Chapter CIX. for the Relief of Hockaday and Ligget. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of forty thousand$40,000 to be paid Hockaday and Ligget for damages. dollars be allowed to Hockaday and Ligget, in full payment for da
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Chap. CIX.— An Act for the Relief of Hockaday and Ligget. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of forty thousand$40,000 to be paid Hockaday and Ligget for damages. dollars be allowed to Hockaday and Ligget, in full payment for damages sustained by them in reduction of pay for carrying the mails on route number eight thousand nine hundred and eleven, and that said amount be paid to William Ligget for and on account of Hockaday and Ligget, and for their benefit, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated. [Signed] WM.
PENNINGTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Signed] JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Endorsed by the President: “Received, Saturday, February 16, 1861." 894 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 3, 4, 6, 7. 1861. RESOLUTIONS. No. 3: for the Relief of Lieutenant John C. Carter. Private Resolution 3 12 Stat. 894 1861-01-23 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 36 2 private [No. 3.] A Resolution *for the Relief of Lieutenant John C. Carter.*January 23, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of the accounts of Lieutenant JohnLieutenant John C. Carter to have pay as purser.Vol. x. p. 869. C. Carter, of the United States navy, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow him the sum provided in the joint resolution of Congress approved February thirteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for such expenses as were incurred by him whilst acting as purser on board the ship Massachusetts while undergoing repairs at San Francisco, California, deducting therefrom the sum which has been paid or allowed him on account of the same since the date of the passage of the aforesaid joint resolution: *Provided,* The same shall not exceed the sum of nine hundredProviso. and fifty-five dollars and thirty-six cents.
Approved, January 23, 1861. No. 4: extending the Time for taking Testimony on the Application of Cyrus H. McCormick, for the Extension of his Patent. Private Resolution 4 12 Stat. 894 1861-02-09 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 36 2 private [No. 4.] Joint Resolution *extending the Time for taking Testimony on the Application of Cyrus H.
McCormick, for the Extension of his Patent.*February 9, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the further time of ninety days be given to parties interested in resisting the extension of the patentThose opposing the extension of McCormick’s patent to have further time to take testimony. of Cyrus H. McCormick, for his patent reaper, or his improvements or modifications of the same, to enable them to take testimony in opposition to said extension, to be used before the Commissioner of Patents, on the hearing of the application of said McCormick for an extension of said patent.
Approved, February 9, 1861. No. 6: for the Benefit of Duvall and Brothers. Private Resolution 6 12 Stat. 894 1861-02-13 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 36 2 private [No. 6.] Joint Resolution *for the Benefit of Duvall and Brothers.*February 13, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to DuvallPayment to be made to Duvall and Brothers, assignees of R.
A. Davidge.1859, ch. 43. Vol. xi. p. 561. and Brothers, merchant tailors in the city of Washington, assignees of R. A. Davidge, the amount of money appropriated for the benefit of said Davidge, by an act of Congress approved eighteenth February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Approved, February 13, 1861. No. 7: directing the Accounting Officers of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of the late Robert Stockton, Quartermaster, and so forth. Private Resolution 7 12 Stat. 894 1861-02-16 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 36 2 private [No. 7.] Joint Resolution *directing the Accounting Officers of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of the late Robert Stockton, Quartermaster, and so forth.*February 16, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, directed toAccounts of Robert Stockton to be settled. settle the accounts of the late Robert Stockton, of New Jersey, an assistant quartermaster and forage master in the war of the Revolution, and pay to his legal heirs and representatives such sum or sums as may be895THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 8, 10, 19, 20. 1861. shown due upon sufficient proof of his service as quartermaster aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 16, 1861. No. 8: authorizing the proper Accounting Officers of the Treasury to revise and adjust the Account of John Randolph Clay, United States Minister to Peru. Private Resolution 8 12 Stat. 895 1861-02-20 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 36 2 private [No. 8.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the proper Accounting Officers of the Treasury to revise and adjust the Account of John Randolph Clay, United States Minister to Peru.*February 20, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedAccount of John Randolph Clay to be adjusted. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be authorized and required to revise and adjust the account of John Randolph Clay, as minister to Peru.
Approved, February 20, 1861. No. 10: to repeal the Joint Resolution approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty, for the Relief of William H. Degroot. Private Resolution 10 12 Stat. 895 1861-02-21 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 36 2 private [No. 10.] A Resolution *to repeal the Joint Resolution approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty, for the Relief of William H.
Degroot.*February 21, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the joint resolution, approvedJoint resolution for the relief of William H. Degroot, repealed.Papers to be sent to the court of claims. June fifteen, eighteen hundred and sixty, for the relief of William H. Degroot, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit all the papers in his department, relating to the case of the said William H.
Degroot, to the Court of Claims for examination. Approved, February 21, 1861. No. 19: repealing a Resolution relating to the Claim of George Fisher, late of Florida, deceased, approved June one, eighteen hundred and sixty. Private Resolution 19 12 Stat. 895 1861-03-02 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 36 2 private [No. 19.] Joint Resolution *repealing a Resolution relating to the Claim of George Fisher, late of Florida, deceased, approved June one, eighteen hundred and sixty.*March 2, 1861. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That a resolution entitled “A resolution relating to the claim of George Fisher, late of Florida, deceased,”Resolution as to claim of George Fisher, repealed. passed at the first session of this Congress, and approved June one, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, rescinded, and the same, and all proceedings under it, are hereby made null and void.
Approved, March 2, 1861. No. 20: for the Benefit of George H. Giddings. Private Resolution 20 12 Stat. 895 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 36 2 private [No. 20.] Joint Resolution *for the Benefit of George H. Giddings.* *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That George H.
Giddings be paid for services on that portion of the route eight thousand and seventy-six,Payment to George H. Giddings. lying between El Paso and San Antonio, in accordance with the order of Postmaster-General A. V. Brown, of October twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, after deducting whatever has been received thereon up to June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, on proof being furnished that the trips have been performed. The said amount to be paid on the certificate of the Postmaster-General, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and to be accepted by the said Giddings in full for all claims of service and damage thereon against the United States. [Signed] Wm.
Pennington, Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Signed] John C. Breckinridge, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Endorsed by the President. “Received, 18th February, 1861." 37 37 1 1861 897 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first*** This session was called by Proclamation of the President, dated April 15th, 1861. See Proclamation, No. 3, Appendix, *post*, p. 1258. *session which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Thursday, the fourth day of July, A.
D.* 1861, *and ended on Tuesday, the sixth day of August, A. D.* 1861. 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 July, and continued so to act until the close of the session. Galusha A. Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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for the Relief of Hockaday and Ligget. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of forty thousand$40,000 to be paid Hockaday and Ligget for damages. dollars be allowed to Hockaday and Ligget, in full payment for da
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