Chapter XXX. to fix the Times of holding, in the State of Delaware, the Election of a Representative in the Congress of the United States
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Chap. XXX.— An Act to fix the Times of holding, in the State of Delaware, the Election of a Representative in the Congress of the United States. Aug. 30, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Time of holding elections in Delaware for a representative to Congress.That the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the present year, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every second year hereafter, shall be and the same is hereby appointed and established for holding elections in the State of Delaware for a representative of said State in the Congress of the United States of America.
Provided, That the said elections shall be conducted in such manner and held at such places as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the said State of Delaware. Approved, August 30, 1856. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 1, 2. 1856. 151 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: authorizing the Purchase and Restoration to the British Government of the Ship “Resolute,” late of the British Navy. Resolution 1 11 Stat. 151 August 28, 1856 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 11 public [No. 1.] A Resolution authorizing the Purchase and Restoration to the British Government of the Ship “Resolute,” late of the British Navy. Aug. 28, 1856. Whereas it has become known to Congress that the ship “Resolute,”Preamble. late of the navy of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and Ireland, on service in the Arctic seas, in search of Sir John Franklin and the survivors of the expedition under his command, was rescued and recovered in those seas by the officers and crew of the American whaleship, the “George Henry,” after the “Resolute” had been necessarily abandoned in the ice by her officers and crew, and after drifting still in the ice for more than one thousand miles from the place where so abandoned—and that the said ship “Resolute” having been brought to the United Stales by the salvors at great risk and peril, had been generously relinquished to them by her Majesty’s government:
Now, in token of the deep interest felt in the United States for the service in which her Majesty’s said ship was engaged when thus necessarily abandoned, and of the sense entertained by Congress of the act of her Majesty’s government in surrendering said ship to the salvors:— *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the PresidentShip “Resolute” to be equipped and restored to Great Britain. of the United States be and he is hereby requested to cause the said ship “Resolute” with all her armament, equipment, and the property on board when she arrived in the United States, and which has been preserved in good condition, to be purchased of her present owners, and that he send the said ship with every thing pertaining to her as aforesaid, after being fully repaired and equipped at one of the navy-yards of the United States, Back to England under control of the Secretary of the Navy, with a request to her Majesty’s government that the United States may be allowed to restore the said ship “Resolute” to her Majesty’s service—and for the purchase of said ship and her appurtenances, as aforesaid, the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 28, 1856. No. 2: authorizing the Acceptance of certain Medals from Foreign Governments. Resolution 2 11 Stat. 151 August 30, 1856 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 11 public [No. 2.] A Resolution authorizing the Acceptance of certain Medals from Foreign Governments. Aug. 30, 1856. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Thus.
Williamson & James F. Harrison authorized to accept the medals tendered to them by the Emperor of France.That Surgeon Thomas Williamson and Pass ed-Ass is tant Surgeon James F. Harrison, of the United States Navy, be and they are hereby authorized to accept the gold medals recently awarded to them by the Emperor of France. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved. That Lieutenant M. F. Maury, ofLieut. M. F. Maury authorized to accept the medals presented to him by Prussin, Holland, and Bremam the United States Navy, be and he is hereby authorized to accept the gold medals recently presented to him by the governments of Prussia and Holland, and the Republic of Bremen.
Approved, August 30, 1856. No. 3: allowing Doctor E. K. Kane, and the Officers associated with him in their late Expedition to the Arctic seas, in search of Sir John Franklin, to accept such Token of Acknowledgment from the Government of Great Britain as it may please to present. Resolution 3 11 Stat. 152 August 30, 1856 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 11 public 152 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 3, 4. 1856. [No. 3.] A Resolution allowing Doctor E. K. Kane, and the Officers associated with him in their late Expedition to the Arctic seas, in search of Sir John Franklin, to accept such Token of Acknowledgment from the Government of Great Britain as it may please to present. Aug. 30, 1856. Whereas, the President of the United States has communicated to Preamble.Congress a request from the Government of Great Britain that permission should be given by this Government allowing Doctor Elisha K.
Kane, a Passed-Assistant Surgeon in the Navy of the United States, and the officers who were with him in his late expedition to the Arctic seas in search of Sir John Franklin, to accept from the Government of Great Britain some “token of thankfulness,” and as a memorial of the sense entertained by that Government of "their arduous and generous services" in that behalf— *Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Dr.
Kane and the other officers of the Arctic Expedition authorized to accept a testimonial Irom the British Government.That Congress hereby consents that Dr. Elisha K. Kane, of the Navy of the United States, and such of the officers who were with him in the expedition aforesaid, as may yet remain in the service of the United States, may accept from the Government of Great Britain such token of the character aforesaid as it may be the pleasure of that government to present to them.
Approved, August 30, 1856. No. 4: authorizing Alexander D. Bache to accept a Medal presented to him by the King of Sweden. Resolution 4 11 Stat. 152 August 30, 1856 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 11 public [No. 4.] A Resolution authorizing Alexander D. Bache to accept a Medal presented to him by the King of Sweden.
Aug. 30, 1856. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, A. D. Bache authorized to accept the medal presented to him by Sweden. That Alexander D. Bache, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, be and he is hereby authorized to accept the gold medal recently presented to him by the King of Sweden. Approved, August 30, 1856. 34 3 1856 1857 153 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES. *Passed at the third session, which was begun and holden at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the second day of December, 1856, and ended Tuesday the third day of March, 1857*.
Franklin Pierce, President. Jesse D. Bright, President of the Senate, *pro tempore*, till January 5, 1857, and James M. Mason from that time till the close of the Session. Nathaniel P. Banks, Jun., Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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