New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-25

titled to and receive, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a
sum equal to twelve months sea pay of
their respective deceased relations afOre-
said, in addition to the pay due to the said
deceased at the date of the loss Of said
vessel, and the proper accounting officers
of the Treasury Department are hereby
authorized to compute said pay up to and
including the said twenty-fourth day of
January, eighteen hundred and seventy,
the day upon which said vessel was sunk
in Yokohama bay, Japan; and the said &C.
counting officers are hereby authorized in
adjusting the accounts of such of the off,
GERS who were lost on board the Oneida as
were entitled by law or regulation to ex-
animation for promotion, to allow them the
increased pay from the date they became
entitled to examination, and the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized to issue the
commissions of those who were confirmed
by the Senate.
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the proper accounting officers of the
treasury be, and they are hereby, author.
lied and directed to settle upon the prin-
ciples of justice and equity the accounts
of the officers, sailors, marines, and 9TH
ers, including captains clerk, on board
the said vessel of war Oneida, and to as
sumo the last quarterly return of the pay.
master of said vessel as the basis of COM
putation of the subsequent credits to
those on board to the date of such loss,
if there be no official evidence to the
contrary.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the proper accounting officers of the
Treasury Department be, and are hereby,
authorized and directed to settle the &C.
counts of Thomas L. Tullock, junior, late
paymaster. in the navy, who was lost in
the said vessel of war Oneida, with all his
accounts and vouchers, 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 credit for whatever sum appears to
be due from him on the books of the de.
partment.
Approved May IS, 1870.
PUBLIC REsoLUTICN-No. 80
JOINT RESOLUTION making an appro-
priation to defrav the expenses of the
Committee on Education and Labor,
incurred in pursuance of investigations
ordered by the House of Representa-
tives.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the sum of three thousand dollars,
or as much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated out
Of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to defray the
expenses to be incurred by the Committee
on Education and Labor, in conducting
the investigation ordered by the House
Of Representatives by resolution of April =
sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Approved May 4, 1870.
PUBLIC REsOLUTION-NO. 80.
4 RESOLUTION to provide for survey
and estimates Of cost of removing OBJ
structions from the Bayou Teche, in the
State Of Louisiana.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
If Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
of War be, and he is hereby, in
'tructed to cause survey and estimates
If cost of removing distractions from and
the navigation of the Bayou
Ceche, in the State of Louisiana Pro-
7ided, That the expense of said survey and
estimate shall not exceed the sum of five
hundred dollars. And the same is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the
reasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved May 5, 1870.
PUBIC REsoLUTIoN-No. 331
\ RESOLUTION for the transfer of an
unexpended balance of appropriation to
the book fund of the Library of Con.
gress.
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
representatives of the United States of
america in Congress assembled, That the
um Of two thousand five hundred dollars,
appropriated by acts approved July
hirty. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
nd March three, eighteen hundred and
lxty-nine, 'for the expenses of exchang.
ng public documents for the publications
f foreign governments" the same being
n uneXpended balance not required for
nat purpose, be and the same is hereby
transferred to the fund for the purchase of =.
ooks for the library of Congress.
Approved Mays 1870.
[PUBLIC REsoLUTION-No. AL
ONT RESOLUTION for the relief of
Helen Lincoln and Heloise Lincoln. and
for the Withholding of moneys from
tribes of Indians holding American
captives.
WHEREAS, the Kiowa Indians, on or
bout the fifth day of January, eighteen
undred and sixty-eight, captured in Cook
ounty, in the State of Texas, two female
aildren, whose family name is unknown,
5ed about three and five years, after hav-
g murdered the parents and all the
nown relatives of said children; and
hereas said children have recently been
,covered from said Indians and are now
the care of J. II. Leavenworth, and are
ithout any means of support: Therefore;
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
Representatives of the United States of
merica in Congress assembled, That the
ecretary OF the Interior is hereby d.
cted to reserve from any annuities due
: to become due to said Kiowa Indians
e sum of two thousand five hundred
pillars for each one of said children, and
luse the same to be placed to their
edit on the books of the treasury of the
nited States, to bear interest at the rate
five per centum per annum, and use
ON time to time the income from the
me In such manner as he may deem ex-
'dient for their maintenance, education.
I'd support, during their lifetime, until
attain the age of twenty one years,
ben the principal shall be paid them
ID the elder of said children shall
reafter known as Helen Lincoln, and