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Chapter CCV. requiring the Commanders of American Vessels sailing to foreign Ports and Persons prosecuting Claims, to take the Oath of Allegiance July 17, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House 9f Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Commander of American vessels sailing

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Chap. CCV.— An Act requiring the Commanders of American Vessels sailing to foreign Ports and Persons prosecuting Claims, to take the Oath of Allegiance July 17, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House 9f Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Commander of American vessels sailing to foreign ports, and persons prosecuting claims, to take oath of allegiance. That the commanders of all American vessels sailing from ports in the United States to foreign ports, during the continuance of the present rebellion, and all persons prosecuting claims either as attorney or on his own account, before any of the departments or bureaus of the United States, shall be required to take the oath of allegiance, and to support the Constitution of the United States, (or affirm, as the case may be,) as required of persons in the civil service1861, ch. 64.*Ante*, p 326. of the United States by the provisions of the act of Congress approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Sec. 2. Who may administer oath. *And be it further enacted, *That the oath or affirmation herein provided for in the first section of this act may be taken before any justice of the peace, notary public, or other person who is legally authorized to administer an oath in the State or district where the same may be Penalty for violation of oath.administered; and that any violation of such oath by any person or persons taking the same shall subject the offender to all the pains and penalties of wilful and corrupt perjury, who shall be liable to be indicted and prosecuted to conviction for any such offence before any court having competent jurisdiction thereof.
Approved, July 17, 1862. THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 1. 2, 3. 1862. 611 RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1]: expressive of the Recognition by Congress of the gallant and patriotic Services of the late Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, and the Officers and Soldiers under his Command at the Battle of Springfield, Missouri. Resolution 1 1861-12-24 12 Stat. 611 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution expressive of the Recognition by Congress of the gallant and patriotic Services of the late Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, and the Officers and Soldiers under his Command at the Battle of Springfield, Missouri. Dec. 24, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * 1. That Congress deems it justServices of the late Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon recognized. and proper to enter upon its records a recognition of the eminent and patriotic services of the late Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon.
The country to whose service he devoted his life will guard and preserve his fame as a part of its own glory. 2. That the thanks of Congress are hereby given to the brave officersThanks to officers and soldiers in the battle of Springfield. and soldiers who, under the command of the late General Lyon, sustained the honor of the flag and achieved victory against overwhelming numbers at the battle of Springfield, in Missouri; and that, in order to commemorate an event so honorable to the country and to themselves, it is ordered that each regiment engaged shall be authorized to bear upon its colors the word “Springfield,” embroidered in letters of gold; and the President of the United States is hereby requested to cause these resolutions to be read at the head of every regiment in the army of the United States.
Approved, December 24, 1861. [No. 2]: explanatory of an Act entitled “An Act to increase the Duties on Tea, Coffee, and Sugar,” approved twenty fourth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Resolution 2 1862-01-11 12 Stat. 611 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution explanatory of an Act entitled “An Act to increase the Duties on Tea, Coffee, and Sugar,” approved twenty fourth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
January 11, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theCertain goods in warehouse to pay duties under former act.1862, ch. 2.*Ante*, p. 330. Treasury be and is hereby authorized and directed to permit goods warehoused at the date of the passage of “An act to increase the duties on tea, coffee, and sugar,” approved December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to be withdrawn on payment of the duties imposed by the act entitled “An act to provide an increased revenue from imports,1861, ch. 45.*Ante*, p. 292. to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and to refund any excess ofExcess of duties paid to be refunded. duties above those imposed by said last mentioned act, which may have been collected on such goods already withdrawn, any laws or parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, January 11, 1862. [No. 3]: authorizing Henry Sawyer to accept a Medal. Resolution 3 1862-01-11 12 Stat. 611 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution authorizing Henry Sawyer to accept a Medal. January 11, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That Henry Sawyer, consul toHenry Sawyer may accept a medal.
Surinam, be and he is hereby authorized to accept the medal recently transmitted to him by the King of Holland, for an act of humanity in an effort to save the life of a subject of that kingdom. Approved January 11, 1862. [No. 4]: for the Sale of the Ruins of the Washington Infirmary. Resolution 4 1862-01-18 12 Stat. 612 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public 612 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess . II. Res. 4, 5, 6, 7. 1862. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution for the Sale of the Ruins of the Washington Infirmary. January 18, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Commissioner of Ruins of “Washington Infirmary” to be sold at auction.Public Buildings be and hereby is directed to sell at public auction all the material, building and otherwise, now remaining on Judiciary Square, of the late “Washington Infirmary,” with the condition that the same be Proceeds.removed by the purchaser or purchasers within a reasonable time from the day of sale, to be fixed by the Commissioner, and the avails of said sale may be used by the Commissioner to pay for the taking care of said property since the fire, and to the improvement of said Judiciary Square, he rendering his accounts in the usual manner to the Treasury for the same.
Approved, January 18, 1862. [No. 5]: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain Balances of an Appropriation for Printing of the second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, to the Sum appropriated for the first Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress. Resolution 5 1862-01-21 12 Stat. 612 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain Balances of an Appropriation for Printing of the second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, to the Sum appropriated for the first Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress. January 21, 1862. Appropriation for printing of 2d session of 36th Congress transferred to that of 1st session 36th Congress.Whereas the appropriation for supplying the deficiencies in the appropriations for printing ordered to be executed by the first session of the Thirty-sixth Congress has been exhausted, leaving a balance to be provided for of five thousand six hundred and eight dollars and seventy-one cents, and said printing having been completed; and whereas there remains of the appropriation for printing ordered at the second session of the Thirty-sixth Congress a balance of twenty-five thousand six hundred and eight dollars and fifty-five cents, which will not be required, as the printing for the second session Thirty-sixth Congress has been completed and paid for, Therefore *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to transfer from the balance of the appropriation now standing to the credit of said appropriation on the books of the treasury for printing for the second session Thirty-sixth Congress, a sum sufficient to meet the outstanding claim for printing for the first session Thirty-sixth Congress.
Approved, January 21, 1862. [No. 6]: declaratory of the Purpose of Congress to Impose a Tax. Resolution 6 1862-01-21 12 Stat. 612 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution declaratory of the Purpose of Congress to Impose a Tax. January 21, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Tax to be imposed.
That, in order to pay the ordinary expenses of the Government, the interest on the national loans, and have an ample sinking fund for the ultimate liquidation of all public debts, a tax shall be imposed which shall, with the tariff on imports, secure an annual revenue of not less than one hundred and fifty million dollars. Approved, January 21, 1862. [No. 7]: authorizing certain Officers of the Navy to accept Presents offered by the Japanese Government. Resolution 7 1862-01-25 12 Stat. 612 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 7.] A Resolution authorizing certain Officers of the Navy to accept Presents offered by the Japanese Government. January 25, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Presents to navy officers from the Japanese Government. That Captain W. W. McKean, commander of the United States steam frigate Niagara, and such of the officers of that vessel during her late voyage to Japan, and other officers of the navy as may yet remain in the service of the United States, be authorized to accept the presents recently transmitted to this Government for presentation to them by the Government of Japan.
Approved, January 25, 1862. [No. 8]: for Payment of the Expenses of the Joint Committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the Conduct of the War. Resolution 8 1862-01-27 12 Stat. 613 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1862. 613 [No. 8.] A Resolution for Payment of the Expenses of the Joint Committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the Conduct of the War.
January 27, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * *Post*s, p. 824. That the sum of ten thousand dollars,Appropriation for joint committee on conduct of war. or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the expenses of the Joint Committee of Congress, appointed to inquire into the conduct of the present war; and that 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 committee having such investigation in charge.
Approved, January 27, 1862. [No. 9]: in Relation to Allotment Certificates of Pay to Persons held as Prisoners of War in the so-called Confederate States. Resolution 9 1862-02-06 12 Stat. 613 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 9.] A Resolution in Relation to Allotment Certificates of Pay to Persons held as Prisoners of War in the so-called Confederate States.
February 6, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be authorizedAllotment certificates from prisoners of war in the so called Confederate States. to procure from such officers and enlisted men of the United States army as are now or hereafter may be held as prisoners of war in the so called Confederate States, from time to time, their respective allotments of their pay to their families or friends, certified by them in writing, and only attested in pursuance of such orders as may be made for that purpose by the Secretary of War, and upon which certified allotment the said Secretary of War shall cause drafts to be made payable in the city of New York, or Boston, to the order of such persons to whom said allotments were, or may be made, and to remit said drafts to the address of such person as may be designated in said allotment tickets.
Approved, February 6, 1862. [No. 10]: for the Collection of War Statistics. Resolution 10 1862-02-22 12 Stat. 613 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 10.] A Resolution for the Collection of War Statistics. Feb. 22, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That, in order to develope, concentrate,War statistics to be collected. and bring into effective action the mechanical and other resources of the United States, for the suppression of the rebellion and the future defence of this Government, the Superintendent of the Census be authorized to furnish the Secretary of War with such war statistics, as from time to time, the Secretary may judge necessary for the use of his Department.
Approved, February 22, 1862. [No. 11]: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Samuel F. Dupont, and Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines under his Command, for the Victory at Port Royal. Resolution 11 1862-02-22 12 Stat. 613 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 11.] A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Samuel F.
Dupont, and Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines under his Command, for the Victory at Port Royal. Feb. 22, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the thanks of Congress be andThanks for the victory at Port Royal. they are hereby tendered to Captain Samuel F. Dupont, and through him to the officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines attached to the squadron under his command, for the decisive and splendid victory achieved at Port Royal, on the seventh day of November last.
Approved, February 22, 1862. [No. 12]: giving the Thanks of Congress to the Officers, Soldiers, and Seamen of the Army and Navy, for their Gallantry in the recent brilliant Victories over the Enemies of the Union and the Constitution. Resolution 12 1862-02-22 12 Stat. 613 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 12.] A Resolution giving the Thanks of Congress to the Officers, Soldiers, and Seamen of the Army and Navy, for their Gallantry in the recent brilliant Victories over the Enemies of the Union and the Constitution.
Feb. 22, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the thanks of Congress are dueThanks to the Army and Navy. and are hereby tendered to the officers, soldiers, and seamen of the army and navy of the United States, for the heroic gallantry that, under the 614 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 12, 13, 14, 15. 1862. Providence of Almighty God, has won the recent series of brilliant victories over the enemies of the Union and the Constitution.
Approved, February 22, 1862. [No. 13]: for the Relief of the loyal Portion of the Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians. Resolution 13 1862-02-22 12 Stat. 614 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 13.] A Resolution for the Relief of the loyal Portion of the Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians.
Feb. 22, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Relief of loyal Creeks, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and Choctaws. That the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to pay out of the annuities payable to the Seminoles, Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws, and which have not been paid, in consequence of the cessation of intercourse with those tribes, so much of the same as may be necessary to be applied to the relief of such portions of said tribes as have remained loyal to the United States, and have been or may be driven from their homes in the Indian Territory into the State of Kansas or elsewhere.
Approved, February 22, 1862. [No. 14]: providing a Stenographer for the Joint Committee appointed to inquire into the Conduct of the War. Resolution 14 1862-02-22 12 Stat. 614 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 14.] A Resolution providing a Stenographer for the Joint Committee appointed to inquire into the Conduct of the War.
Feb. 22, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Stenographer to committee on the conduct of the war. That the joint committee on the conduct of the present war be authorized to employ a stenographer, who shall be paid by the Secretary of the Senate out of the money already appropriated to meet the expenses of said committee, at the same rate of compensation as that received by the reporters for the Congressional Globe.
Approved, February 22, 1862. [No. 15]: in Relation to certain Railroads in the State of Missouri. Resolution 15 1862-03-06 12 Stat. 614 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution in Relation to certain Railroads in the State of Missouri. March 6, 1862. Pay to certain railroads in Missouri for transportation of troops, &c.Whereas by the fourth section of an act of Congress entitled “An act granting the right of way to the State of Missouri, and a portion of the public lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State,” approved June the tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, it is provided as follows:
“That the said lands, hereby granted to the said State, shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroads shall be and remain public highways for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States”; and whereas the said grant 1852, ch. 45, § 4.Vol. x. p. 9.of lands has, by virtue of said act, and of an act of the legislature of the State of Missouri, been applied in the construction of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph railroad, constructed and owned by the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company, and the Pacific railroad by the Pacific Railroad Company, which last-mentioned road is finished and running from St.
Louis to Rolla; and whereas the ability of said railroad companies to transport the property and troops of the United States over their respective railroads has been greatly impaired by the destruction of bridges, depots, and other property of said companies, and the partial destruction of said roads, and in view of the pressing public necessities, the United States, not waiving the right to have their property and troops transported free from toll or other charge by said railroads, as contemplated by the reservation aforesaid, have resolved as follows:
Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make such an adjustment with the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company and the Pacific Railroad Company, for the transportation, past and prospective, of the property and troops of the THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 15, 16, 18, 19. 1862. 615 United States, over said railroads during the existence of this rebellion, as in view of the public exigency may be just and reasonable, and liquidate the same: *Provided, however,* That the sums paid to said companies shallPay not to exceed, &c. be as near as may be the cost of transporting such property and troops, and not exceeding the prices fixed by the War Department on the twelfth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for transportation by railroads, which adjustment and liquidation shall preclude any further claim on behalf of such companies against the Government for compensation or damages previously accrued, or for the military occupation of the said roads by the United States Government up to the time of the passage of this act: *And provided further,* That the Secretary of War may, in hisPart may be withheld. discretion, withhold from time to time such portion of the moneys which may be due to either of said railroad companies, to indemnify the Government against any failure of such company to promptly transport such troops and supplies; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the Secretary of War from taking possession of said railroads andRailroads may be taken possession of. their appurtenances, and applying the same to the exclusive use of the Government whenever, in his judgment, the public interests may require it, without, in such case, compensation to said companies.
Approved, March 6, 1862. [No. 16]: declaratory of the Intent and Meaning of a certain Act therein named. Resolution 16 1862-03-08 12 Stat. 615 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 16.] A Resolution declaratory of the Intent and Meaning of a certain Act therein named. March 8, 1862. Whereas doubts have arisen as to the true intent and meaning of act1861, ch. 21.*Ante*, p. 276. numbered eighteen, entitled “An act to indemnify the States for expenses incurred by them in defence of the United States,” approved July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-one: *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Indemnity to States for war expenses.
That the said act shall be construed to apply to expenses incurred as well after as before the date of the approval thereof. Approved, March 8, 1862. [No. 18]: providing for the Payment of the Awards of the Commission to investigate the military Claims in the Department of the West. Resolution 18 1862-03-11 12 Stat. 615 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 18.] A Resolution providing for the Payment of the Awards of the Commission to investigate the military Claims in the Department of the West. March 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That all sums allowed to bePayment of awards of commissioners on military claims in the Department of the West. due from the United States to individuals, companies, or corporations, by the Commission heretofore appointed by the Secretary of War, (for the investigation of military claims against the Department of the West), composed of David Davis, Joseph Holt, and Hugh Campbell, now sitting at St.
Louis, Missouri, shall be deemed to be due and payable, and shall be paid by the disbursing officers, either in St. Louis or Washington, in each case, upon the presentation of the voucher with the Commissioners’ certificate thereon, in any form, plainly indicating the alIowance of the claim and to what amount. This resolution shall apply only to claims and contracts for service, labor, or materials, and for subsistence, clothing, transportation, arms, supplies, and the purchase, hire, and construction of vessels.
Approved, March 11, 1862. [No. 19]: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to carry into Effect Conventions between the United States and the Republics of New Grenada and Costa Rica.” Resolution 19 1862-03-15 12 Stat. 615 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 19.] A Resolution to amend an Act entitled “An Act to carry into Effect Conventions between the United States and the Republics of New Grenada and Costa Rica.
” March 15, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Unwilling witness may be compelled to testify.1861, ch. 45, §§ 6, 13.*Ante*, p. 145. That the act entitled “An act to carry into effect conventions between the United States and the Republics of New Grenada and Costa Rica,” approved the twentieth day 616 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 20, 21, 22, 23. 1862 of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be amended in its sixth and thirteenth sections, so that when a witness refuses or is unwilling to testify, under the provisions of the said act, the proceedings to compel his testimony may be at the suggestion of either party, instead of at the suggestion of any claimant, as is provided in the said act.
Approved, March 15, 1862. [No. 20]: providing for the Custody of the Letter and Gifts from the King of Siam. Resolution 20 1862-03-15 12 Stat. 616 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 20.] A Resolution providing for the Custody of the Letter and Gifts from the King of Siam. March 15, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Letter and gifts of the King of Siam.
That the letter from His Majesty the Major King of Siam to the President of the United States and the accompanying gifts, be deposited in the collection of curiosities at the Department of the Interior. Approved, March 15, 1862. [No. 21]: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to inquire into the Causes of the Failure of certain Contracts for Steam Machinery, and to remit Penalties connected therewith. Resolution 21 1862-03-17 12 Stat. 616 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to inquire into the Causes of the Failure of certain Contracts for Steam Machinery, and to remit Penalties connected therewith. March 17, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Penalties for failure to deliver steam machinery may be remitted. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to inquire into the circumstances attending the failure of certain contractors for building steam machinery, to deliver the same within the time specified in their several contracts; and to remit the whole of the penalties for such failure, or a part thereof, as to him may seem just and equitable.
Approved, March 17, 1862. [No. 22]: to authorize the Secretary of War to accept Moneys appropriated by any State for the Payment of its Volunteers, and to apply the same as directed by such State. Resolution 22 1862-03-19 12 Stat. 616 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 22.] A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to accept Moneys appropriated by any State for the Payment of its Volunteers, and to apply the same as directed by such State.
March 19, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Appropriations of States for volunteers, how applied. That if any State during the present rebellion shall make any appropriation to pay the volunteers of that State, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept the same, and cause it to be applied by the paymaster-general to the payments designated by the legislative act making the appropriation, in the same manner as if appropriated by act of Congress; and also to make any regulations that may be necessary for the disbursement and proper application of such funds to the specific purpose for which they may be appropriated by the several States.
Approved, March 19, 1862. [No. 23]: expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Captain A. H. Foote, of the United States Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command in the Western Flotilla. Resolution 23 1862-03-19 12 Stat. 616 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 23.] A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Captain A.
H. Foote, of the United States Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command in the Western Flotilla. March 19, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Thanks to Captain Foote and the officers and men of the western flotilla. That the thanks of Congress and of the American people are due, and are hereby tendered, to Captain A. H. Foote, of the United States navy, and to the officers and men of the western flotilla under his command, for the great gallantry exhibited by them in the attacks upon Forts Henry and Donaldson, for their efficiency in opening the Tennessee, Cumberland, and Mississippi rivers to the pursuits of lawful commerce, and for their unwavering devotion to the cause of the country in the midst of the greatest difficulties and dangers.
Approved, March 19, 1862. [No. 24]: for the Appointment of Theodore D. Woolsey, of Connecticut, a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, in place of Cornelius C. Felton, deceased. Resolution 24 1862-04-02 12 Stat. 617 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 617 [No. 24.] Joint Resolution for the Appointment of Theodore D.
Woolsey, of Connecticut, a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, in place of Cornelius C. Felton, deceased. April 2, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the vacancy in the BoardRegent of Smithsonian Institution. of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, caused by the decease of Cornelius C. Felton, be filled by the appointment of Theodore D.
Woolsey, of Connecticut. Approved, April 2, 1862. [No. 25]: to authorize the President to assign the Command of Troops in the same Field or Department to Officers of the same Grade without Regard to Seniority. Resolution 25 1862-04-04 12 Stat. 617 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 25.] A Resolution to authorize the President to assign the Command of Troops in the same Field or Department to Officers of the same Grade without Regard to Seniority.
April 4, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That whenever military operationsCommand of troops in field, how may be assigned. may require the presence of two or more officers of the same grade in the same field or department, the President may assign the command of the forces in such field or department without regard to seniority of rank. Approved, April 4, 1862. [No. 26]: declaring that the United States ought to cooperate with, affording pecuniary Aid to any State which may adopt the gradual Abolishment of Slavery.
Resolution 26 1862-04-10 12 Stat. 617 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution declaring that the United States ought to cooperate with, affording pecuniary Aid to any State which may adopt the gradual Abolishment of Slavery. April 10, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * The United States should aid any State in the gradual abolition of slavery.
That the United States ought to cöoperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system. Approved, April 10, 1862. [No. 27]: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to test Plans and Materials for rendering Ships and floating Batteries invulnerable. Resolution 27 1862-04-10 12 Stat. 617 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to test Plans and Materials for rendering Ships and floating Batteries invulnerable. April 10, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the NavyTests of invulnerability of ships and floating batteries. be and he hereby is authorized to expend, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of testing plans and materials for rendering ships or floating batteries invulnerable.
Approved, April 10, 1862. [No. 28]: transferring the Supervision of the Capitol Extension and the Erection of the new Dome to the Department of the Interior. Resolution 28 1862-04-16 12 Stat. 617 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 28.] A Resolution transferring the Supervision of the Capitol Extension and the Erection of the new Dome to the Department of the Interior.
April 16, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the supervision of theSupervision of Capitol extension and new dome transferred to Department of the Interior.Expenditure of appropriations. Capitol extension and the erection of the new dome be and the same is hereby transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior. And all unexpended money which has been heretofore appropriated, and all money which may be hereafter appropriated for either of the improvements heretofore mentioned, shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided,* That no money heretofore appropriated shall be expended upon the Capitol until authorized by Congress, except so much as is necessary to protect the building from injury by the elements and to complete the dome.
Approved, April 16, 1862. [No. 29]: to supply the Smithsonian Institution with Volumes of Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition. Resolution 29 1862-04-24 12 Stat. 618 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public 618 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 29, 30. 1862. [No. 29.] Joint Resolution to supply the Smithsonian Institution with Volumes of Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition.
April 24, 1862. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Smithsonian Institution to have copy of Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition. That the officer in charge of the Library of Congress be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish to the officer in charge of the Smithsonian Institution a copy of each of the volumes of the Exploring Expedition of Captain Wilkes, now in the possession of the Library. Approved, April 24, 1862. [No. 30]: explanatory of and in Addition to the Act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, granting public Lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State.
Resolution 30 1862-04-25 12 Stat. 618 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 30.] A Resolution explanatory of and in Addition to the Act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, granting public Lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. April 25, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Construction of word “northerly” in act 1856, ch. 43, § 1.Vol. xi. p. 20.
That the word “northerly,” in the first section of the act entitled “An act granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of railroads in said State,” approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall, without forfeiture to said State or its assigns of any rights or benefits under said act, or exemption from any of the conditions or obligations imposed thereby, be construed to authorize the location of the line of railroad in said first section provided for, upon any eligible route within ranges sixteen to twenty-three, inclusive, east of the fourth principal meridian.
And the line of railroad as now located according to the records of the General Land Office in pursuance of said act is hereby authorized to be changed to State to receive same quantity of lands, &c.within the above specified limits: *Provided, however,* That upon the construction of said railroad upon the new line, or of a sufficient part thereof, according to the terms of said act, the State of Wisconsin, its grantees or assigns, shall receive upon the route originally located, and in the manner prescribed by the act, the same quantity of lands, and no more or other, except as hereinafter provided for, as it or they would have received if such railroad had been constructed upon the line originally located.
Sec. 2. Grant of land to railroad in Wisconsin. *And be it further resolved, *That there be and is hereby granted to the State of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from the town of Appleton, in said State, to some point on Green Bay, at or near the mouth of Fox River, in said State, so much of the public lands of the United States lying at or near the mouth of said river, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, known as the Fort Howard Military Reserve, as may be required for right of way, tracks, turnouts, depots, workshops, warehouses, wharves, and other railroad uses, not exceeding eighty acres, to be so selected by the State of Wisconsin or her assigns as to exclude the fort therefrom:
Provided, however, That if no railroad be constructed and in running order between the termini in this section mentioned within three years from the passage of this joint resolution, then this grant shall be void. Sec. 3. Lands on line of railroad, how Io be disposed of. *And be it further resolved, *That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized to cause all even sections or parts of even sections of public land that may be brought within six miles of the new line of railroad, as herein provided for, to be sold at the same price and in the same manner as those have been upon the originally located route of railroad.
And all purchasers, or their heirs or assigns, within the six-mile limits of the said originally located route, who shall be more than six miles from the new line of route herein authorized, and who have paid the sum of two dollars and fifty cents an acre, shall have the right either to exchange their locations upon the line as first established to the new line, upon the same terms, in like quantities, and in the same manner, as on the line first established as aforesaid, or, at their option, to enter without further payment, anywhere within the Menasha land district, in the 619 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 32, 34, 35. 1862. State of Wisconsin, an additional quantity of public lands subject to private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre equal to the quantity entered by them at two dollars, and fifty cents an acre, so that the lands originally entered by them shall thus be reduced to the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved, *That the even sections of publicEven sections of land, price of. lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally located route of railroad north of the said town of Appleton, and along which no railroad has been constructed, shall hereafter be sold at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre.
Approved, April 25, 1862. [No. 32]: relating to the Time of holding the second Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado. Resolution 32 1862-05-21 12 Stat. 619 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution relating to the Time of holding the second Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado.
May 21, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the second session of theTime of holding second session of legislative assembly of Colorado. Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado, now fixed by law for the first Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, shall be postponed by proclamation of the Governor of said Territory until the first Monday in July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Approved, May 21, 1862. [No. 34]: authorizing the Payment of certain Moneys heretofore appropriated for the Completion of the Washington Aqueduct. Resolution 34 1862-06-14 12 Stat. 619 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 34.] A Joint Resolution authorizing the Payment of certain Moneys heretofore appropriated for the Completion of the Washington Aqueduct.
June 14, 1862. Whereas by act of Congress, approved June twenty-five, eighteen hundred1860, ch. 211.*Ante*, p. 106. and sixty, there was appropriated for the completion of the Washington Aqueduct five hundred thousand dollars, to be expended according to the plans and estimates of Captain Meigs and under his superintendence; and whereas, while the work was in progress and before it was completed, Captain Meigs was removed from such superintendence, and certain parties have claims for work done and materials furnished to and for the completion of said aqueduct which have not been paid:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the superintendent of thePayment to Robert McIntyre and others. Washington Aqueduct be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Robert McIntyre and others, according to the amount of their respective claims, for work done and materials furnished for the Washington Aqueduct, under the direction of Captain H. W. Benham and Lieutenant James St. C. Morton, such sum of money as may be necessary, not to exceed five thousand six hundred and six dollars and sixty cents, out of the sum of money heretofore appropriated as aforesaid: *Provided,* That no sum orProviso. sums of money shall be paid under this resolution except such as shall be certified to be just and equitable by General M.
C. Meigs. Approved, June 14, 1862. [No. 35]: to change the Name of the Barque “Quebec” to the “General Burnside.” Resolution 35 1862-06-17 12 Stat. 619 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 35.] Joint Resolution to change the Name of the Barque “Quebec” to the “General Burnside.” June 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the name of the barqueThe name of the barque “Quebec” changed to the “General Burnside.
” “Quebec,” late of Kingston, Canada, be changed to that of “General Burnside,” of Clayton, New York, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to issue a register therefor. Approved, June 17, 1862. [No. 36]: transferring [the] Supervision of [the] Potomac Water-works to the Department of the Interior. Resolution 36 1862-06-18 12 Stat. 620 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public 620 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 36, 37, 38. 1862. [No. 36.] Joint Resolution transferring [the] Supervision of [the] Potomac Water-works to the Department of the Interior. June 18, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Supervision of Potomac waterworks transferred to Department of Interior. That the supervision of the Potomac water-works be and the same is hereby transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior.
And all unexpended money which has been heretofore appropriated, and all money which may be-hereafter appropriated, for the completion of said waterworks, shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, June 18, 1862. [No. 37]: to encourage Enlistments in the Regular Army and Volunteer Forces. Resolution 37 1862-06-21 12 Stat. 620 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 37.] A Resolution to encourage Enlistments in the Regular Army and Volunteer Forces. June 21, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Premium for recruits. That so much of the ninth section of the act approved August third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled, “An act [providing] for the better organization of the military Repeal of part of act of 1861, ch. 42, § 9.*Ante*, p. 288.establishment,” as abolishes the premium paid for bringing accepted recruits to the rendezvous, be and the same is hereby repealed, and hereafter a premium of two dollars shall be paid to any citizen, non-commissioned officer or soldier for such accepted recruit for the regular army he may bring to the rendezvous.
And every soldier who hereafter Advance pay.enlists, either in the regular army or the volunteers, for three years or during the war, may receive his first month’s pay in advance, upon the mustering of his company into the service of the United States, or after he shall have been mustered into and joined a regiment already in the service. Approved, June 21, 1862. [No. 38]: relative to a certain Grant of Land for Railroad Purposes made to the State of Michigan in eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
Resolution 38 1862-07-05 12 Stat. 620 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 38.] Joint Resolution relative to a certain Grant of Land for Railroad Purposes made to the State of Michigan in eighteen hundred and fifty-six. July 5, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Words “Wisconsin State line,” in act 1856, ch. 44, § 1, how to be construed.Vol. xi. p. 21.
That the words “Wisconsin State line,” in the first section of an act entitled “An act making a grant of lands to the State of Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State,” approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall, without forfeiture to said State or its assigns of any rights or benefits under said act, or exemption from any of the conditions or obligations imposed thereby, be construed to authorize the location of the line of railroad provided for in said act from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, upon any eligible route from the township of Marquette aforesaid, to a point on the Wisconsin State line, near the mouth of the Menomonee River, and touching at favorable points on Green Bay, with a view of securing a railroad available for military purposes from Green Bay to the waters of Lake Line now located may be changed.Superior.
And the line of railroad as now located in pursuance of said act from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line, according to the records of the General Land Office, is hereby authorized to be changed so as to conform to the route above indicated; which line, when surveyed and the maps and plans thereof filed in the proper office, as required under said act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall confer the same rights upon and benefits to the State of Michigan and its assigns in said new line, as though the same had been originally located under said act.
Sec. 2. Provisions of act of 1852, ch. 80, extended, &c.Vol. x. p. 28. *And be it further resolved, *That the provisions of an act of Congress, approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled “An act to grant the right of way to all rail and plank roads and THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 38, 39. 1862. 621 McAdamized turnpikes passing through the public lands belonging to the United States,” be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to be applicable to the new line of railroad so as above to be located: *Provided,*Proviso.
The same shall be commenced within two years from the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and shall be completed within five years thereafter. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved, *That the Secretary of the InteriorPrice of land bordering on railroad. be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause all even sections or parts of even sections of public lands that may be brought within six miles of the new line of railroad, as herein provided for, to be sold at the same price and in the same manner those have or might have been, according to the said act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, upon the originally located route of railroad.
And all purchasers, or their heirs or assigns,Purchasers on old line, may exchange lands. within the six mile limits of said originally located route, who shall be more than six miles from the new line of route hereby authorized, and who have paid the sum of two dollars and fifty cents an acre, shall have the right either to exchange their locations upon the line as first established to the new line upon the same terms, in like quantities, and in the same manner, as on the line first established, as aforesaid, or al their option to enter, without further payment, anywhere within the Marquette land district, in the State of Michigan, or that of the Grand Traverse land district, in said State, lying north or west of Lake Michigan, an additional quantity of public lands subject to private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, equal to the quantity entered by them at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, so that the lands originally entered by them shall be thus reduced to the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre.
Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved, *That the even sections of publicPublic lands on old line to be sold for $1.25 per acre. lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally located route of the Marquette and Wisconsin State Line Railroad Company, except where such sections shall fall within six miles of the new line of road so as aforesaid proposed to be located, and along which no railroad has been constructed, shall hereafter be subject to sale at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Sec. 5. *And be it further resolved, *That upon the filing in the GeneralRights of tire State of Michigan in such lands. Land Office of the lists of said railroad lands, in whole or in part, as now selected and certified in the General Land Office, with the certificate of the Governor of the State of Michigan, under the seal of the State, that said State and its assigns surrender all claim to the lands, as aforesaid, set forth and described in the lists thereof thus certified, and that, the same have never been pledged or sold or in anywise encumbered, then the State of Michigan or its assigns shall be entitled to receive a like quantity of land, selected in like manner, upon the new line of road as thus surrendered upon the first line, and to the extent of six sections per mile in the aggregate for every mile of the new line, according to the general provisions of the act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to reoffer for public sale, in the usual manner, the lands embraced in the lists of surrendered lands aforesaid, when duly filed in his office, as herein directed. Approved, July 5, 1862. [No. 39]: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Louis M. Goldsborough, and Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines under his Command, for the Victory at Roanoke Island. Resolution 39 1862-07-11 12 Stat. 621 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 39.] A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Louis M. Goldsborough, and Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines under his Command, for the Victory at Roanoke Island. July 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Thanks for the Victory at Roanoke Island That the thanks of Congress be, 622 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 40, 41, 42 43. 1862. and they are hereby, tendered to Captain Louis M.
Goldsborough, and through him to the officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines attached to the squadron under his command, for the brilliant and decisive victory achieved at Roanoke Island on the seventh, eighth, and tenth days of February last. Approved, July 11, 1862. [No. 40]: expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Lieutenant J. L. Worden of the U. S. Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command in the Monitor. Resolution 40 1862-07-11 12 Stat. 622 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 40.] A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Lieutenant J. L. Worden of the U. S. Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command in the Monitor. July 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Thanks to officers and men of the Monitor. That the thanks of Congress and of the American people are due and are hereby tendered to Lieutenant J.
L. Worden, of the United States Navy, and to the officers and men of the iron-clad gunboat Monitor, under his command, for the skill and gallantry exhibited by them in the late remarkable battle between the Monitor and the rebel iron-clad steamer Merrimack. Sec. 2. *Be it further resolved, * That the President of the United States be requested to cause this resolution to be communicated to Lieutenant Worden, and through him to the officers and men under his command. Approved, July 11, 1862. [No. 41]: of Thanks to Captain David G.
Farragut, of the United States Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command. Resolution 41 1862-07-11 12 Stat. 622 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 41.] A Resolution of Thanks to Captain David G. Farragut, of the United States Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command. July 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Thanks to Captain David G.
Farragut, his officers and men. That the thanks of the people and of the Congress of the United States are due and are hereby tendered to Captain David G. Farragut, of the United States Navy, and to the officers and men under his command, composing his squadron in the Gulf of Mexico, for their successful operations on the lower Mississippi River, and for their gallantry displayed in the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the city of New Orleans, and in the destruction of the enemy’s gunboats and armed flotilla.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved, *That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to communicate this resolution to Captain Farragut, and through him to the officers and men under his command. Approved, July 11, 1862. [No. 42]: for the Relief of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of the Battalion of Marines on board the Transport Governor on the third of November, 1861. Resolution 42 1862-07-11 12 Stat. 622 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 42.] A Resolution *for the Relief of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of the Battalion of Marines on board the Transport Governor on the third of November,* 1861. July 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Payment to officers, &c., of marines for losses by the foundering of the steamer Governor. That the sum of seven thousand one hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty-one cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to compensate the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates who composed the marine battalion attached to the Port Royal naval expedition under Flag Officer Du Pont, for the losses of their personal effects by the foundering of the steamer Governor, in which they were embarked, on the third of November last; and that the Secretary of the Navy cause the said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to them according to the estimated value of their personal effects lost in the manner aforesaid.
Approved, July 11, 1862. [No. 43]: to compensate the Crew of the United States Steamer Varuna, for Clothing and other Property lost in the Public Service. Resolution 43 1862-07-11 12 Stat. 622 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 43.] A Resolution to compensate the Crew of the United States Steamer Varuna, for Clothing and other Property lost in the Public Service.
July 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United* THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 43, 44, 51, 52. 1862. 623 *States of America in Congress assembled, * That the proper accountingCredit to be given to officers &c., of the Varuna, for losses of property. officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized, in settling the accounts of the petty officers, seamen, and others of the crew of the United States steamer Varuna, which was sunk during the engagement near New Orleans on or about the twenty-fourth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to credit each of them with the amount of sixty dollars to cover their losses of bedding, clothing, and other property, occasioned by the sinking of the said steamer.
Approved, July 11, 1862. [No. 44]: providing for the Distribution of surplus Copies of the Biennial Register for eighteen hundred and sixty-one among the several Bureaus in the Executive Departments. Resolution 44 1862-07-11 12 Stat. 623 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 44.] Joint Resolution providing for the Distribution of surplus Copies of the Biennial Register for eighteen hundred and sixty-one among the several Bureaus in the Executive Departments.
July 11, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theSurplus copies of Biennial Register, how distributed. Interim be and he is hereby authorized and directed to distribute to each of the several bureaus in the Executive Department[s] one or more copies of the Biennial Register for eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, from the surplus copies now deposited in the Interior Department: *Provided,* That the number of copies delivered to any one bureau shall not exceed two copies.
Approved, July 11, 1862. [No. 51]: to suspend all Payments under the Act approved twenty-fifth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An 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. Resolution 51 1862-07-12 12 Stat. 623 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 51.] A Resolution to suspend all Payments under the Act approved twenty-fifth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An 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. July 12, 1862.1862, ch. 49.*Ante*, p. 374. *Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * *Post*, p. 824.
That the Secretary of War be,Payments under act 1862, ch. 49, suspended. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to suspend all payments under the act approved twenty-fifth March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension;” and that there shall be appointed by the President, immediately after the passage of this resolution, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three commissioners, to examine all claims arisingCommissioners to be appointed to examine claims; under the provisions of that act, and report the same, with the facts connected therewith, to the Secretary of War; said commissioners to have such compensation for their services as the Secretary of War may consider just and reasonable. *Provided,* That said commissioners shall be required to examine and report within sixty days after the passage ofand report in sixty days. this resolution upon all such claims as may be presented by persons claiming to have been organized or employed in the State of Missouri, and to have performed service according to the provisions of the said recited act, whereupon payments shall be made as recommended by said commissioners, and as required by said act: *And provided further,* ThatProviso within ninety days from the passage of this resolution the said commissioners shall examine and report upon all other claims arising under the act aforesaid, when payments shall be made as herein prescribed.
Approved, July 12, 1862. [No. 52]: to provide for the Presentation of “Medals of Honor” to the Enlisted Men of the Army and Volunteer Forces who have distinguished, or may distinguish, themselves in Battle during the present Rebellion. Resolution 52 1862-07-12 12 Stat. 623 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 52.] A Resolution to provide for the Presentation of “Medals of Honor” to the Enlisted Men of the Army and Volunteer Forces who have distinguished, or may distinguish, themselves in Battle during the present Rebellion.
July 12, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * “Medals of honor” for noncommissioned officers and privates. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause two thousand 624 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 53, 54, 55, 56. 1862. “medals of honor” to be prepared with suitable emblematic devices, and to direct that the same be presented, in the name of Congress, to such non-commissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities, during Appropriation.the present insurrection.
And that the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this resolution into effect. Approved, July 12, 1862. [No. 53]: in Relation to Contracts with the United States. Resolution 53 1862-07-12 12 Stat. 624 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 53.] A Resolution in Relation to Contracts with the United States. July 12, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * List of contracts solicited or proposed, or modification of contracts to be published weekly. That it shall be the duty of the several executive departments of the government to publish in one of the daily newspapers of the city of Washington, on Tuesday of each week, a list of all contracts which shall have been solicited or proposed to each, respectively, during the week next preceding, which list shall state briefly the subject matter of each contract so solicited or proposed to be made, its terms, the name of the proposed contractor and of all persons known to be interested therein, directly or indirectly, and of all persons who Proviso.solicit, request, or recommend the making of any such contract: *Provided,* That the foregoing provision shall not be applicable to bids made in pursuance of advertisements for contracts or purchases made under existing laws, but shall apply to all proposed modifications of existing contracts.
Approved, July 12, 1862. [No. 54]: relating to the Compensation of Senators elected or appointed to fill Vacancies. Resolution 54 1862-07-12 12 Stat. 624 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 54.] A Resolution relating to the Compensation of Senators elected or appointed to fill Vacancies. July 12, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pay of senators elected, &c., to fill vacancies.
That in all cases of a vacancy in either house of Congress, by death or otherwise, of any member elected or appointed thereto, after the commencement of the Congress to which he shall have been elected, each person afterwards elected or appointed to fill such vacancy shall be compensated and paid from the time that the compensation of his predecessor ceased: Provided, That no member shall receive for his compensation more than three thousand dollars for any one year. Approved, July 12, 1862. [No. 55]: authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish extra Clothing to Sick, Wounded, and other Soldiers.
Resolution 55 1862-07-12 12 Stat. 624 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 55.] A Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish extra Clothing to Sick, Wounded, and other Soldiers. July 12, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Extra clothing for sick, &c., soldiers.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to furnish extra clothing to all sick, wounded, and other soldiers who may have lost the same by the casualties of war, under such rules and regulations as the department may prescribe, during the existence of the present insurrection. Approved, July 12, 1862. [No. 56]: authorizing the State of Minnesota to change the Line of certain Branch Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes. Resolution 56 1862-07-12 12 Stat. 624 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 56.] A Joint Resolution authorizing the State of Minnesota to change the Line of certain Branch Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes. July 12, 1862. 1857, ch. 99.Vol. xi. p. 195.*Whereas*, by an act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, there was granted to the Territory of Minnesota lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Stillwater, via St. Paul and St. Anthony, to a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and the THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 56, 57, 58, 59. 1862. 625 mouth of Sioux Wood River, with a branch, via St. Cloud and Crow Wing, to the navigable waters of the Red River of the North, the northern terminus of which was fixed by the legislature of said Territory at St. Vincent; and whereas it is now believed that the public interests require a change of location of a part of said branch road: *Therefore*— *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That in lieu of that part of theNew grant of land to Minnesota for railroad.1857, ch. 99.Vol. xi. p. 195. railroad grant to Minnesota Territory by act of Congress, approved third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, which extends northwesterly from the intersection of the tenth standard parallel with the fourth guide meridian, there shall be granted to the State of Minnesota the alternate sections within six mile limits of such new branch line of route as the authorities of the State may designate, having its southwestern terminus at any point on the existing line, between the Falls of Saint Anthony and Crow Wing, and extending in a northeasterly direction to the waters of Lake Superior, with a right of indemnity between the fifteen mile limits thereof, provided this resolution shall take effect from the filing in the General Land Office of the acceptance by the authorities aforesaid of such substitution; whereupon the land north of the intersection aforesaid in the grant as authorized by the said act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, being by said acceptance disencumbered of the railroad grant, shall be dealt with as other public lands of the United States.
Approved, July 12, 1862. [No. 57]: to change the Name of the Schooner Sally McGee to that of Ocean Eagle. Resolution 57 1862-07-14 12 Stat. 625 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 57.] A Resolution to change the Name of the Schooner Sally McGee to that of Ocean Eagle. July 14, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the name of the schoonerThe name of the schooner Salty McGee changed.
Sally McGee, late of Baltimore, Maryland, be, and the same is hereby, changed to that of the Ocean Eagle, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to issue a register therefor. Approved, July 14, 1862. [No. 58]: to declare the Meaning of “An Act to authorize the President of the United States in certain Cases to take Possession of Railroad and Telegraph Lines, and for other Purposes,” approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to repeal a Part of said Act.
Resolution 58 1862-07-14 12 Stat. 625 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 58.] Joint Resolution to declare the Meaning of “An Act to authorize the President of the United States in certain Cases to take Possession of Railroad and Telegraph Lines, and for other Purposes,” approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to repeal a Part of said Act.
July 14, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That an act entitled “An act toMeaning of act 1862, ch. 15, declared.*Ante*, p. 334. authorize the President of the United States in certain cases to take possession of railroad and telegraph lines, and for other purposes,” approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall not be so construed as to authorize the construction of any railroad, or the completion of any line of road, the greater part of which remained uncompleted at the time of the approval of said act, or to engage in any work of railroad construction.
And so much of said act as authorizes the President of thePart of such act repealed. United States to extend and complete any railroad, is hereby repealed. Approved, July 14, 1862. [No. 59]: to grant Pensions to Masters and other Officers upon the Gunboats in the Service of the United States. Resolution 59 1862-07-16 12 Stat. 625 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 59.] Joint Resolution to grant Pensions to Masters and other Officers upon the Gunboats in the Service of the United States. July 16, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the masters serving onMasters, &c., of gunboats entitled to pensions. board of gunboats employed in the service of the United States shall be en- 626 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.
II. Res. 59, 60, 61, 62. 1862. titled to all the benefits, including bounty and pension, provided for in an 1862, ch. 166.*Ante*, p. 566.act entitled “An act to grant pensions,” passed during the present session of Congress, and the widows, mothers, and heirs of such officers shall be entitled to all the benefits of said act. Approved, July 16, 1862. [No. 60]: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Andrew H. Foote, of the United States Navy. Resolution 60 1862-07-16 12 Stat. 626 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 60.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Andrew H. Foote, of the United States Navy. July 16, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Capt. Andrew H. Foote, thanks of Congress to. That the thanks of Congress be, ’ and the same are hereby, tendered to Captain Andrew H. Foote, of the United States navy, for his eminent services and gallantry at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Island No.
Ten, while in command of the naval forces of the United States. *And be it further resolved, * That the President of the United States be, President to transmit copy of resolution.and he is hereby, requested to transmit a certified copy of the foregoing resolution to Captain Foote. Approved, July 16, 1862. [No. 61]: requiring the Superintendent of Metropolitan Police to pay over certain Moneys collected for Fines and Penalties, to constitute a contingent Fund for certain Purposes.
Resolution 61 1862-07-16 12 Stat. 626 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 61.] Joint Resolution requiring the Superintendent of Metropolitan Police to pay over certain Moneys collected for Fines and Penalties, to constitute a contingent Fund for certain Purposes. July 16, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Superintendent of Metropolitan Police to pay over all moneys, &c.
That the superintendent of Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia shall pay over all such moneys as may be paid to him under the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for the payment of fines and penalties collected by or paid the justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, under the acts of 1862, ch. 158,*Ante*, p. 542.Congress, approved the third and fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other purpose[s],” to the treasurer of the board of said Metropolitan Police, in whose hands the same shall constitute a “contingent fund” to be disbursed under the order, and for such purposes as the said board of police may direct.
Approved, July 16, 1862. [No. 62]: regulating the Employment of the Convicts in the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia for their Improvement and Benefit. Resolution 62 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 626 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 62.] A Resolution regulating the Employment of the Convicts in the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia for their Improvement and Benefit.
July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Convicts in the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, how to be employed. That the warden of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia shall, so far as may be practicable, employ the convicts therein in the manufacture of shoes for the use of the army and navy, to be made as the War and Navy Departments shall direct; orders for which shall be, by said departments, given to the warden from time to time upon his request; the shoes to be paid for by said departments ordering the same at the customary rate for shoes of like quality.
Sec. 2. Deduction from ferm of sentence or good conduct. *And be it further resolved, *That all prisoners that may hereafter be confined in said penitentiary for a term of years, who conduct themselves so that no charge for misconduct shall be sustained against them, shall have a deduction of one month in each year made from the term of their sentence, and shall be entitled to their discharge so much the sooner, upon the certificate of the warden of their good conduct, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 63]: explanatory of “An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes.” Resolution 63 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 627 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II.
Res. 63, 64, 65. 1862. 627 [No. 63.] Joint Resolution explanatory of “An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes.” July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the provisions of the thirdConstruction of portions of act of 1862, ch. 195.*Ante*, p. 589. clause of the fifth section of “An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,” shall be so construed as not to apply to any act or acts done prior to the passage thereof; nor to include any member of a State legislature, or judge of any State court, who has not in accepting or entering upon his office, taken an oath to support the constitution of the so-called “Confederate States of America”; nor shall any punishment or proceedings under said act be so construed as to work a forfeiture of the real estate of the offender beyond his natural life.
Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 64]: to amend Section seventy-seven of “An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay Interest on the Public Debt,” and for other Purposes. Resolution 64 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 627 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 64.] Joint Resolution to amend Section seventy-seven of “An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay Interest on the Public Debt,” and for other Purposes.
July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That section seventy-seven ofAct 1862, ch. 119, § 77, amended.*Ante*, p. 467. an act entitled “An act to provide internal revenue to support the government and to pay interest on the public debt,” be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word “May” and inserting “August.” Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved, *That all the sections of an act entitledAct so amended that certain acts need not be done before Oct. 1, 1862.
“An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the public debt,” which require any matter or thing to be done on or before the first day of July or August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be so amended and changed that said matters or things may be so done on or before any other day in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two not later than the first day of October eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which may be fixed and determined upon by the SecretarySecretary of the Treasury to determine time. of the Treasury, if in his judgment a later day should be so fixed in order to put said act into practical operation, and all parts of said act having reference to the said dates of the first days of July and August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be taken and construed as having reference to the said day which may be so fixed and determined upon: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury shall give public notice ofAnd give public notice. the day so fixed and determined upon, in such manner as he may deem expedient.
Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 65]: in Relation to the Law of Prize. Resolution 65 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 628 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 65.] A Resolution in Relation to the Law of Prize. July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That hereafter all moneys arisingPrize moneys to be paid info the treasury of the United States. from the sale of property under the prize laws of the United States, whether under interlocutory or final decree, shall be paid by the marshal into the treasury of the United States for safe-keeping immediately after the day of sale, instead of the registry of the court, less the costs and disbursements sworn to by the marshal and taxed by the court; and every -fork of a United States court now having any such moneys in hand shall immediately pay the same into the treasury of the United States, less the costs and disbursements to be sworn to and taxed as aforesaid, and upon a final decree of condemnation or restitution, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized to pay over the same upon the order of the proper court, and no more shall be retained 3y any clerk from money received and paid over by him under this resolution as commissions or otherwise, than one per centum upon the first 628 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 66, 67, 68, 69. 1862. one thousand dollars in each case, and one-fourth of one per centum on the excess above that sum, not, however, to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars in any case. Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 66]: releasing to the Heirs at Law of Robert L. Stevens, deceased, all the Right, Title, and Interest of the United States in and to Stevens’ Battery. Resolution 66 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 628 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 66.] A Resolution releasing to the Heirs at Law of Robert L. Stevens, deceased, all the Right, Title, and Interest of the United States in and to Stevens’ Battery. July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Stevens’s Battery released to heir of Robert L. Stevens. That all the right, title, and interest of the United States, in and to Stevens’ Battery be, and the same are hereby, released and conveyed to the heirs at law of the said Robert L.
Stevens or their legal representatives. Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 67]: to repeal and modify Sections two and three of an Act entitled “An Act to settle the Titles to certain Lands set apart for the Use of certain Half-breed Kansas Indians in Kansas Territory,” approved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty, and to repeal part of section one of said Act. Resolution 67 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 628 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 67.] A Resolution to repeal and modify Sections two and three of an Act entitled “An Act to settle the Titles to certain Lands set apart for the Use of certain Half-breed Kansas Indians in Kansas Territory,” approved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty, and to repeal part of section one of said Act. July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Repeal of act of 1860, ch. 61, §§ 2, 3, and part of § 1.*Ante*, p. 21.
That sections two and three of an act entitled “An act to settle the titles to certain lands set apart for the use of certain Half-breed Kansas Indians in Kansas Territory,” approved May twenty-six, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and so much of the first section as authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to decide what persons are heirs to deceased reservees as mentioned therein be and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 68]: further to provide for the Compensation of Members of Congress.
Resolution 68 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 628 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 68.] Joint Resolution further to provide for the Compensation of Members of Congress. July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Active employment in military service without pay to excuse for absence from duty in Congress.
That, until the further order of Congress, the Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant-at-arms of the House are directed to receive, as a valid excuse for absence from duty in Congress, active employment in military service for the suppression of the rebellion without pay. Sec. 2. Withdrawal from seat in anticipation of adjournment, to subject member to deduction. *And be it further resolved, *That when any senator or representative shall hereafter withdraw from his seat in anticipation of the adjournment of Congress and before the adjournment and does not return, he shall, in addition to the sum now deducted for each day, forfeit a further sum equal to the mileage now allowed by law for his return home, and it shall be deducted from his compensation, unless where said withdrawal is with the leave of the Senate or House of Representatives respectively.
Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 69]: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to expend, from a Fund in the United States Treasury belonging to the Winnebago Indians, the sum of fifty thousand Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the Benefit of said Indians. Resolution 69 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 628 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 69.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to expend, from a Fund in the United States Treasury belonging to the Winnebago Indians, the sum of fifty thousand Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the Benefit of said Indians. July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Expenditure for the Winnebago Indians authorized.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to expend, from a fund in the treasury of the United States belonging to the Winnebago Indians, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to make such improvements upon their lands and purchase such stock and agricultural implements as their necessities may require, and that the amount so expended shall be replaced from the proceeds of the sales THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II.
Res. 69, 70, 71. 1862. 629 of the lands belonging to said Indians, which the Government is now authorized to sell by virtue of an existing treaty with said Indians. Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 70]: to regulate the Compensation for paying Pensions. Resolution 70 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 629 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 70.] A Resolution to regulate the Compensation for paying Pensions.
July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That agents for paying pensionsPay of pension agents. shall receive two per centum on all disbursements made by them to pensioners of the United States: Provided, That the aggregate compensation to any one agent, paying both army and navy pensions, shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum. Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 71]: making further Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with the various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Resolution 71 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 629 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public [No. 71.] A Resolution making further Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with the various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
July 17, 1862. Whereas, certain appropriations agreed to by the Senate of the United States as amendments to the “Act (H. R. 260) making appropriations1862, ch. 135.*Ante*, p. 512. for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, were accidentally omitted to be sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence therein; and whereas said appropriations are necessary to be made, Therefore— *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be,Indian appropriation. and they are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes:— *For Indian Service in Nevada Territory*.—For pay of interpreter,Indian service in Nevada Territory. five hundred dollars.
For presents of goods and clothing to Indians to be expended by the superintendent of Indian affairs, five thousand dollars. For incidental expenses in Nevada Territory, including office and travelling expenses, two thousand dollars. *For Indian Service in Colorado Territory.*—For pay of interpreter,In Colorado Territory. five hundred dollars. For presents of goods and clothing to Indians, to be expended by the superintendent of Indian affairs, five thousand dollars. For incidental expenses in Colorado Territory, including office and travelling expenses, two thousand dollars.
For the Indian service in Utah Territory for fiscal year ending JuneIn Utah Territory. thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. For interpreter for Shoshonees, one thousand dollars.Interpreters for Shoshonees. For interpreter for Utahs, one thousand dollars.Utahs. For interpreter for Ruby Valley agency, five hundred dollars.Ruby Valley. For interpreter for Fort Bridger agency, five hundred dollars.Fort Bridger. For interpreter for Spanish Fork agency, five hundred dollars.Spanish Fork.
For presents of goods and clothing to Indians, to be expended by thePresents. superintendent of Indian affairs, five thousand dollars. For incidental expenses in Utah Territory, including office and travellingIncidental expenses in Utah Territory. expenses, two thousand dollars. Approved, July 17, 1862. [No. 72]: suspending the Sale by sealed Bids, of the Lands of the Kansas and Sac and Fox Indians. Resolution 72 1862-07-17 12 Stat. 630 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 2026-01-23 37 2 public 630 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 72. 1862. [No. 72.] A Resolution suspending the Sale by sealed Bids, of the Lands of the Kansas and Sac and Fox Indians. July 17, 1862. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Sale of lands of the Sacs and Foxes, by sealed bids suspended. That the sales of the lands of the Kansas and Sac and Fox tribes of Indians of the State of Kansas, by sealed bids, be, and the same are postponed until the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, any treaty or law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, July 17, 1862. 37 37 3 1862 1863 631 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the third session which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December, A. D.* 1862, *and ended on Wednesday, the fourth day of March, A. D.* 1863. Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Solomon Foote was elected President of the Senate, *pro tempore,* on the eighteenth day of February, and so acted until the end of the session.
Galusha A. Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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