
of Congress appointed to inquire into the condi-
tion of the States which formed the so-called
confederate states OF America; and that the said
sum shall be drawn from the treasury upon the
order of the Secretary of the Senate, as the same
shall be required from time to time by the COM
mittec having such investigation in charge; and
any portion of the sum hereby appropriated that
shall be allowed by the said joint committee to
witnesses attending before it, or to persons en-
ployed in its service, for per diem, travelling or
other necessary expenses, and paid by the Secre-
tary of the Senate in pursuance of the order of
the said joint committee, shall be accordingly
credited and allowed by the accounting officers
of the Treasury Department
Approved, February 10, 1866.
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No, 81,

Resolution making Appropriations for ths
Expenses of collecting the Revenue from Gus.
toms.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Con-
gres assembled, That there be, and hereby is, ap-
propriated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum Of
two million one hundred thousand dollars Tor tho
expenses of collecting the revenue from customs
for each half year from and after the last day Of
December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and
in addition thereto such sums as may be received
forfeitures connected with the customs, and from
storage, carriage drayage, and labor; and the first
section of an Act making appropriations for the
expenses of collecting the revenue from Gus
TOMS" approved June fourteen, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-eight, be, and the same is, hereby
repealed. ..,.
Approved, May 3, 1865.
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copies of the writings of James Madison, pub
lished by authority of Congress under the direc-
tion of said committee, in the manner following,
to-wit: To the President of the United States,
one copy; to the libraries of the different de-
partments, of the Postmaster General and Attor-
ney-General, one copy each; to erch member of
the present Senate and House of Representatives,
to the libraries of the several States and Terrific
ries of the Union, one copy each to such public
and college libraries as may be designated by
the present joint committee on the Library, one
hundred copies; the residue to be retained in the
Department of the Interior for future distribu-
ton.
Approved, February Z, 1866.
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CHAP. CCCV.

An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furn-
ish Transportation to Discharged Soldiers to
whom Artificial Limbs are furnished by the
Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
rcsentatiyes of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War
is authorized and directed to furnish to dis
charged soldiers of the United States who have
been disabled in the service, as we'll as those not
yet discharged, transportation to and from their
homes and the place where they may be required
to go to obtain artificial limbs provided for them
under authority of law.
Approved, July IS, 1866.
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No. 80.
Approved, May 8, 1865.

Resolution expressive of the Gratitude of the
Nation to the Officers, Soldiers, and Seamen Of
the United States. 49,.
ResolAed by the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled That it is the duty and the priv
ilege of Congress to express the gratitude OF the
nation to the officers, soldiers, and seamen of the
United States, by whose valor and endurance, on
the land anil on the sea, the rebellion has been
crushed and its pride and its power have been
humbled by whose fidelity to the cause of free
dom the government of the people has been pre-
served and maintained, and by whose orderly re.
peaceful pursuits of private life the exating and
ennobling influence Of free institutions upon d
nation has been SO signally manifested to the
world.
Approved, May 8, 1866.
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~ NliNlll NOit L.
proved, July %, 1866.
CHAP, CCCXI.

An act to remove the Office of Surveyor General
of the States of Iowa and Wisconsin to Platts-
mouth, Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, Thrt it shall be the duty of
the Secretary of the Interior, after the
passage of this act may be, to the office
of survcyor-general OF Iowa and Wisconsin to be
removed to Plattsmouth in the territory of Ne
braska. and to make the necessary provisions for
removed, the duties and Jurisdiction of said sur
veyor-general shall be co-eXtcnsive with the lin
its of the Territory of Nebraska, and in include
the State of Iowa, and the same shall constitute
a surveying district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
acts and parts OF acts inconsistent with provis-
ions OF this act, be, and the same arc hereby re-
pealed.
Approved, July %, 1866.
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No. z.
Resolution extending the Time tor the Com
pletion of the Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives OF the United States of America in
ton and Missouri River Railroad Company shall
complete the section of twenty miles from the
present terminus of its road by the first day of
sixty-six, and the certificate of the governor
shall be filed with the Secretary of the interior
of such completion. then the said company shall
completion Of said section of twenty miles, as
provided in section eight of the act entitled "An
act to amend an act entitled AN act making q
grant of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate
sections, to aid in the construction of certain
railroads in said State,'" and its rights shall be
in all respects the same if the same section
should have been completed on the first day of
July next.
Approved, February 10, 1866.
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No. 81.

A Resolution respecting the Burial of Soldiers
who died in the the military Service of the Uni.
ted States during the Rebellion.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives Of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be,
and he is hereby, authorized and required to take
immediate measures to preserve from desecration
the graves of the soldiers of the United States who
fell in battle or died of disease in the field and in
hospital during the war of the rebellion; to Sc
cure suitable burial places in which they may be
properly inferred; and to have the grounds en-
closed, SO that the resting places of The honored
dead may be kept sacred forever.
Approved, April d, 1865.
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No. 16.

Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretaries of
War and Navy to place Hulks and Vessels at
the Disposal OF Commissioners of Quarantine,
or other proper Authorities, at Ports of the
United States, for one Year.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
rescntatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War
and the secretary of the Navy be, and they are
hereby, respectively authorized, in their discre-
ton, to place gratuitousy at the disposal of the
commissioners of quarantine, or the proper au-
thorities of any Of the ports of the United States
to be used by them temporarily for quarantine
purposes, such vessels or hulks belonging to the
United States are not required for other uses
of the national government, subject to such re-
strictions and regulations the said Secretaries
may respectively deem necessary to impose for
the preservation thereof: Provided That this
resolution shall continue in force one year from
its passage.
March % 1874
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CHAP. CCCVIII.

An act donating certain lots in the City of Wash
ington for Schools for Colored Children in the
District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiyes of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the commissioner of
public buildings be, and he is hereby authorized
and required to grant and convey to the trustees
of colored schools for the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, for
the sole use Of schools for colored children in
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CHAP. CCCIX.

An act to extend the Jurisdiction of Commission
crs of the Circuit Conrt of the United States
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatves of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the commissioners
who now are, or hereafter may be- appointed by
acknowledgements of bail and affidayits, and also
to take dispositions in civil causes, shall and may
exercises all the powers that any justice of the
peace may exercises under and ineyirtue of the
seventh section Of the act passed the twentieth
Of July, ammo Domini seventeen hundred and
ninety, entitled g An act for the government and
regulation of seamen in the merchant service''
Approved, July %, 1865.
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No. Is.

Joint Resolution to change the Name of the Ship
cart Union to the name "George NJ. Bar
nard.''
Resolved by the Senate and Hodse of Repre-
scntatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be, and hereby is, authorized to change the
name of the ship cart Union," owned by the
State of Massachusetts, and used as quarters for
the nautical branch OF the Reform School of said
State, to the name ''George VI. Barnard" and to
grant said ship register in the latter name.
Approved, March %, 1866
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CHAP. CCCVI.

An act supplemental to the the act to appropria-
ate Money for the Postal Servives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That there be and hereby is
appropriated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for carrying the mail
upon the post roads established by act of Con-
gress passed during the first session of the Thir-
ty-ninth Congress, for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, the
sum of four hundred and eighty-six thousand five
hundred and twenty-five dollars
Approved, July 29 1866.
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RESOLUTIONS.

Joint Resolution granting certain public Proper
ty to the Soldiers Orphans Home of Iowa.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the buildings, sheds,
furniture, and other property, now at camp Kins-
man, near Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, be-
and the same are hereby, donated to the Soldiers
Orphans Home of Iowa
Approved, January 90, 1866.
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CLAP. CCCIII.

An act authorizing the payment of the Rewards
offered by the President of the United States
and the officers of the War Department, in
April and Nay 1865, for the capture of the as
sassins of the late President, Abraham Lincoln,
and the and the Secretary of State, Hon. Will
liam FL. Seward.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Re-
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That there be paid out of
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
wards offered by the President of the United
States or by authority of the War Department for
the CAPTURE of the assassins of the late President,
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No. Ia.

Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Sufferers
by the late Explosion at the United States Ar
sena, in the District of Columbia.
Whereas by the late explosion at the United
States Arsenal, in the District of Columbia, ten
persons were killed, who were not enlisted men,
but employees of the government in said arsenal;
and whereas those who were SO killed left wives
and children dependent upon them for support,
most of whom are now in a destitute condition ::
Therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Uuited States of America in
Congress assembled, That the sum OF twenty five
hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, ap-
proprated out of any money in the treasury no.
otherwise appropriated, and placed by the Sec
retary of the Treasury in the hands of Col Ben
ton, commandant of said arsenal, to be distribu-
ted by him among the sufferers by the said explo-
sion, according to the equity and necessities O.
their several cases; and that the said command
ant report the details of said distribution to Con-
gress with the vouchers therefor.
Approved, March II, 1866.
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Approved, April 4, 1866.
No. 10.

A Resolution for the Restoration of Commanders
William Reynolds and Melancton B. Woolsey,
United States Navy, to the Active List from the
Reserved List.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Re-
preseutatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the President of the
United States of America be authorized to nomi-
nate and by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate to appoint Commanders William Rey-
nolds and Melancton B. Woolsey to the active
list of the navy.
Approved, July %, 1865.
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said District of Columbia all the right title, and
interest of the United States in and to lots num-
bered one, two, and eighteen in square niue hun
dred and eghty-five, in the said City of Washing
ton of Washington, said lots having been desig-
mated and set apart by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to be used for colored schools. And when
ever the same shall be converted to other uses,
they shall revert to the United States.
Approved, July %, 1866.