Chapter CCLVI. for the Relief of Richard G

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Chap. CCLVI.— An Act for the Relief of Richard G. Murphy.July 4, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Major RichardPayment to Richard G. Murphy. G. Murphy, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars, in full, for that amount charged to and paid by him as agent for the Sioux Indians, upon false vouchers transmitted to the Indian bureau by Willis A.

Gorman, late superintendent of Indian affairs for the northwestern superintendency. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the solicitor of the treasury be, and he is hereby, required and directed forthwith to cause to be commenced against the said Willis A. Gorman, such suits as he may deemWillis A. Gorman to be sued. proper for the recovery of any money which the said Gorman may have wrongfully obtained from the treasury. Approved, July 4, 1864. 587 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

Sess. I. Res. 13, 19, 33, 34. 1864. RESOLUTIONS. No. 13: authorizing Payment of Prize Money due to Commander Abner Read, U. S. Navy, to his Widow, Constance Read. Private Resolution 13 13 Stat. 587 1864-02-29 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 private [No. 13.] Joint Resolution *authorizing Payment of Prize Money due to Commander Abner Read, U.

S. Navy, to his Widow, Constance Read.*Feb. 29, 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 to pay to Mrs. Constance Read, widow of Commander Abner Read, late of thePrize money due Commander Abner Read may be paid his widow. United States navy, the share of prize money due, or to become due, to the said Abner Read, for prizes taken by the United States vessel New London, while under his command, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one; taking, upon such payment, the receipts of the said Abner Read, placed by him in the hands of said Constance, to enable her to collect said prize money for her own use.

Approved, February 29, 1864. No. 19: authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of J. N. Carpenter, a Paymaster in the United States Navy. Private Resolution 19 13 Stat. 587 1864-03-16 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 19.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of J.

N. Carpenter, a Paymaster in the United States Navy.*March 16, 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 the accounts of J. N. Carpenter, paymaster in the U. S. navy, to allowPaymaster J. N. Carpenter to be credited with $200 stolen money. and credit him with the sum of two hundred dollars, the same being the value of articles of clothing stolen from the U.

S. sloop “Saratoga,” after said vessel had been put out of commission at Philadelphia, in January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, March 16, 1864. No. 33: relating to Green Clay Goodloe. Private Resolution 33 13 Stat. 587 1864-05-20 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 33.] Joint Resolution *relating to Green Clay Goodloe.*May 20, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That nothing in an act, entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the military academyGreen Clay Goodloe may be reappointed to a cadetship in the naval academy.1864, ch. 45. for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,” approved, April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be so construed as to prevent the reappointment of Green Clay Goodloe, by the President of the United States, to a cadetship at said military academy.

Approved, May 20, 1864. No. 34: referring the Claim of J. H. Clark & Co. to the Court of Claims. Private Resolution 34 13 Stat. 587 1864-05-26 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 private [No. 34.] Joint Resolution *referring the Claim of J. H. Clark & Co. to the Court of Claims.*May 26, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim of J.

H. ClarkClaim of J. H. Clark & Co. referred to the court of claims. & Co., heretofore pending before congress, be, and the same hereby is, referred to the court of claims. Approved, May 26, 1864. No. 36: to settle the Account of James Keenan, late Consul at Hong Kong, China. Private Resolution 36 13 Stat. 588 1864-06-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private 588 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 36, 37. 1864. [No. 36.] Joint Resolution *to settle the Account of James Keenan, late Consul at Hong Kong, China.*June 2, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to settle the account of James Keenan, late consul atAccount of James Keenan to be settled and certain credits allowed.

Hong Kong, China, by allowing him two thousand eight hundred and one dollars and eighty-four cents, the amount of judgment in certain cases obtained against him and paid by him; and also to pay him the amount incurred by him in the exchange between the countries, whatever it may be, and charge him with any balance on the books of the treasury against him, and to pay him the balance, if any appears in his favor, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 2, 1864.

No. 37: relative to the Claim and Letters-Patent of William Wheeler Hubbell. Private Resolution 37 13 Stat. 588 1864-06-03 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 private [No. 37.] Joint Resolution *relative to the Claim and Letters-Patent of William Wheeler Hubbell.*June 3, 1864. Whereas William Wheeler Hubbell claims compensation for the useClaim of William Wheeler Hubbell to be referred to court of claims. of his patent for the thunderbolt shell and fuse, which he claims were patented by him, and have been used by the government, under a verbal contract, as he alleges, between him and the late George Bomford, colonel of ordnance of the United States, and for the use of his patent percussion apparatus for exploding shells, and said letters-patent are dated January twenty-two, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, reissued January nineteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, for fourteen years for the shell, January seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for seventeen years for the fuse, and January twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty, for fourteen years for the percussion device; and whereas the testimony in support of said claim submitted with said patents, and especially with regard to the validity of the same and the verbal contract aforesaid, is very voluminous, and the shells and fuses in the service, which said Hubbell claims, are made and used in great numbers by the government, and this committee feel that they have neither the time nor means for procuring witnesses and giving the case the careful legal investigation which its importance demands:

Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim of William Wheeler Hubbell be referred to the court of claims, which is hereby vested with jurisdiction, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and determine— First. Is William Wheeler Hubbell the original inventor of the shellPoints to be determined by court. and fuse and percussion device aforesaid, or either of them, and has he a just and equitable right to compensation for the same; and— Second.

What amount of compensation is he entitled to receive for the use of his inventions and patents, as claimed, up to the time of adjudication, and for a full and entire transfer of his patents to the United States. Third. *And be it further resolved,* That either party may appeal to the supreme court of the United States within ninety days, and theAppeal to supreme court. court of claims shall certify any judgment that may be rendered in favor of said William Wheeler Hubbell, his heirs or legal representatives in the same manner, and the same when presented to the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the same effect as now provided by law, and be paid out of any general appropriation in relation to judgments of said court, or for private claims: *Provided,* That the sum hereby authorized to be paid shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, which sum the claimant agrees to accept in full of all claims whatever by virtue of said patents and contract against the government.

And the payment of such judgment shall vest the full and absolute right to said patents in the United States. Approved, June 3, 1864. No. 44: for the Relief of Rev. W. B. Matchett. Private Resolution 44 13 Stat. 589 1864-06-20 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private 589 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.

I. Res. 44, 48, 52, 58. 1864. [No. 44.] A Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Rev. W. B. Matchett.*June 20, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the paymaster-general ofAmount due W. B. Matchett, to be paid him.See No. 52.*Infra.* the United States be authorized and directed to adjust and pay to W. B. Matchett the amount due him as chapl[a]in of the tenth regiment of New York volunteers, from the time up to which he was last paid to the time said regiment was mustered out of service.

Approved, June 20, 1864. No. 48: for the Relief of Major Morris S. Miller, of the Quartermaster’s Department. Private Resolution 48 13 Stat. 589 1864-06-25 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 private [No. 48.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Major Morris S. Miller, of the Quartermaster’s Department.*June 25, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accountingMorris S.

Miller to be credited with about $37,000. officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Major Morris S. Miller, quartermaster, United States army, with the sum of about thirty-seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as was paid by him during the years eighteen hundred and fifty-nine and eighteen hundred and sixty, to the respective firms of Russell, Majors & Waddell, Brown & Russell, and Majors & Russell, upon the orders of the Secretary of War and the quartermaster-general, or either of them.

Approved, June 25, 1864. No. 52: to declare the Construction of a Joint Resolution for the Relief of W. B. Matchett, approved June twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Private Resolution 52 13 Stat. 589 1864-06-28 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 private [No. 52.] Joint Resolution *to declare the Construction of a Joint Resolution for the Relief of W.

B. Matchett, approved June twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.*June 28, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the above-entitled jointAccount of W. B. Matchett to be adjusted.See No. 44.*Supra.* resolution shall be construed to authorize and direct the paymaster-general of the United States to adjust the account of W. B. Matchett, chaplain of the tenth regiment of New York volunteers, and pay him the amount of the pay and allowances of a chaplain for and during the period that said regiment was in the service of the United States, and up to the time the same was mustered out of service, deducting the amount heretofore paid him as such chaplain.

Approved, June 28, 1864. No. 58: for the Relief of Mary Kellogg. Private Resolution 58 13 Stat. 589 1864-06-30 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 private [No. 58.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Mary Kellogg.*June 30, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the name of Spencer Kellogg be entered upon the rolls of the Navy Department, with the rankPension to Mary Kellogg. of fourth master, to date from the first of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and that Mary Kellogg, widow of Spencer Kellogg, deceased, be put upon the pension list, with the pension incident to the rank of her husband.

And that the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the accounts of said Spencer Kellogg, deceased, as a first lieutenant of infantry, from the fourteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to the twenty-eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and his accounts as fourth master in the navy, from the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, up to the twenty-fifth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the date of the execution of said Kellogg at Richmond, Virginia, by the rebels; and to pay any money duePayment. him to his widow, Mary Kellogg, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, June 30, 1864. No. 64: providing for Adjustment of the Accounts of Henry W. Diman. Private Resolution 64 13 Stat. 590 1864-07-01 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 private 590 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 64, 65, 69, 70. 1864. [No. 64.] A Resolution *providing for Adjustment of the Accounts of Henry W.

Diman.*July 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to adjust the accounts ofAccounts of Henry W. Diman to be adjusted. Henry W. Diman, late acting assistant paymaster in the navy, (whose books and papers were sunk and lost in the transport steamer “Whitman” in July, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in the Mississippi River,) according to the principles of equity and justice.

Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 65: for the Relief of Carlisle Doble. Private Resolution 65 13 Stat. 590 1864-07-01 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 private [No. 65.] A Resolution *for the Relief of Carlisle Doble.*July 1, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General be, and he hereby is, authorized to examine and adjust the claim of Carlisle Doble for carrying the mails between Taylors’ Falls, Minnesota,Claim of Carlisle Doble for carrying the mail, to be adjusted. and Superior, Wisconsin, from April to November, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and to pay to the said Carlisle Doble such sum of money as shall be found to be justly and equitably due to him for carrying the mails as aforesaid; and the sum thus found due shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, July 1, 1864. No. 69: authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of the late Captain Daniel Hebard, of the United States Volunteers, and of other Officers. Private Resolution 69 13 Stat. 590 1864-07-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 69.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of the late Captain Daniel Hebard, of the United States Volunteers, and of other Officers.*July 2, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in the settlement of the accounts of the late Captain Daniel Hebard, of the United States volunteers, an assistant adjutant-general on the staff of General Gorman, theAccounts of Daniel Hebard, William M.

Este, and Maxwell V. Z. Woodhull to be settled. Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay for the whole time said officer was actually employed and on duty in the military service of the United States, whether before or after the date of his commission. And that the like principle of allowance and payment be observed in the settlement of the accounts of Major William M. Este, and Captain Maxwell V. Z. Woodhull, aides-de-camp on the staff of Major-General Robert C.

Schenck from the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, when they entered upon their duties on the staff of the commanding general of the middle department and eighth army corps, until the date when they respectively received and accepted their commissions as aides-de-camp, deducting only from the pay and allowances of Major Este, what he received in any part of that time as a lieutenant of the twenty-sixth regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry. Approved, July 2, 1864.

No. 70: to settle and pay the Accounts of John S. Phelps, of Missouri, as a Member of the Thirty-seventh Congress. Private Resolution 70 13 Stat. 590 1864-07-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 70.] Joint Resolution *to settle and pay the Accounts of John S. Phelps, of Missouri, as a Member of the Thirty-seventh Congress.*July 2, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper officers of the treasury are hereby authorized and directed to settle and pay the balance due to John S.

Phelps, of Missouri, as a member of the thirty-seventh congress,Accounts of John S. Phelps to be settled. for salary and mileage, deducting any amount which he may have received thereon, or which he may have received as military governor of Arkansas; and the sum sufficient to pay the same be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 71: for the Relief of Thomas J. Galbraith. Private Resolution 71 13 Stat. 591 1864-07-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private 591 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 71, 72, 73, 74. 1864. [No. 71.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Thomas J. Galbraith.*July 2, 1864. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accounting officers ofAccounts of Thomas J. Galbraith to be settled. the Interior and Treasury Departments be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the money and property accounts and claims of Thomas J.

Galbraith, as agent of the United States for the Sioux Indians of Minnesota, upon principles of equity and justice; and that he be allowed, upon such settlement, credit for all moneys and property actually expended by him, in good faith, in and about the affairs of his agency, and for the use of said Indians, upon his affidavit or affidavits, duly sworn to, of such expenditure; and that he be discharged from all liability for, or on account of, Indian trust property, which, by his affidavit or affidavits as aforesaid, shall clearly appear to have been destroyed or taken and carried away by hostile Indians, or by the troops or citizens of the United States, or of the State of Minnesota, against his will and without his fault or connivance: *Provided,* That, in addition to the affidavits aforesaid, the said officers may, in their discretion, require corroborative, countervailing, or explanatory evidence of the matters and statements in said affidavits set forth and sworn to.

Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 72: to refer the Claim of Naham Ward back to the Court of Claims. Private Resolution 72 13 Stat. 591 1864-07-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 72.] Joint Resolution *to refer the Claim of Naham Ward back to the Court of Claims.*July 2, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim of Naham WardClaim of Naham Ward referred back to the court of claims. be, and is hereby, referred back to the court of claims: *Provided,* That said court shall allow no larger amount than the sum heretofore allowed by said court.

Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 73: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle and pay the Claim of Anthony Sweeting, late Pilot of the United States Steamer “Juniata.” Private Resolution 73 13 Stat. 591 1864-07-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 73.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle and pay the Claim of Anthony Sweeting, late Pilot of the United States Steamer “Juniata.”*July 2, 1864. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the NavyClaim of Anthony Sweeting to be paid. be, and he is hereby, authorized to settle and pay the claim of Anthony Sweeting, late pilot of the United States steamer “Juniata,” for losses or fines sustained by him in consequence of his employment in the service of vessels of the United States: *Provided,* That the amount of said claim shall not exceed five hundred dollars.

Approved, July 2, 1864. No. 74: for the Relief of Alexander Cross. Private Resolution 74 13 Stat. 591 1864-07-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 1 private [No. 74.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Alexander Cross.*July 2, 1864. Whereas Alexander Cross heretofore filed his petition in the court ofPetition of Alexander Cross to be referred back to the court of claims. claims of the United States, praying relief on account of certain rents alleged to be due from the United States to him as assignee of one Daniel Saffarans, by virtue of certain alleged contract of lease between the said Daniel Saffarans (who is now deceased) and the United States; and whereas the said court of claims, on the twenty-fourth of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, rendered a decision adverse to the prayer of said petition, on the sole ground of an alleged technical defect in the assignment of said lease from the said Daniel Saffarans to the said petitioner:

Now, therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the said cause be remanded to said court of claims for a further hearing, upon the testimony hereto-592THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 74. 1864.fore filed therein, and such further testimony as either party may take and file pursuant to the rules of said court; and if, upon the further hearing of said cause, it shall appear that the said petitioner is the equitable owner of said lease, and in justice and equity entitled to the rents (if any) due thereon from the United States, the said court shall be authorized to render judgment therefor in his favor, notwithstanding any technical defect in the assignment of said lease: *Provided,* That no money shall beNo money to be paid until bond is given. paid out of the treasury upon any judgment which shall be rendered in favor of the petitioner in said cause, until he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond, with ample security, in such sum as will fully indemnify the United States against any demand which may be set up and established by, or on behalf of, the heirs or representatives of the said Daniel Saffarans, deceased, under, or by virtue of, said contract or lease.

Approved, July 2, 1864. 38 2 1864 1865 593 PRIVATE 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 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.

Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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