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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · July 4, 1864 · Chapter CCLIII

Chapter CCLIII. to provide for the better Organization of the Quartermaster’s Department

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Chap. CCLIII.— An Act to provide for the better Organization of the Quartermaster’s Department.July 4, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatOrganization of quartermaster’s department.Certain divisions established. there shall be established in the office of the quartermaster-general of the army, to exist during the present rebellion and one year thereafter, the following divisions, each of which shall be placed in the charge of a competent officer of the quartermaster’s department, to be assigned to such duty by the Secretary of War, who shall, under such rules as may be prescribed by the quartermaster-general, with the approval of the Secretary of War, transact the business of such division as hereinafter provided, to wit:— The1st division. first division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, and disposition of horses and mules for cavalry, artillery, wagon and ambulance trains, and all other purposes for which horses or mules may be procured ibr the armies of the United States.
The2d division. second division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, issue, and disposition of cloth and clothing, knapsacks, camp and garrison equipage, and all accoutrements of the soldier which are provided by the quartermaster’s department. The3d division. third division shall have charge of the purchase, charter, hire, and maintenance of all vessels to be used in the transportation of the army, and of prisoners of war, and of their supplies, on the ocean, and the bays and sounds connected therewith, and upon the northern and northwestern lakes, including all vessels propelled by steam or otherwise, owned or employed by the War Department, excepting river steam-vessels and barges upon the western rivers.
The4th division. fourth division shall have charge of the purchase, charter, hire, maintenance, and procurement of all transportation for the army, and its supplies by land and upon the western rivers, (other than transportation by animal power in the field, and at camps, garrisons, posts, depots, and stations,) including all railroad and telegraph lines operated by the United States for military purposes, and of all steam rams and gunboats owned or employed by the War Department upon the western rivers, until other disposition shall be made of them by competent authority.
The5th division. fifth division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, issue, and disposition of forage and straw for the army. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 253. 1864.395 TheQuartermaster’s department.6th division. sixth division shall have charge of the erection, procurement, maintenance, disposition, and so forth, of all barracks, hospital buildings, storehouses, stables, bridges, (other than railroad bridges,) wharves, and other structures composed in whole or in part of lumber, and of all lumber, nails, and hardware for building purposes; and of the hire and commutation of quarters for officers, the hire of quarters for troops, the hire of grounds for cantonments, or other military purposes, and the repair and care of all buildings and other structures herein mentioned, and of all grounds owned, hired, or occupied for military purposes, except such as are lawfully under the charge of other bureaus of the War Department; and of extra pay to soldiers employed in erecting barracks, or other fatigue duty, under the acts of March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
The7th division. seventh division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, issue, and disposition of all wagons, ambulances, travelling forges and harness, (except such as are furnished by the ordnance department,) and of ail hardware except as hereinbefore provided; and of all fuel for officers and enlisted men, camps, garrisons, hospitals, posts, storehouses, offices, public transports, steam-rams, and army gunboats, and of all transportation by animal power in the field, at camps, garrisons, posts, depots, and stations; and of the construction and repair of roads other than railroads; and of the compensation of wagon and forage masters, and of clerks to officers of the quartermaster’s department; and of the purchase of heating and cooking stoves; and of the expenses of courts-martial, military commissions, and courts of inquiry; and of mileage and allowances to officers for the transportation of themselves and their baggage when travelling upon duly without troops, escorts, or supplies, and of supplies for prisoners of war and such refugees as the Secretary of War may direct to be temporarily provided fbr; and of the purchase of stationery, blanks and blank books for the quartermaster’s department; and of the printing of the division and department orders and reports; and of the proper and authorized expenses for the movements and operations of an army not expressly assigned to any other division or Department.
The8th division. eighth division shall have charge of all inspections of the quartermaster’s department, and of all reports made by officers assigned to inspection duty, analyzing and preserving the reports as received, and communicating through the quartermaster-general, to the chiefs of the proper divisions such portions of these reports as may be necessary for their information and use: *Provided,* ThatPower of inspecting officers. the officers assigned to inspection duty shall have power not only to report and to point out any errors or abuses which they may discover in the practical operations of the quartermaster’s Department, but to give, by order of the quartermaster-general, the orders which may be immediately necessary to correct and to prevent a continuance of such abuses or errors: *Provided, further,*Proviso.
That all such orders shall be immediately reported to the chief of the inspection division for the approval, or otherwise, of the quartermaster-general. The9th division. ninth division shall have charge of all the correspondence, returns, reports, and records received, filed, and preserved in the office of the quartermaster-general, and of the transmission thereof to the several other divisions of this office, and departments of the government. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatHeads of several divisions to advertise for proposals for supplies. the heads of the several divisions above mentioned shall, under the direction of the quartermaster general, from time to time, advertise for proposals for the supplies necessary for the movements and operations of the several armies, posts, detachments, garrisons, hospitals, and for other military purposes, in newspapers having general circulation in those parts of the country where such supplies can be most advantageously furnished, having regard also to the places where such supplies are to be delivered and used; and all396 suchSupplies to be inspected. supplies, so purchased or contracted for, shall be subject to careful inspection, and all clothing and camp and garrison equipage, shall be subject to a double inspection, first, as to the quality of the material, and second, as to the kind and character of the workmanship, which inspection shall in all cases be performed by a competent inspector, with suitable assistants, who shall have had ample experience in the inspection of cloth,Payments for supplies, how made. clothing, knapsacks, camp and garrison equipage; and all payments for supplies so purchased shall be made under the direction of the officers in charge of the several divisions above mentioned, upon receipts or certificates from the officers inspecting and receiving such supplies, prepared in such form and attested in such manner as may be prescribed by the quartermaster-general.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatDepots for receiving and distributing supplies for armies in the field. it shall be the duty of the quartermaster-general to establish depots, from time to time, at places convenient to the principal armies in the field, for receiving and distributing the supplies necessary for such armies, and for the detachments, posts, and hospitals most accessible to such depots; and the business of inspecting, weighing, measuring, and receiving supplies for such armies, detachments, posts, and hospitals, and of giving receipts or certificates therefor to the persons furnishing such supplies, shall be carried on as far as practicable at such depots; but the quartermaster-general, or the heads of the several divisions above mentioned, may cause such supplies to be sent from the place of purchase directly to the quartermasters of the commands for whose use they are procured, in any cases where it may be more economical or advantageous so to do; and in cases where horses, mules, clothing, or camp and garrison equipage may be so sent, suitable and competent inspectors shall be sent to examine the same before they shall be issued and receipted for.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatIn emergencies, supplies may be obtained without advertisement. when an emergency shall exist requiring the immediate procurement of supplies for the necessary movements and operations of an army or detachment, and when such supplies cannot be procured from any established depot of the quartermaster’s department, or from the head of the division charged with the duty of furnishing such supplies, within the required time, then it shall be lawful for the commanding officer of such army or detachment to order the chief quartermaster of such army or detachment to procure such supplies during the continuance of such emergency, but no longer, in the most expeditious manner, and without advertisement; and it shall be the duty of such quartermaster to obey such order; and his accounts of the disbursement of moneys for such supplies shall be accompanied by the order of the commanding officer as aforesaid, or a certified copy of the same, and also by a statement of the particular facts and circumstances, with their dates, constituting such emergency.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatQuartermaster-general to require monthly statements of supplies on hand, and estimates. it shall be the duty of the quartermaster-general, immediately after the passage of this act, and at least once in every month thereafter, to require from the principal quartermasters of the several military departments and depote, approximate statements of the aggregate amounts of supplies on band, and estimates of the additional amounts required for the service for the ensuing month, stating at what places such supplies will be required, and what amounts are legally contracted for but not yet delivered.
And it shall be the duty of the heads of the several divisions above mentioned to cause to be made purchases or contracts for the supplies which the quartermaster-general may estimate to be necessary in accordance with law, and all quartermasters shall forthwith report to the quartermaster-general, to be referred to the heads of the -several divisions above mentioned, all contracts not yet fulfilled which they may have executed on behalf of the United States, and all proposals which they may have received in answer to advertisements for future supplies, and shall hereafter regularly report to the397quartermaster-generalCopies of contracts and proposals.Penalty for neglecting, &c., to report contracts, &c. copies of all contracts made and all proposals received for supplies of any kind to be furnished.
And if any quartermaster shall neglect or refuse, for the space of one month, to report to the quartermaster-general any such contract or proposal, such neglect or refusal shall be deemed prima facie evidence of fraud, and the pay of such quartermaster shall be stopped until he shall have made a satisfactory explanation to the Secretary of War of such neglect or refusal. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatInspectors to be sworn.Penalty for corruption, wilful neglect, &c.Penalty upon contractor for offering, &c., money, &c., to inspector. all inspectors of horses, mules, clothing, fuel, forage, lumber, hired transports, and other supplies of the quartermaster’s department, shall be sworn (or affirmed) to perform their duties in a faithful and impartial manner, and shall, for any corruption, wilful neglect, or fraud in the performance of their duties, be liable to punishment by fine and imprisonment, by sentence of court-martial or military commission; and if any contractor or person furnishing such supplies or transportation shall give, or offer to give, to any inspector of such supplies or transportation, or to any other person for his use, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable consideration, such person giving, or offering to give, such money or other valuable consideration, shall forfeit to the United States the full-amount of his contract or contracts with the United States, and the name and offence of such person shall be published in general orders, and also in one newspaper of general circulation nearest to his place of residence.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAgents or assignees of certain contractors subject to, &c.1862, ch. 200, § 16.Vol. xii. p. 596.Bail allowed, &c. the provisions of the sixteenth section of the act entitled “An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes,” approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall apply to all persons engaged in executing the contracts therein referred to, whether as agents of such contractors or as claiming to be assignees thereof, or otherwise, and to all inspectors employed by the United States for the inspection of subsistence, clothing, arms, ammunition, munitions of war, or other description of supplies for the army or navy of the United States: *Provided,* That any person arrested to answer charges for a violation of the provisions of this act, or of the act to which it is in addition, shall be admitted to bail for his appearance to answer the charges made against him before any court-martial constituted to try him, in such sums and with such sureties as shall be designated and approved by the judge of the district court of the district in which the arrest is made, or the offence is charged to have been committed, or any commissioner appointed by such court.
Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPenalty on contractors furnishing supplies, &c., for offering, &c., money, &c., to any officer, &c., in quartermaster’s department, &c.upon officer for accepting such money, &c. if any contractor or person furnishing supplies or transportation shall give, or offer to give, or cause to be given, to any officer or employee of the quartermaster’s department having charge of the receipt or disposition of the supplies or transportation furnished by him, or in any way connected therewith, any money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, all contracts and charters with such person shall, at the option of the Secretary of War, be null and void; and if any officer or employee of the quartermaster’s Department shall knowingly accept any such money or other valuable consideration from such person, he shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance, and shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, or both, as a court-martjal or military commission may direct.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRules for purchasing vessels for quartermaster’s deportment.1862, ch. 21.Vol. xii. p. 338.Proviso. whenever it shall become necessary to purchase any steam or sailing vessel for the use of the quartermaster’s department, the same shall be first inspected by one or more competent naval officers detailed in accordance with the provisions of the “aet authorizing the detail of naval officers for the service of the War Department,” approved February twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and all steam-vessels shall be inspected by an officer skilled in the construction and operation of steam machinery, in addition to the other usual inspection of such vessels: *Provided,* That the provisions of this section398 shall not apply to steamboats or other vessels in military service on the western rivers; but such river steamboats or vessels shall be so inspected by competent builders, to be designated for that purpose.
Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* ThatOfficers in charge of divisions to have what rank and pay.Distribution of duties may be changed. the officers placed in charge of the several divisions provided for by the first section of this act, shall, during the time they remain in such charge, each have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel in the quartermaster’s department: *Provided,* That the quartermaster-general may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, from time to time, and according to the necessities of the public service, change the distribution of duties among them; and all such changes shall be forthwith published in general orders of the War Department.
Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* ThatInspectors of the quartermaster’s department. during the continuance of the present rebellion, the Secretary of War may assign to duty, as inspectors of the quartermaster’s department, six officers, to be selected from the regular and volunteer officers of that staff corps, who have served not less than one year, who shall have, while so assigned and acting, the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of the quartermaster’s Department; and also, when in his judgment it is necessary, may assign to each army in the field, consisting of more than one army corps, and to each military department and to each principal depot, not exceeding ten in number at any one time, of the quartermaster’s department, an officerChief quartermaster of army corps, &c.,Division quartermaster.Provisos. to act as chief or senior quartermaster of said army, military department, or depot, who shall have while so assigned the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of the quartermaster’s department; and also to assign to each division of two or more brigades, a quartermaster, as division quartermaster, who, while so assigned and acting, shall have the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of a major of the quartermaster’s department: *Provided,* That when any of said officers is relieved from such duty, his temporary rank, pay, and emoluments shall cease, and he shall return to his lineal rank in the department: *And provided, further,* That when within the limits of any military department there shall be not more than one army corps, then the chief quartermaster of the army corps shall perform also the duties of the department quartermaster.
Sec. 12. *And be it further enacted,* That,Two thirds of officers of each grade provided for under this act to be from volunteer service. at least two thirds of all the officers of each grade or assigned rank provided for under the provisions of this act shall be selected from among quartermasters of the volunteer service. Sec. 13. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRepeal of inconsistent provisions. all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the tame are hereby, repealed.
Approved, July 4, 1864. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 1, 2, 3. 1864.399 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: of Thanks to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, and the officers and Soldiers who have fought under his Command during this Rebellion; and providing that the President of the United States shall muse a Medal to be struck, to be presented to Major-General Grant in the name of the People of the United States of America. 13 Stat. 399 1863-12-17 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution of Thanks to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, and the officers and Soldiers who have fought under his Command during this Rebellion; and providing that the President of the United States shall muse a Medal to be struck, to be presented to Major-General Grant in the name of the People of the United States of America.December 17, 1863. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress to Major-General Grant, his officers, and soldiers.Gold medal for General Grant. the thanks of congress be, and they hereby are, presented to Major-General Ulysses S.
Grant, and through him to the officers and soldiers who have fought under his command during this rebellion, for their gallantry and good conduct in the battles in which they have been engaged; and that the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be presented to Major-General Grant. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatCopy of resolution to be given with medal. when the said medal shall have been struck, the President shall cause a copy of this joint resolution to be engrossed on parchment, and shall transmit the same, together with the said medal, to Major-General Grant, to be presented to him in the name of the People of the United States of America.
Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved,* ThatAppropriation. a sufficient sum of money to carry this resolution into effect is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 17, 1863. No. 2: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain John Rodgers, of the United States Navy, for eminent Skill and Zeal in the Discharge of his Duties. 13 Stat. 399 1863-12-23 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain John Rodgers, of the United States Navy, for eminent Skill and Zeal in the Discharge of his Duties.December 23, 1863. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Thanks of congress to Captain John Rodgers.1862, ch. 183, § 9.Vol. xii. p. 584. in pursuance of the recommendation of the President of the United States, and to enable him to advance Captain Rodgers one grade, in pursuance of the ninth section of the act of congress of sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the thanks of congress be, and they are hereby, tendered to Captain John Rodgers, “for the eminent skill and gallantry exhibited by him in the engagement with the rebel armed ironclad steamer ‘ Fingal,’ alias ‘ Atlanta,’ whilst in command of the United States ironclad steamer ‘ Weehawken,’ which led to her capture on June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and also for the zeal, bravery, and general good conduct shown by this officer on many occasions.
” Approved, December 23, 1863. No. 3: to supply, in Part, Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the public Printing, and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Bounties to Volunteers. 13 Stat. 399 1863-12-23 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution to supply, in Part, Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the public Printing, and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Bounties to Volunteers.December 23, 1863. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That to supply deficiencies, in400THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 4, 5, 6. 1864. part, inAppropriation for deficiency in public printing; the appropriations for the public printing, the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. That thefor bounties and advance pay of volunteers.Proviso.See *Post,*Nos. 5, 17. sum of twenty millions of dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the payment of bounties and advance pay: *Provided,* That no bounties, except such as are now provided by law, shall be paid to any persons enlisted after the fifth day of January next.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatCommutation money paid by those drafted, to be paid into treasury, &c.1863, ch. 75, § 13.Vol. xii. p. 733.See No. 6, *post.* the money paid by drafted persons under the “Act for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes,” approved third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and shall be drawn out on requisitions, as in the case of other public moneys, and the money so paid shall be kept in the treasury as a special deposit, applicable only to the expenses of draft and for the procuration of substitutes; for these purposes it is hereby appropriated.
Approved, December 23, 1863. No. 4: to provide for the Printing annually of the Report of the commissioner of Internal Revenue. 13 Stat. 400 1864-01-13 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution to provide for the Printing annually of the Report of the commissioner of Internal Revenue.January 13, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatReport of commissioner of internal revenue to be printed. it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the public printing annually to print, for the use of the commissioner of internal revenue, one thousand copies of his report to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, January 13, 1864. No. 5: to continue the Bounties heretofore paid. 13 Stat. 400 1864-01-13 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution to continue the Bounties heretofore paid.January 13, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBounties to men enlisting to to be continued until, &c.*Ante*, p. 144. the bounties heretofore paid, under regulations and orders from the War Department, to men enlisting in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States for three years or during the War, shall continue to be paid from the fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, until the first day of March next, anything in the *act* [joint resolution] approved December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the contrary notwithstanding.
This resolution to be in force from and after its passage. Approved, January 13, 1864. No. 6: amendatory of the Joint Resolution “to supply, in Part, Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Public Printing, and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Bounties to Volunteers.” 13 Stat. 400 1864-01-16 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 6.] A Resolution amendatory of the Joint Resolution “to supply, in Part, Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Public Printing, and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Bounties to Volunteers.”January 16, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatMoney paid by drafted persons, how to be applied.1863, ch. 75, §13,Vol. xii. p. 733.See No. 3, *ante*. the money paid by drafted persons under the act for calling out the national forces and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or that may be paid under any act for like purposes, shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and shall be drawn out on requisitions, as are other public moneys, for the expenses of the draft and for the procuration of substitutes, for which purposes the money so paid in is hereby appropriated.
Approved, January 16, 1864. No. 7: expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Nathaniel P. Ranks and the Officers and Soldiers wider his Command at Port Hudson. 13 Stat. 401 1864-01-28 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7, 8, 9, 10. 1864.401 [No. 7.] A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Nathaniel P.
Ranks and the Officers and Soldiers wider his Command at Port Hudson.January 28, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress to Major-General Banks, his officers, and men at Port Hudson. the thanks of congress are hereby tendered to Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks and the officers and soldiers under bis command for the skill, courage, and endurance which ’compelled the surrender of Port Hudson, and thus removed the last obstruction to the free navigation of the Mississippi River.
Approved, January 28, 1864. No. 8: of Thanks to Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside and the Officers and Men who fought under his Command. 13 Stat. 401 1864-01-28 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 8.] A Resolution of Thanks to Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside and the Officers and Men who fought under his Command.January 28, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress to Major-General Burnside, his officers, and men.President to communicate this resolution. the thanks of congress be, and they hereby are, presented to Major-General Ambrose E.
Burnside, and through him to the officers and men who have fought under his command, for their gallantry, good conduct, and soldierlike endurance. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* That the President of the United States be requested to cause the foregoing resolution to be communicated to Major-General Burnside in such terms as he may deem best calculated to give effect thereto. Approved, January 28, 1864. No. 9: expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Joseph Hooker, Major-General George G.
Meade, Major-General Oliver 0. Howard, and the Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac. 13 Stat. 401 1864-01-28 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 9.] A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Joseph Hooker, Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Oliver 0.
Howard, and the Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac.January 28, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress and of the people to Major-Generals Hooker, Meade, and Howard, their officers, and men. that the gratitude of the American people and the thanks of their representatives in congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major-General Joseph Hooker and the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, for the skill, energy, and endurance which first covered Washington and Baltimore from the meditated blow of the advancing and powerful army of rebels led by General Robert E.
Lee; and to Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Oliver O. Howard, and the officers and soldiers of that army, for the skill and heroic valor which at Gettysburg repulsed, defeated, and drove back, broken and dispirited, beyond the Rappahannock, the veteran army of the [rebellion. Approved, January 28, 1864. No. 10: presenting the Thanks of Congress to Cornelius Vanderbilt for a Gift of the Steamship Vanderbilt. 13 Stat. 401 1864-01-28 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 10.] A Resolution presenting the Thanks of Congress to Cornelius Vanderbilt for a Gift of the Steamship Vanderbilt.January 28, 1864. WhereasThe thanks of congress to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, did, during the spring of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, make a free gift to his imperilled country of his new and staunch steamship “Vanderbilt,” of five thousand tons burthen, built by him with the greatest care, of the best material, at a cost of eight hundred thousand dollars, which steamship has ever since been actively employed in the service of the republic against the rebel devastations of her commerce; and whereas the said Cornelius Vanderbilt has in no manner sought any requital of this magnificent gift, nor any official recognition thereof:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That the thanks of congress be presented to Cornelius Vanderbilt for this unique manifestation of a fervid and large-souled patriotism. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* That the President of the United402THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 11, 12, 14, 15. 1864. StatesPresident to have a gold medal struck, &c., and present it.[Appropriation, *Post*, p. 462.] be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, which shall fitly melody an attestation of the nation’s gratitude for this gift; which medal shall be forwarded to Cornelius Vanderbilt, a copy of it being made and deposited for preservation in the library of congress.
Approved, January 28, 1864. No. 11: in Relation to the Public Printing. 13 Stat. 402 1864-02-03 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 11.] A Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing.February 3, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatSeven hundred copies of each bill, &c., to be printed.Repeal of former law.Vol. xii. p. 826. the second section of the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the superintendent of public printing be directed to print hereafter seven hundred copies of every bill or joint resolution ordered or required to be printed by either the Senate or the House of Representatives, under any rule of either house, unless some other number be specially required by the House ordering the same.
Approved, February 3, 1864. No. 12: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Major-General W. T. Sherman. 13 Stat. 402 1864-02-19 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Major-General W. T. Sherman.February 19, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress and of the people to Major-General Sherman, his officers, and men. the thanks of congress and of the people of the United States are due, and that the same are hereby tendered, to Major-General W.
T. Sherman, commander of the department and army of the Tennessee, and the officers and soldiers who served under him, for their gallant and arduous services in marching to the relief of the army of the Cumberland, and for their gallantry and heroism in the battle of Chattanooga, which contributed in a great degree to the success of our arms in that glorious victory. Approved, February 19, 1864. No. 14: making Appropriation far the Payment of Taxes on certain Lands owned by the United States. 13 Stat. 402 1864-02-22 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution making Appropriation far the Payment of Taxes on certain Lands owned by the United States.Feb. 22, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Appropriation to pay taxes on lands owned by the United States. to pay taxes on lands owned by the United States, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to report to congress upon what lands such taxes may be paid, and the amount so paid.
Approved, Feb. 22, 1864. No. 15: relative to the Transfer of Persons in the Military Service to the Naval Service. 13 Stat. 402 1864-02-24 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 15.] A Resolution relative to the Transfer of Persons in the Military Service to the Naval Service.February 24, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* First:Enlistment into the naval service.
(Repealed. See 1864, ch. 108. *Ante,* p. 119.)Not to receive prize money.Transfer authorized. That the Provost-Marshal General be, and is hereby, directed to enlist such persons as may desire to enter into the naval service of the United States, under such directions as may be given by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, which enlistments shall be credited to the appropriate district: *Provided, nevertheless,* That inasmuch as persons enlisted in the naval service receive prize money, persons so enlisting shall not be entitled to receive any bounty upon their enlistment.
Second: That the President of the United States may, whenever in his judgment the public service requires, authorize and direct the transfer of persons who have been employed in sea service, and are now enlisted in regiments for land service, from suchTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 16, 17, 18. 1864.403 regiments to the naval service, upon such terms and according to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: *Provided, nevertheless,* ThatCompany, &c., not to be reduced below minimum strength.Bounty. the number of transfers from any company or regiment shall not be so great as to reduce such company or regiment below the minimum strength required by the regulations of the military service: *And provided, further,* That such sum as may have been paid to persons so transferred, as bounty for entering into the military service, shall be transferred from the recruiting fund of the naval service to the credit of the proper appropriation for the land service.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatAdvance of three months’pay to enlisted able, &c., seamen as a bounty, to be refunded, &c. there shall be paid to each enlisted able or ordinary seaman, hereafter enlisted into the naval service, an advance of three months’ pay, as a bounty to be refunded to the treasury from any prize money to which such enlisted man may be entitled. Approved, February 24, 1864. No. 16: of Thanks of Congress to the Volunteer Soldiers who have reenlisted in the Army. 13 Stat. 403 1864-03-03 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolutions of Thanks of Congress to the Volunteer Soldiers who have reenlisted in the Army.March 3, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress to volunteers reënlisting. the thanks of congress are hereby given to those noble and brave men who, having already so gallantly endured the hardships and perils of war, for more than two years, in support of their country’s flag, present the sublime spectacle of again voluntarily enrolling themselves in the army of the Union for another three years’ campaign, or so long as the war shall continue.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatThese resolutions to be read to the regiments. the Secretary of War cause these resolutions to be read to each of the veteran regiments who have reënlisted, or shall reënlist, in both the volunteer and regular forces of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1864. No. 17: to continue the Payment of Bounties. 13 Stat. 403 1864-03-03 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution to continue the Payment of Bounties.March 3, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBounties to enlisted men to be continued.See *Ante,* Nos. 3, 5, p. 400. the bounties authorized to be paid under existing laws, and by regulations and orders of the War Department, to veterans reënlisting, or persons enlisting in the regular or volunteer service of the United States for three years, or during the war, shall contin[ue] to be paid from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, anything in any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding; the said bounties to be paid out of any moneys already appropriated for such purposes.
Approved, March 3, 1864. No. 18: of Thanhs of Congress to Commodore Cadwalader Ringgold, the Officers, and Crew of the United States Ship “Sabine.” 13 Stat. 403 1864-03-07 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 18.] A Resolution of Thanhs of Congress to Commodore Cadwalader Ringgold, the Officers, and Crew of the United States Ship “Sabine.”March 7, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThe thanks of congress to Commodore Ring-gold, his officers, and men. the thanks of congress are hereby tendered to Commodore Ringgold, the officers, petty officers, and men of the United States ship “Sabine,” for the daring and skill displayed in rescuing the crew of the steam-transport “Governor,” wrecked in a gale on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, having on board a battalion of United States marines under the command of Major John G.
Reynolds, and in the search fbr, and rescue of, the United States line-of-battle ship “Vermont,” disabled in a gale upon the twenty-sixth of February last, with her crew and freight. 404THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 1864. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatResolution to be communicated. the Secretary of the Navy be directed to communicate the foregoing resolution to Commodore Ring-gold, and through him to the officers and men under his command.
Approved, March 7, 1864. No. 20: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate the payment of Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes. 13 Stat. 404 1864-03-17 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate the payment of Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes.March 17, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of Treasury may anticipate the interest on the public debt.Proviso.1862, ch. 33.Vol. xii. p. 345. the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to anticipate the payment of interest on the public debt, by a period not exceeding one year, from time to time, either with or without a rebate of interest upon the coupons, as to him may seem expedient; and he is hereby authorized to dispose of any gold in the treasury of the United States not necessary for the payment of interest of the public debt: *Provided,* That the obligation to create the sinking fund according to the act of February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall not be impaired thereby.
Approved, March 17, 1864. No. 21: authorizing the Issue of a Register to the Steamer ‘‘Mohawk.” 13 Stat. 404 1864-03-25 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 21.] A Joint Resolution authorizing the Issue of a Register to the Steamer ‘‘Mohawk.”March 25, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatRegister to issue to steamer Mohawk.Proviso. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to issue an American register to the Canadian-built steamer “Mohawk,” now owned by Warren Chapman, George Parmelee, and Matthias Teetzel, of Saint Joseph, in the State of Michigan: *Provided,* That nothing herein contained shall in anywise affect any legal proceedings now pending in regard to the said steamer “Mohawk.
” Approved, March 25, 1864. No. 22: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Admiral Porter. 13 Stat. 404 1864-04-19 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Admiral Porter.April 19, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatThanks of congress to Admiral Porter. the thanks of congress be, and they are hereby, tendered to Admiral David D.
Porter, commanding the Mississippi squadron, for the eminent skill, endurance, and gallantry exhibited by him and his squadron, in cooperation with the army, in opening the Mississippi River. Approved, April 19, 1864. No. 23: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to sell at Public Auction Lot Number Thirteen, in the Village of Sackett’s Harbor, New York. 13 Stat. 404 1864-04-19 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to sell at Public Auction Lot Number Thirteen, in the Village of Sackett’s Harbor, New York.April 19, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of Navy may sell a lot of land at auction in Sackett’s Harbor, New York. the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, at his discretion, to sell at public auction, after proper advertisement, and to convey, by quitclaim or otherwise, lot number thirteen, in the village of Sackett’s Harbor, New York, the same not being wanted for use by the United States.
Approved, April 19, 1864. No. 24: relative to the Accounts of the Petty Officers, Seamen, and others of the Crew of the United States Gunboat “Cincinnati.” 13 Stat. 404 1864-04-19 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution relative to the Accounts of the Petty Officers, Seamen, and others of the Crew of the United States Gunboat “Cincinnati.”April 19, 1864. *Be it 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 be, and they are hereby, authorized, in settling theTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 25, 26, 27, 28. 1864.405 accountsAllowance to the petty officers and crew of the “Cincinnati.” of the petty officers, seamen, and others of the crew of the United States gunboat “Cincinnati,” to allow each of them all back pay and a sum, not exceeding fifty dollars, for loss of clothing and other property, by the sinking of the said vessel in the Mississippi River, near Vicksburgh, on the twenty-seventh day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, April 19, 1864.
No. 25: directing the Committee on the Conduct of the War to examine into the recent Attack on Fort Pillow. 13 Stat. 405 1864-04-21 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution directing the Committee on the Conduct of the War to examine into the recent Attack on Fort Pillow.April 21, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCommittee on the conduct of the war to examine into the attack upon Fort Pillow, &c. the joint committee on the conduct of the war be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the truth of the rumored slaughter of the Union troops, after their surrender, at the recent attack of the rebel forces upon Fort Pillow, Tennessee; as also, whether Fort Pillow could have been sufficiently reinforced, or evacuated, and, if so, why it was not done; and that they report the facts to congress as soon as possible.
Approved, April 21, 1864. No. 26: relating to the Publication of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States for December Term, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 13 Stat. 405 1864-04-22 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 26.] A Resolution relating to the Publication of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States for December Term, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.April 22, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatTime of publication of reports of supreme court for December term, 1863.1842, ch. 264.Vol. v. p. 545. so much of the act of congress, approved August twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and forty-two, as provides that the reporter of the decisions of the supreme court shall not be paid the compensation provided by the said act unless he print and publish the decisions within six months after such decisions shall be made, shall not be held to apply to the decisions of December term, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the present reporter of the said court not having been appointed until near the close of the term: *Provided, however,* That such decisions be published within one year from the passage of this resolution.
Approved, April 22, 1864. No. 27: to increase temporarily the Duties on Imports. 13 Stat. 405 1864-04-29 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution to increase temporarily the Duties on Imports.April 29, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That1865, ch. 171, § 20.*Ante*, p. 216.Duties on imports temporarily increased.*Post*, No. 49, p. 411.*Post,* pp. 429, 430. until the end of sixty days from the passage of this resolution, fifty per cent of the rates of duties and imposts now imposed by law on all goods, wares, merchandise, and articles imported, shall be added to the present duties and imposts now charged on the importation of such articles: *Provided,* That printing paper unsized, used for books and newspapers exclusively, shall be exempt from the operation of this resolution.
Approved, April 29, 1864. No. 28: for the Payment of Volunteers called out for not less than One Hundred Days. 13 Stat. 405 1864-05-06 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 28.] Joint Resolution for the Payment of Volunteers called out for not less than One Hundred Days.May 6, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAppropriation for volunteers for not less than 100 days. the sum of twenty-five millions of dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for arming, equipping, clothing, subsisting, transporting, and paying volunteers that may be received by the President for any term not less than one hundred days.
Approved, May 6, 1864. No. 29: to provide far the Printing of official Reports of the Operations of the Armies of the United States. 13 Stat. 406 1864-05-19 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public 406THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 29, 30, 31. 1864. [No. 29.] A Resolution to provide far the Printing of official Reports of the Operations of the Armies of the United States.May 19, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatOfficial reports of the armies of the United States, and documents relating to the rebellion to be printed. the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the superintendent of public printing with copies of all such correspondence, by telegraph or otherwise, reports of commanding officer’s, and documents of every description in relation to the existing rebellion, to be found in the archives of his department since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty, to the present time, and during the continuance of said rebellion, which may be, in his opinion, proper to be published, [which] said correspondence, reports, and documents shall be arranged in their proper chronological order.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatNumber of copies, and distribution thereof. the superintendent of public printing shall cause to be printed and bound (in addition to the usual number) ten thousand copies of such correspondence, reports, and documents, in volumes of not exceeding (as near as may be) eight hundred octavo pages each, which shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Senate as follows, to wit: five hundred copies to the War Department; one complete copy to each state library of every state in the Union, and five complete copies to public libraries in each congressional district of the United States, to be designated by the representatives of the present congress from such district; and of the remaining copies three thousand shall be for the use of members of the present Senate and six thousand for the use of members of the present House of Representatives.
Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved,* ThatComplete index to be prepared. it shall also be the duty of the Secretary of War to cause a complete index of the matter contained in each volume to be prepared and inserted therein. Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved,* ThatResolutions of present session directing such printing rescinded. all resolutions adopted by either house of congress, at its present session, directing the printing of any of the correspondence, reports, or documents, as above contemplated, be, and the same are hereby, rescinded.
Approved, May 19, 1864. No. 30: for the Payment of Expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. 13 Stat. 406 1864-05-19 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 30.] A Resolution for the Payment of Expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.May 19, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatAppropriation for expenses of joint committee on the conduct of the war.How to be drawn, &c. the sum of twenty thousand dollars, 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 and expenditures of the war; and that said sum shall be drawn from the treasury, upon the order of the secretaiy of the Senate, as the same shall be required from time to time by the committee having such investigation in charge; and any portion of the amount hereby appropriated that shall be allowed by the said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or to persons employed in its service, for per diem, travelling, or other necessary expenses, and paid by the secretary of the Senate in pursuance of the order of that joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department Approved, May 19, 1864.
No. 31: relative to Pay of Staffi Officers of the Lieutenant-General. 13 Stat. 406 1864-05-20 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution relative to Pay of Staffi Officers of the Lieutenant-General.May 20, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPay, &c., of staff officers of the lieutenant-general. the staff officers on the staff of the lieutenant-general shall be entitled to receive the same pay, emoluments, and allowances as staff officers of the same grade on theTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 32, 35. 1864.407 staffSee *Post*, No. 78, p. 417. of corps commanders, the same to take effect from the day of their appointment on the staff of the lieutenant-general. Approved, May 20, 1864. No. 32: providing for the Election of a Member of Congress for the State of Illinois by the State at large. 13 Stat. 407 1864-05-20 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution providing for the Election of a Member of Congress for the State of Illinois by the State at large.May 20, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatElection of member of congress from Illinois by the state at large, until, &c.1862, ch. 36.Vol. xii. p. 353. in the election of Representatives to congress from the State of Illinois, the additional representative allowed to said state by an act entitled “An aet fixing the number of the House of Representatives from and after the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,” approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, may be elected by the state at large, until the said state shall be redistricted by the legislature thereof, for the election of the fourteen members to which said state is now entitled by law.
Approved, May 20, 1864. No. 35: to amend the Charter of the City of Washington. 13 Stat. 407 1864-06-01 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 35.] A Resolution to amend the Charter of the City of Washington.June 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatQualified voters, not registered, claiming right to vote, shall ba registered.Terms and conditions of registry. in case any person who is a qualified voter in other respects shall offer and claim the right to vote at any election held in the city of Washington, whose name is not registered, his name shall be registered by the commissioners of election upon the terms and conditions following, namely, he shall take an oath as follows:
You do solemnly swear that you will true answer make to such questions as shall be asked you touching your qualifications as an elector at this poll; So help you God; or an affirmation to the same effect, which oath or affirmation, if he be unable to understand the English language, may be interpreted to him by one of the commissioners, or an interpreter, sworn by a commissioner, which interpreter shall also interpret his answers to the commissioners. If, in his answers on oath, he shall state positively that he has resided in the city one year next preceding the day of said election, designating particularly the place of his residence, and that he possesses the other qualifications of an elector, and if, furthermore, some qualified elector of the city, not a candidate for any office at that election, shall take an oath before said commissioners, which any one of them may administer, that he is well acquainted with such applicant; that he is, in fact, a resident in the city, and has been one year next previous to such election, and that he (qualified elector) has good reason to believe, and does believe, that all the statements of such applicant are true, the commissioners shall cause his name to be registered by their clerk, and shall then receive the vote of said applicant; or if said applicant shall present the affidavit of himself and a qualified elector, duly certified by any justice of the peace in and for the county of Washington, District of Columbia, which shall satisfy the commissioners that the applicant has been a resident of the city one year next preceding the day of such election, and that he is otherwise a qualified elector, the commissioners may cause the applicant’s name to be registered, as hereinbefore provided,False swearing under this oath to be perjury. and they shall then receive his vote; aid if said applicant or such qualified elector shall, in said matter, wilfully make any false statement, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and, on conviction, be subject to the pains and penalties thereof.
Approved, June 1, 1864. 408THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42. 1864. No. 38: to compensate the Sailors on the Gunboat “Baron de Kalb” for Loss of Clothing. 13 Stat. 408 1864-06-07 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 38.] A Resolution to compensate the Sailors on the Gunboat “Baron de Kalb” for Loss of Clothing.June 7, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatAllowance to petty officers and crew of the “Baron de Kalb.” the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized, in settling the accounts of the petty officers, seamen, sailors, and others of the crew of the United States gunboat “Baron de Kalb,” to allow to each a sum not exceeding fifty dollars as a remuneration for the damage they may have sustained in the loss of their clothing by the destruction of said vessel, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 7, 1864. No. 39: authorizing the Acceptance of a certain Testimonial from the Government of Great Britain. 13 Stat. 408 1864-06-07 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 39.] A Resolution authorizing the Acceptance of a certain Testimonial from the Government of Great Britain.June 7, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatSolomon Sharp, surgeon in the United States Navy, may accept testimonial from Great Britain.
Surgeon Solomon Sharp, of the navy of the United States, be, and he hereby is, authorized to accept the piece of plate recently presented to him by the government of Great Britain as a mark of high appreciation of the unremitting attention and kindness shown by him to certain officers of the British ship “Greyhound,” while in the naval hospital under bis charge, at Norfolk, Virginia. Approved, June 7, 1864. No. 40: tendering the Thanks of Congress to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey of the Fourth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. 13 Stat. 408 1864-06-11 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 40.] A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey of the Fourth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.June 11, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThanks of congress to Lieut.-Col. Joseph Bailey. the thanks of congress be, and they are hereby, tendered to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey, of the fourth regiment Wisconsin volunteers, acting engineer of the nineteenth army corps, for distinguished services in the recent campaign on the Red River, by which the gunboat flotilla under Rear Admiral David D.
Porter was rescued from imminent peril. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatCopy of resolution to be transmitted. the President of the United States be requested to cause a copy of this resolution to be transmitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Bailey. Approved, June 11, 1864. No. 41: granting certain Privileges to the City of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa. 13 Stat. 408 1864-06-15 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 41.] Joint Resolution granting certain Privileges to the City of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa.June 15, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatRights of the United States to certain coal-beds relinquished to the city of Des Moines. the United States hereby relinquish to the city of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa, a municipal corporation established under the laws of said state, all their right and interest in the coal-beds underlying the river Des Moines, within the limits of said city: *Provided,* That no disposition or use thereof shall be made which shall obstruct the free navigation of said river; nor shall any one grant of the privilege of mining the same extend for a longer period than ten years.
Approved, June 15, 1864. No. 42: to provide for the Revision if the Laws of the District of Columbia. 13 Stat. 408 1864-06-18 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 42.] A Resolution to provide for the Revision if the Laws of the District of Columbia.June 18, 1864. WhereasLaws of the District of Columbia to be revised, &c. the revised code of the District of Columbia, prepared under the authority of congress, entitled “An act to improve the laws of the District of Columbia, and to codify the same,” approved March third,THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 43, 45. 1864.409 eighteen1855, ch. 174.Vol. x. p. 642. hundred and fifty-five, and which was published by order of congress in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; and whereas said code is believed to have been a comprehensive, complete, and accurate compilation of the laws of said District at the period of its execution, and that measures should be taken to have the work brought down to the present time and perfected: Therefore— *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatRevised code to be brought down to date. the committees on the District of Columbia of the two houses of congress, respectively, be instructed to cause said code to be so revised, amended, and corrected, and also the laws of congress for said District passed since the compilation aforesaid, as shall adapt the same to the present condition of the laws, and may employ not more than two suitable persons on the preparation of the work, at a compensation of ten dollars per day for the time employed.
And said code so prepared shall be printed by direction of said committees in a neat and convenient form for the use of the committees and congress; and said committees shall report the same to their respective houses at the next session of congress for adoption. Approved, June 18, 1864. No. 43: explanatory of an Ad entitled “An Act extending the Time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Rail road of the State of Michigan.” 13 Stat. 409 1864-06-18 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 43.] A Resolution explanatory of an Ad entitled “An Act extending the Time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Rail road of the State of Michigan.”June 18, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That1864, ch. 134.*Ante,* p. 137.Construction of act concerning the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad. the provisions of the aet entitled “An act extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad of the State of Michigan,” shall be so construed as to extend the time for completing only so much of said road as lies between Marquette and Ontonagon.
Approved, June 18, 1864. No. 45: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to amend the Contract with John Ericsson for the Construction of two impregnable Floating Batteries, the “Dictator” and the “Puritan.” 13 Stat. 409 1864-06-25 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 45.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to amend the Contract with John Ericsson for the Construction of two impregnable Floating Batteries, the “Dictator” and the “Puritan.”June 25, 1864.
WhereasPreamble. the Navy Department on the twenty-eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entered into contract with Capt. John Ericsson, of the city of New York, for the construction of two impregnable floating batteries, the “Dictator” and the “Puritan;” and whereas experience with a similar class of vessels in actual conflict and during a varied service of more than two years has demonstrated that many improvements could be made to render them more complete and efficient as vessels of war; and whereas these improvements have added largely to the cost of construction of each of these vessels, rendering it impossible for the contractor to complete them under existing arrangements; and whereas it is of the utmost importance to the honor and interests of the country that they should be finished and ready for service at the earliest moment:
Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatContract with John Ericsson, in regard to the “Puritan” amended. the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to amend the existing contract for the construction of these vessels so far as it relates to the “Puritan,” and to appoint a competent board to ascertain the present value, as far as completed, of that vessel, and of the material on hand deemed actually necessary to her construction, and to pay to Capt.
John Ericsson, the contractor, the amount of valuation so ascertained, deducting therefrom any sums already advanced towards the completion of said vessel; and that upon paid payment being made by the Secretary of the Navy the rights of the contractor to said vessel and material, or any portion thereof, shall cease410THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 46, 47. 1864. and be vested wholly and absolutely in the United States, which shall thenceforth proceed to complete said vessel under such arrangements as may be deemed most advantageous: *Provided, however,* ThatContract for the “Dictator.” nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect the contract for the construction of the “Dictator,” which shall be completed by said contractor upon the same terms and conditions as if this resolution had not been passed:Provisos. *And provided, further,* That no action shall be bad under this resolution until said contractor shall have signified to the Secretary of the Navy, in writing, his acceptance of its provisions and bis willingness to superintend to completion the construction of the “Puritan:” *Provided, further,* That this resolution shall not take effect until the completion and delivery of the “Dictator:” *Provided, also,* That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy, in carrying this resolution into execution, to apportion and apply to the “Dictator,” in payment for that vessel, only such portion of the gross contract price of the two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000) for the “Dictator” and “Puritan” as the “Dictator” would justly be entitled to if both vessels had been completed at the price and in the mode of construction specified in the contract, special reference being had to the difference of cost between the two vessels arising from the difference in their construction provided for in the contract.
Approved, June 25, 1864. No. 46: amendatory of “An Act to provide fad the Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Pay of Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri.” 13 Stat. 410 1864-06-25 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 46.] Joint Resolution amendatory of “An Act to provide fad the Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Pay of Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri.”June 25, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That1864, ch. 3,*Ante,* p. 1.Amounts advanced certain officers and soldiers upon assignments, to be repaid, &c.Vol. xii. p. 824. where any person or persons holding any power of attorney or assignment executed subsequent to August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and prior to January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for the sum adjudged due to any officer or soldier by the commissioners appointed under joint resolution approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixtv-three, shall have paid any money to any officer or soldier on the faith of such power of attorney or assignment, *that* the paymaster appointed to disburse the funds appropriated by the act approved January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-fbur, to provide for the deficiency in the appropriation for the pay of officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to such person or persons the amount thus paid to any officer or soldier, upon such attorney or assignee making and filing an affidavit to the effect that the amount was actually paid to said officer or soldier, and upon the paymaster being satisfied that the amount was actually paid; and the amount paid such attorney or assignee under this resolution shall be deducted from the amount due said officer or soldier, anything in any previous action of congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, June 25, 1864. No. 47: for the Relief of Clerks at the Kittery and Philaddphia Navy Yards. 13 Stat. 410 1864-06-25 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 47.] A Resolution for the Relief of Clerks at the Kittery and Philaddphia Navy Yards.June 25, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatPay of clerks at the Kittery and Philadelphia navy yards. in the settlement of the accounts of the Kittery and Philadelphia navy yards, the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow such sums as have already been appropriated by congress for the pay of clerks at said yards, from October, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to July, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Approved, June 25, 1864. No. 49: to continue in force the Joint Resolution entitled “Joint resolution to increase temporarily the Duties on Imports,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. 13 Stat. 411 1864-06-27 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 49, 50, 51, 53. 1864.411 [No. 49.] Joint Resolution to continue in force the Joint Resolution entitled “Joint resolution to increase temporarily the Duties on Imports,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.June 27, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That*Ante,* No. 27, p. 405.Increased duties on imports continued to July 1st, 1864. the joint resolution increasing the duties on imports, approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and is hereby, continued in force until the first day of July next.
Approved, June 27, 1864. No. 50: correcting a clerical Error in the Award of the Emancipation Commissioners. 13 Stat. 411 1864-06-28 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 50.] Joint Resolution correcting a clerical Error in the Award of the Emancipation Commissioners.June 28, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatClerical error in entering award of certain commissioners corrected.1862, ch. 54.Vol. xii. p. 376. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to correct a clerical error in entering the amount of the award of the commissioners under the act of the sixteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia,” in the case of Nicholas Bowie, claimed by Martha Manning.
Approved, June 28, 1864. No. 51: to incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Washington. 13 Stat. 411 1864-06-28 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 51.] Joint Resolution to incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Washington.June 28, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatYoung Men’s Christian Association of the city of Washington incorporated.
Benjamin Stinemets, Samuel McElwee, jr., A. I. Stoddart, Samuel Ker Roberts, S. Jordan, Albert Ebeling, Charles H. Norton, George M. Powell, Warren Choate, Nicholas Du Bois, Joseph T. Brown, and Joseph C. Clayton, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate by the name of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Washington, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and may have and use a common seal, and the same change at pleasure, and have, use, and exercise the powers, rights, and privileges incident to such corporation.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatMay hold real and personal estate. the said corporation shall be capable of acquiring, receiving, taking, and holding real and personal estate, which estate shall never be divided among the members of the corporation, but shall descend to their successors for the promotion of religious, moral, educational, and benevolent purposes of said corporation. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved,* ThatConstitution and by-laws may be amended. this corporation shall have power to alter and amend its constitution and by-laws: *Provided,* That they do not conflict with the laws of the United States, or the laws of the corporation of the city of Washington.
Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved,* ThatCorporation not to exercise banking privileges, nor issue currency. said corporation shall not exercise banking privileges, or issue or put in circulation bank notes, or any note, paper, token, scrip, or device to be used as currency. Sec. 5. *And be it further resolved,* ThatThis act may be amended, &c. congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act at any time. Approved, June 28, 1864. No. 53: to authorize the Postmaster-General to extend the Contract with the Overland Mail Company. 13 Stat. 411 1864-06-30 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 53.] Joint Resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to extend the Contract with the Overland Mail Company.June 30, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General be,412THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 54, 55, 56. 1864. and heContract with overland mail company may be extended. is hereby, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to extend the mail contract number ten thousand seven hundred and seventy-three with the present contractors, or any other responsible parties, commonly known as the Overland.
Mail Company, for the term of one year from the first day of July next, upon the same terms and conditions with the present existing contract, except as to schedule time, which shall not exceed sixteen days for eight months of the year, and twenty, days for the remaining four months; and except as to compensation, which shall not exceedPay not to exceed $820,000, &c. the sum of eight hundred and twenty thousand dollars, beyond the amount paid for carrying *of* the printed matter by water.
Approved, June 30, 1864. No. 54: to provide for the Publication of a full Army Register. 13 Stat. 412 1864-06-30 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 54.] Joint Resolution to provide for the Publication of a full Army Register.June 30, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatFull army register to be published. the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required in connection with the Army Register for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to cause to be printed and published a full roster or roll of all field, line, and staff officers of volunteers who have been in the army of the United States since the beginning of the present rebellion, showing whether they are yet in the service, or have been discharged therefrom, and giving casualties and other explanations proper for such register.
And to defray in whole orNumber of copies to be printed. in part the *the* expenses of this publication an edition of fifty thousand copies of such enlarged register shall be published and may be sold to officers, soldiers, or citizens, at. a price which shall not more than cover the actual cost of paper, printing, and binding, and shall not in any case exceed one dollar per volume. Approved, June 30, 1864. No. 55: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to release certain Parties from Liabilities or Payment of Duties and Penalties therein mentioned. 13 Stat. 412 1864-06-30 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 55.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to release certain Parties from Liabilities or Payment of Duties and Penalties therein mentioned.June 30, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatThe “Irish National Fair” discharged from liability for selling, &c., without license or stamps. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to release and discharge the “Irish National Fair,” recently held at Chicago, of and from all liability heretofore incurred for, or on account of, having sold goods and lottery tickets without license or stamps, and of and from the payment of all license fees, stamp duties, or penalties incurred by reason of the sales aforesaid.
Approved, June 30, 1864. No. 56: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reclaim and preserve certain Property of the United States. 13 Stat. 412 1864-06-30 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 56.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reclaim and preserve certain Property of the United States.June 30, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatImproper appropriation of streets, &c., in Washington belonging to the United States, to be prevented. the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to prevent the improper appropriation or occupation of any of the public streets, avenues, squares, or reservations in the city of Washington belonging to the United States, and to reclaim the same if unlawfully appropriated; and particularly to prevent the erection of any permanent building upon any property reserved to or for the use of the United States, unless plainly authorized by aet of congress, and to report to the congress at the commencement of its next session, his proceedings in the premises, together with a full statement of all such property, and how, and by what authority, the same is occupied or claimed.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the temporary and proper occupation of any portion ofTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 57, 59. 1864.413 such property, by lawful authority, for the legitimate purposes of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1864. No. 57: for the Relief of the Officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian Regiments. 13 Stat. 413 1864-06-30 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 57.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian Regiments.June 30, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatClaims of officers of certain Indian regiments to be paid.Proviso. the proper accounting officers of the treasury are hereby directed to adjudicate and settle the claims of those officers of the fourth and fifth Indian regiments who were commissioned by the War Department, and accepted their appointments, for such time as they, or either of them, were actually performing duty other than that of recruiting for said regiments, and to pay such claims out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided, however,* That no compensation shall be allowed beyond the pay and emoluments incident to the respective rank of the several officers; nor shall any claim be considered or allowed except accompanied by the official certificates or orders of the commanding officer of the regular or volunteer officers of the U.
S. army assigning them to such duty. Approved, June 30, 1864. No. 59: for the Relief of the State of Wisconsin. 13 Stat. 413 1864-07-01 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 59.] A Resolution for the Relief of the State of Wisconsin.July 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatWisconsin to be charged with the proceeds of sales of land granted to the Milwaukie and Rock River canal; the Secretary of the Department of the Interior shall, in adjusting the amount due the State of Wisconsin, under existing laws, as five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of the public lands within her limits, estimate and charge against her the value of the one hundred and twenty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-one and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of land granted to the Territory of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of the Milwaukie and Boek River Canal which have been sold by said territory or said state, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and as much more as the territory and state received upon the same upon sales of any part thereof at a higher price, and shall credit said state with the amount that has beento be credited with what. legally and properly applied by said state or territory towards the cost of selling said land and towards the construction of said canal.
And the said secretary shall also settle and allow to the Milwaukie and RockAllowance to the canal company. River Canal Company such sums of money as have been properly expended by said company in the survey and location of said canal, ih the construction thereof, as far as the same has been constructed, together with dams, locks, and slack-water navigation, and in the management and keeping the same in repair; and the same shall be paid to the said canal company out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding in amount, however, the balance charged against the State of Wisconsin upon the sales of said canal lands, as above required, after deducting the sum allowed said state for money paid by her out of the same fund.
The same to be received by said canal company in full payment and satisfaction of all claims of said company against the State of Wisconsin and of the United States on account of said canal land grant, or on account of any action of the Territory or State of Wisconsin, or of the United States, in relation thereto. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatCommissioner of general land-office to adjust the accounts. the commissioner of the general land-office be, and he is hereby, appointed commissioner to adjust the accounts herein provided tor, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, and to determine what sum shall be charged to said State of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the construction of said canal; and what sums shall be credited, respectively, to said state and said com-414THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 60, 61, 62. 1864.pany for the moneys expended by them in the construction of said locks and canal as herein provided. Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 60: explanatory of the Tenth Section of “An Act to reduce the Expenses of the Surrey and Sale of the Public Lands in the United States, approved, May 30, 1862. 13 Stat. 414 1864-07-01 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 60.] A Resolution explanatory of the Tenth Section of “An Act to reduce the Expenses of the Surrey and Sale of the Public Lands in the United States, approved, May 30, 1862.July 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That1862, ch. 86, § 10.Vol. xii. p. 410.Deposits for expenses of surveys of public lands. the tenth section of an act entitled “An act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States,” approved the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, providing for the deposit of money in a proper United States depository to pay for the survey of public lands, shall be construed to be an appropriation of the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated in the paid tenth section, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the sums deposited under the said section to be placed to the credit of the proper appropriations for the surveying service: *Provided,* That any excesses in the sums so deposited, over and above the actual cost of the surveys, comprising all expenses incident thereto, for which they were severally deposited, shall be repaid to the depositors respectively.
Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 61: to authorize the Acquisition of certain Land for the Use of the Government Hospital for the Insane. 13 Stat. 414 1864-07-01 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 61.] A Resolution to authorize the Acquisition of certain Land for the Use of the Government Hospital for the Insane.July 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatLand to be deeded to John Perkina in exchange for lands of his for the hospital for the insane.Provisos. the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to deed to John Perkins a portion of the extreme south point or angle of the farm of the government hospital for the insane, in exchange for two acres of land, more or less, now owned and occupied by the said Perkins, and situated near the middle of that side of the hospital farm which fronts upon the public roads: *Provided,* That not more than three acres is given for one contained in the last-described piece of land belonging to the said Perkins: *And provided, further,* That the said Perkins is able to give, and does give, to the United States a good and sufficient title to the piece of land now owned and occupied by him. [Sec. 2.] *And be it further resolved,* ThatCertain expenses provided for. the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to defray the expense of moving the dwelling-house on the present Perkins’ tract to the tract exchanged for it, and of digging and walling a well, out of any appropriation already made, or that may be made, for inclosing the grounds of the hospital.
Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 62: regulating the Investment of the Naval-Pension Fund. 13 Stat. 414 1864-07-01 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 62.] A Resolution regulating the Investment of the Naval-Pension Fund.July 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatMoneys belonging to the naval pension fund how to be invested. the Secretary of the Navy, as trustee of the naval pension fund, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be invested in the registered securities of the United States, on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, so much of the said fund then in the treasury of the United States as may not be required for the payment of naval pensions for the then current fiscal year; and upon the requisition of the said secretary, so much of the said fund as may not be required for such payment of pensions accruing dur ing the current fiscal year, shall be held in the treasury on the days aforesaid in each year, subject to his order for the purpose of such immediate investment; and the interest payable in coin upon the said securities inTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 63, 66. 1864.415 which the said fund shall be invested, shall be so paid, when dne, to the order of the Secretary of the Navy, and he is hereby authorized and directed to exchange the amount of such interest when paid in coin, for so much of the legal currency of the United States as may be obtained therefor at the current rates of premium on gold, and to deposit the said interest so converted in the treasury to the credit of the said naval pension fund; *Provided,* That nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the payment of naval pensions under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, as now regulated by law.
Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 63: to grant additional Rooms to the Agricultural Department. 13 Stat. 415 1864-07-01 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 63.] Joint Resolution to grant additional Rooms to the Agricultural Department.July 1, 1864. WhereasPreamble. the space assigned to the department of agriculture in the patent-office building, included between the central crypt and the west wing in the first story on the south front, is entirely inadequate to the necessities of the department, two of the rooms within these limits being used as furnace-rooms for the patent-office, one as a chemical laboratory, and another having recently been taken for the use of the land-office,[Repealed, *Ante,* p. 381.] leaving but five rooms, with one small storeroom, for the business of the department: and whereas, additional rooms are indispensably necessary for the convenience of the commissioner, for the accommodation of clerks engaged in the collection and compilation of statistics, and in other official duties; for the better accommodation of the operations of the chemist in making agricultural tests, analyses, and experiments, and for the arrangement and exhibition of pomological, entomological, and agricultural specimens, models, and paintings:
Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Additional rooms for the agricultural department. in addition to the rooms now occupied by the department of agriculture, there shall be, and hereby is, assigned to the said department the suite of rooms upon the first floor included between the southwest corner and the western entrance of the patent-office building. Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 66: requesting the President to appoint a Day for National Humiliation and Prayer. 13 Stat. 415 1864-07-02 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 66.] A Resolution requesting the President to appoint a Day for National Humiliation and Prayer.July 2, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThe President requested to appoint a day for fasting, &c. the President of the United States be requested to appoint a day for humiliation and prayer by the people of the United States; that he request his constitutional advisers at the head of the executive departments to unite with him as the chief magistrate of the nation, at the city of Washington, and the members of congress, and all magistrates,, all civil, military, and naval officers, all soldiers, sailors, and marines, with all loyal and law-abiding people, to convene at their usual places of worship, or wherever they may be, to confess and to repent of their manifold sins; to implore the compassion and forgiveness of the Almighty, that, if consistent with His will, the existing rebellion may be speedily suppressed, and the supremacy of the constitution and laws of the United States may be established throughout all the states; to implore Him, as the Supreme Ruler of the world, not to destroy us as a people, nor suffer us to be destroyed by the hostility or connivance of other nations, or by obstinate adhesion to our own counsels, which may be in conflict with His eternal purposes, and to implore Him to enlighten the mind of the nation to know and do His will; humbly believing that it is in accordance with His will that our place should be maintained as a united people among the family of nations; to implore Him to grant to416THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 67, 68, 75, 76. 1864. our armed defenders and the masses of the people that courage, power of resistance, and endurance necessary to secure that result; to implore Him in His infinite goodness to soften the hearts, enlighten the minds, and quicken the consciences of those in rebellion, that they may lay down their arms, and speedily return to their allegiance to the United States, that they may not be utterly destroyed, that the effusion of blood may be stayed, and that unity and fraternity may be restored, and peace established throughout all our borders.
Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 67: in Relation to the Professors of the Military Academy at West Point. 13 Stat. 416 1864-07-02 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 67.] Joint Resolution in Relation to the Professors of the Military Academy at West Point.July 2, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatProfessors of the military academy at West Point may be absent, &c.1863, ch. 75, § 31.Vol. xii. p. 736.1864, ch. 145, § 11.*Ante,* p. 145. the thirty-first section of the act, entitled.
“An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or the eleventh section of “An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes,” approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not be construed to abridge the privileges usually allowed to the professors of the military academy, of being absent during the suspension of the ordinary academic studies of that institution.
Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 68: explanatory of an Act entitled “An Act to increase the Pay of Soldiers in the United States Army, and far other Purposes,” approved, June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. 13 Stat. 416 1864-07-02 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 68.] A Resolution explanatory of an Act entitled “An Act to increase the Pay of Soldiers in the United States Army, and far other Purposes,” approved, June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.July 2, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That1864, ch. 145, § 1.*Ante,* p. 144.Word “musicians” not to include, &c. the word “musicians” in the first section of an act entitled “An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes,” approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is not to be construed to include musicians, (other than leaders,) employed as members of brigade and regimental bands; but such members of bands shall be paid as heretofore, one fourth of the members of each band thirty-four dollars per month, one fourth of them twenty dollars per month, and the remaining half of them seventeen dollars per month.
Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 75: to increase the Compensation of Matrons in the Hospitals. 13 Stat. 416 1864-07-04 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 75.] A Resolution to increase the Compensation of Matrons in the Hospitals.July 4, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatPay of hospital matrons to be increased. from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, hospital matrons shall be entitled to and shall receive ten dollars per month and one ration.
Approved, July 4, 1864. No. 76: for the Relief of the Sufferers by a late Accident at the U. S. Arsenal in Washington, D. C. 13 Stat. 416 1864-07-04 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 76.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Sufferers by a late Accident at the U. S. Arsenal in Washington, D.
C.July 4, 1864. WhereasAppropriation for the relief of the sufferers by the accident nt the Washington arsenal. nearly thirty persons, mostly females, were terribly injured, nineteen of them fatally, by an explosion in the cartridge factory at the United States arsenal in Washington, D. C,, on the seventeenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and whereas all of the wounded are poor, and dependent upon daily labor for bread, who by this calamity have been deprived of the power to earn their living, and are without theTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 77, 78. 1864.417 means to procure the care and comforts necessary to their recovery; Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of the victims of such explosion,—said money to be distributed under the direction of Major Benton, commanding at said arsenal, and in such manner as shall most conduce to the comfort and relief of said sufferers, according to their necessities respectively, and that he report to this house.
Approved, July 4, 1864. No. 77: imposing a special Income Duty. 13 Stat. 417 1864-07-04 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 77.] Joint Resolution imposing a special Income Duty.July 4, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Additional income duty for the year ending December 31, 1863. in addition to the income duty already imposed by law, there shall be levied, assessed, and collected on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, a special income duty upon the gains, profits, or income for the year ending the thirty-first day of December next preceding the time herein named, by levying, assessing, and collecting said duty of all persons residing within the United States, or of citizens of the United States residing abroad, at the rate of five per centum on all sums exceeding six hundred dollars, and the same shall be levied, assessed, estimated, and collected, exceptWhen to be levied, collected, &c. as to the rate, according to the provisions of existing laws for the collection of an income duty, annually, where not inapplicable hereto; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as to time and mode, or other matters, to enforce the collection of the special income duty herein provided for, as may be necessary: *Provided,* That in estimating the annual gains, profits, or income, as aforesaid, for the foregoing special income duty, no deductions shall be made for dividends or interest received from any association, corporation, or company, nor shall any deduction be made for any salary or pay received.
Approved, July 4, 1864. No. 78: explanatory of a Joint Resolution relative to Pay of Staff Officers of Ike Lieutenant-General. 13 Stat. 417 1864-07-04 Resolution 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 2026-01-27 38 1 public [No. 78.] Joint Resolution explanatory of a Joint Resolution relative to Pay of Staff Officers of Ike Lieutenant-General.July 4, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSee *Ante*, No. 31. p. 406.Pay of staff officers of the lieutenant-general. the joint resolution relative to pay of staff officers of the lieutenant-general, approved May twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be so construed as to entitle all the staff officers on the staff of the lieutenant-general to receive the pay, emoluments, and allowances of cavalry officers of the same grade.
Approved, July 4, 1864. 38 2 1864 1865 419 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES. *Passed at the second session, which was begun and holden at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, A. D.* 1864, *and ended on Saturday, the fourth day of March, A. D.* 1865. Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Daniel Clark, was elected President of the Senate, *pro tempore,* on the ninth day of February, and so acted until and including the nineteenth day of that month.
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