Chapter CCCXVIII. *for the Relief of Robert Baldwin*
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CHAP. CCCXVIII.— An Act *for the Relief of Robert Baldwin*. July 28, 1866. Preamble.Whereas, on the fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, Robert Baldwin located at the land office at Milan, in the State of Missouri, three military bounty land-warrants issued under the act of 1847, ch. 6, § 9. Vol. ix. p. 126.eighteen hundred and forty-seven, each for one hundred and sixty acres and numbered seven thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and one, and fifty thousand two hundred and sixty-three, upon the following-described public lands, to wit:
The west half lot number one northwest quarter section five: the east half lots number one and two northeast quarter section six in town fifty-seven range sixteen: the southeast quarter southeast quarter, the west half northeast quarter, the east half northwest quarter, the west half southeast quarter, the northeast quarter southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter southwest quarter of section thirty-one town fifty-eight range sixteen, receiving from the register of said land office at Milan, duplicate certificates of location; and whereas the said military bounty land-warrants were lost from the mail in their transmission from said land office to Washington, and have not since been heard from: therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Patents to issue to Robert Baldwin for lands in Missouri upon surrender of duplicate certificates of location.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause patents for said lands to be issued to said Robert Baldwin, upon his surrendering to the commissioner of the general land office the said duplicate certificates of location. Approved, July 28, 1866. THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res 22 23, 28, 30. 1866. 607 RESOLUTIONS. No. 22: authorizing Commodore William Radford to accept a Decoration from the King of Italy. Resolution 22 14 Stat. 607 1866-04-13 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 22.] A Resolution *authorizing Commodore William Radford to accept a Decoration from the King of Italy*. April 13, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the assent of Congress be,Commodore William Radford may accept a decoration. and the same is hereby, given to Commodore William Radford, of the navy of the United States, to accept the decoration of the Equestrian Order of Saint Maurice, bestowed upon him by the king of Italy, as a reward for the assistance rendered by him to the Italian frigate Re d* Italia, when she got ashore near Long Branch.
Approved, April 13, 1866. No. 23: authorizing Rear-Admiral H. Paulding to accept a Decoration from the King of Italy. Resolution 23 14 Stat. 607 1866-04-13 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 23.] A Resolution *authorizing Rear-Admiral H. Paulding to accept a Decoration from the King of Italy*.
April 13, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Rear-Admiral H. Paulding, ofRear-Admiral H. Paulding may accept a decoration. the navy of the United States, may accept a decoration of the Equestrian Order of St. Maurice, which has been tendered to him by the King of Italy as a reward for assistance rendered to the Italian frigate Re d’Italia when she got ashore near Long Branch. Approved, April 13, 1866.
No. 28: for the Relief of Alexander Thompson, late United States Consul at Maranham. Resolution 28 14 Stat. 607 1866-04-21 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 28.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Alexander Thompson, late United States Consul at Maranham*. April 21, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the proper accounting officersAccounts of Alexander Thompson to be adjusted of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to adjust and pay all proper accounts and claims of Alexander Thompson for salary and services as consul at Maranham, in Brazil, in as full and ample a manner as if he had been a citizen of the United States while discharging the duties of said office.
Approved, April 21, 1866. No. 30: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the Claim of Beals and Dixon against the United States. Resolution 30 14 Stat. 607 1866-05-02 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 30.] A Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the Claim of Beals and Dixon against the United States*.
May 2, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryAccounts of Beals and Dixon to be adjusted. is hereby authorized to cause the accounts of Beals and Dixon, for deliveries of material after May one, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, under their contracts with the United States, to be adjusted and paid; allowing to said Beals and Dixon such additional prices for material delivered after May one, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as, in his opinion, they may be608THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 30, 33, 36, 54, 56. 1866. justly entitled to under the provisions of their supplementary contract, Proviso.dated January one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven: *Provided*, That, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, said Beals and Dixon have a legal claim upon the United States fbr an increase of prices under said contract. Approved, May 2, 1866. No. 33: providing for the Reappraisement of the Lands described in an Act for the Relief of William Sawyer and others of Ohio.
Resolution 33 14 Stat. 608 1866-05-05 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 33.] Joint Resolution *providing for the Reappraisement of the Lands described in an Act for the Relief of William Sawyer and others of Ohio*. May 5, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain lands in Ohio to be reappraised.1864, ch. 231.
Vol. xiii. p. 684. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a commissioner to reappraise the lands described in the act entitled “An act for the relief of William Sawyer and others of Ohio,” approved July second, eighteen Proviso.hundred and sixty-four: *Provided*, however, that the occupants of said lands shall pay all the expenses of the reappraisement. Approved, May 5, 1866. No. 36: for the Relief of Rev. Harrison Heermance, late Chaplain of [the] One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers.
Resolution 36 14 Stat. 608 1866-05-09 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 36.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Rev. Harrison Heermance, late Chaplain of* [*the*] *One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers*. May 9, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Harrison Heermance.
That the Paymaster-General of the army be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to adjust and pay, out" any money appropriated or hereafter to be appropriated for the payment of the army, the account of Rev. Harrison Heermance, late chaplain of the one hundred and twenty-eighth regiment of New York volunteers, for such period as it shall appear that he actually rendered service as chaplain of said regiment, and for which he received no pay by reason of defective muster, or otherwise, th[r]ough no fault of his own.
Approved, May 9, 1866. No. 54: referring the Petition and Papers in the Case of Joseph Nock to the Court of Claims. Resolution 54 14 Stat. 608 1866-06-21 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 54.] A Resolution *referring the Petition and Papers in the Case of Joseph Nock to the Court of Claims*.
June 21, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Claim of Joseph Nock referred to court of claims. That the claim of Joseph Nock for damages occasioned by the annulment of his contract for furnishing locks and keys for the use of the United States mail, and also for the use of said Nock’s patent in the manufacture of mail locks subsequent to such annulment, be, and it is hereby, referred to the court of claims for its Proviso.decision, in accordance with the principles of equity’ and justice: *Provided*, That said court do not render judgment for a greater sum than is contained in the report of solicitor Comstock to the Senate, dated December twenty-two, anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-two.
Approved, June 21, 1866. No. 56: for the Relief of Samuel Norris. Resolution 56 14 Stat. 608 1866-06-22 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 56.] A Resolution *for the Relief of Samuel Norris*. June 22, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Claim of Samuel Norris to be referred to the court of claims.
That the claim of Samuel Norris of California, for supplies furnished the Indians of that State, under contracts made with certain Commissioners, or either of them, authorized to negotiate treaties with said Indians, and all papers relating thereto, be referred back to the court of claims for examination and allowance; and Rule for determining the amount to be paid.that in fixing the amount to be paid the claimant the rule shall be the actual value of the supplies furnished at the times and places of delivery, of which due proof shall be made by the claimant.
Approved, June 22, 1866. No. 59: for the Relief of Charles M. Blake. Resolution 59 14 Stat. 609 1866-06-27 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 59, 60, 61, 64. 1866. 609 [No. 59.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Charles M. Blake*. June 27, 1866. *Be it resolved the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled*, That there be paid toPayment to Charles M.
Blake. Charles M. Blake six months’ salary as chaplain in the army, in full for the pay of which he was deprived while waiting investigation into the charges preferred against him, at the close of which investigation he wasSee *Post*, p. 612. restored to his position by the Secretary of War. Approved, June 27, 1866. No. 60: for the Relief of Elizabeth Woodward and George Chorpenning, of Pennsylvania. Resolution 60 14 Stat. 609 1866-06-29 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 60.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Elizabeth Woodward and George Chorpenning, of Pennsylvania*. June 29, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Elizabeth Woodward. That the sum of twenty-eight thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, in equal moieties to Elizabeth Woodward, widow of Absalom Woodward, and George Cliorpenning, for destruction of property by Indians between Salt Lake and California prior to the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two; the moiety paid to the said Elizabeth Woodward to be for the use of herself and her four children.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That the further sum of twenty-sixPayment to George Chorpenning. thousand three hundred and seventy dollars shall be paid in the same manner to George Cliorpenning for property destroyed by Indians between Salt Lake and California prior to the first of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-six; and the amount thus paid shall be deducted from anyAmounts to be deducted from annuities. annuities now due or that may hereafter become due to the Indians inhabiting the said territory.
Approved, June 29, 1866. No. 61: for the Relief of Ambrose L. Goodrich and Nathan Cornish, for carrying the United States Mail from Boise City lo Idaho City, in the Territory of Idaho, and of Daniel Wellington and J. C. Dorsey, for Extra Services in carrying the Mails. Resolution 61 14 Stat. 609 1866-06-29 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 61.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Ambrose L. Goodrich and Nathan Cornish, for carrying the United States Mail from Boise City lo Idaho City, in the Territory of Idaho, and of Daniel Wellington and J. C. Dorsey, for Extra Services in carrying the Mails*. June 29, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Postmaster-GeneralDemand of Ambrose L.
Goodrich and Nathan Cornish to be audited and settled; be, and is hereby, authorized to audit and settle, as to him may appear just and equitable, the demand of Ambrose L. Goodrich and Nathan Cornish for carrying the United States mail on route sixteen thousand and one, from Boise City to Idaho City, in the Territory of Idaho, from the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; *Provided*, That the amountProviso. to be allowed shall not exceed eight thousand dollars; and also to audit and settle in like manner the demand of Daniel Wellington and J.
C. Dorsey,also that of Daniel Wellington and J. C. Dorsey. for extra services in carrying the United States mails on route number fourteen thousand six hundred and two, between the towns of Carson City and Aurora, in the State of Nevada, from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: *Provided*,Proviso. That the amount to be allowed shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. Approved, June 29, 1866. No. 64: for the Relief of Joseph Parkins.
Resolution 64 14 Stat. 609 1866-07-03 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 64.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Joseph Parkins*. July 3, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States if America to Congress assembled*, That the proper accountingPayment to Joseph Parkins in satisfaction of claims under contract. officer of the War Department be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to pay to Joseph Parkins, who has been and now is delivering the stone for the construction of the arsenal at Rock Island, in the State610THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 64, 65, 68. 70, 71. 1866. of Illinois, in lieu of the contract price, the sum of thirteen dollars and fifty cents per perch for all stone delivered anti to be delivered for the construction of said arsenal, and that said Parkins shall receive and accept said sum as full satisfaction of all claims under said contract, and shall never make any further claim for any services rendered by him thereunder. Approved, July 3, 1866. No. 65: providing for the Settlement of Accounts of W.
H. Hamrick. Resolution 65 14 Stat. 610 1866-07-03 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 65.] Joint Resolution *providing for the Settlement of Accounts of W. H. Hamrick*. July 3, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Accounts of Wyatt H, Hamrick to be settled.
That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be directed to settie the accounts of the late Wyatt H. Hamrick, lieutenant and quartermaster of the thirty-ninth Ohio volunteers, upon equitable terms, and upon the best evidence available. Approved, July 3, 1866. No. 68: for the Relief of Edgar T. Harris. Resolution 68 14 Stat. 610 1866-07-13 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 68.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Edgar T. Harris*. July 13, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pension to Edgar T. Harris. That the name of Edgar T. Harris, late of the First West Virginia Infantry, be placed on the list of pensioners and be entitled to such pension as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to pensioners having total and permanent disability.
Approved, July 13, 1866. No. 70: for the Relief of John Wells and Sons, of Baltimore. Resolution 70 14 Stat. 610 1866-07-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 70.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of John Wells and Sons, of Baltimore*. July 23, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Penalty under contract to be remitted to John Wells and Sons.
That the quartermaster-general, with the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department, is hereby authorized to remit to John Wells and Sons, of Baltimore, Maryland, so much of the penalty incurred by them by reason of their failure to comply with their contract entered into on the fourth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, with Captain S. G. Dunan, A. Q. M., under the direction of the quartermaster-general, for repairing the steamer “City of Albany” as may not be covered by the actual loss of the government, by reason of the delay in completing said steamer in accordance with the strict terms of the contract.
Approved, July 23, 1866. No. 71: for the Relief of Caroline A. Randall, Administratrix and Widow of Charles B. Randall, deceased. Resolution 71 14 Stat. 610 1866-07-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 71.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Caroline A. Randall, Administratrix and Widow of Charles B.
Randall, deceased*. July 23, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to legal representatives of Lieut.-Colonel Charles B. Randall, for horse lost in the military service. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal representatives of Charles B. Randall, deceased, late lieutenant-colonel of the 149th regiment New York volunteer infantry, who was killed in action, on the twentieth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the battle of Beech-Tree Creek, Georgia, the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as payment for one private horse used by said Randall in the military service, which horse was lost by starvation five days after the death of said Randall.
Approved, July 23, 1866. No. 72: for the Relief of Isaac Ranney, Internal Revenue Collector for the Eighth District, Ohio. Resolution 72 14 Stat. 611 1866-07-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 72, 78, 88. 1866. 611 [No. 72.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Isaac Ranney, Internal Revenue Collector for the Eighth District, Ohio*.
July 23, 1866. Whereas, on the night of the twenty-fifth day of June, A. D. eighteenPreamble hundred and sixty-five, the office of Thomas J. Robinson, deputy collector of Isaac Ranney, internal revenue collector for the eighth district, Ohio, located at Mansfield in said State, was burglariously entered by persons whose names are unknown; and whereas said burglars did, on the night aforesaid, at the office aforesaid, by means of drills and gunpowder, break into and enter the iron safe of said deputy collector, and feloniously steal and carry away revenue stamps therefrom belonging to the government of the United States to the amount of six hundred and thirty-two dollars and twenty-three cents; and whereas, further, said burglarious entry and larceny was not attributable to any neglect of duty on the part of said Thomas J.
Robinson, as such deputy collector, and that said office and safe were in all respects such as were required by the law and the regulations of the Treasury Department: Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryIsaac Ranney to be credited with amount of stamps stolen. be, and he hereby is, directed and required in the settlement of the accounts of said Isaac Ranney, as such internal revenue collector, with the government of the United States, to allow and give credit to the said Ranney for the amount of said stamps stolen as aforesaid.
Approved, July 23, 1866. No. 78: to refer the Claim of the Administrator of Richard W. Meade, deceased, to the Court of Claims. Resolution 78 14 Stat. 611 1866-07-25 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 78.] A Resolution *to refer the Claim of the Administrator of Richard W. Meade, deceased, to the Court of Claims*.
July 25, 1866. Whereas doubts are entertained whether the claim of the estate of Richard W. Meade, deceased, upon the government of the UnitedPreamble.1855, ch. 122.Vol. x. p. 612.1863, ch. 02, § 9.Vol. xii. p. 765. States is covered and embraced by the ninth section of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled “An act to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States,” approved February twenty-four-eighteen hundred and fifty-five, which case was referred to the said court by resolution of the Senate, passed twenty-seventh February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Now, in order to remove all doubts on that subject, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the said claim of Richard W.Claim of Richard W. Meade, administrator, referred to court of claims. Meade, administrator of Richard W. Meade, deceased, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the court of claims for adjudication thereof, pursuant to authority conferred upon said court by any existing law to examine and decide claims against the United States, referred to it by Congress.
Approved, July 25, 1866. No. 88: for the Relief of Sergeant Milton McKinnon. Resolution 88 14 Stat. 611 1866-07-26 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 88.] A Resolution *for the Relief of Sergeant Milton McKinnon*. July 26, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryPayment to Sergeant Muton McKinnon amount of lost draft. be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Sergeant Milton McKinnon The sum of fifty-eight dollars and forty-five cents, being the amount of a draft drawn in his favor by Major M.
L. Martin, late pay-master in the United States army, on the assistant treasurer of the United States in New York, dated March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and which was lost in its transmission to New York: *Provided*, That said Milton McKinnon file a duplicate of said draft, duly authenticated,Duplicate to be filed and indemnity given. with said Secretary of the Treasury; also, that the payment herein authorized shall not be made until the said McKinnon shall execute to the United States a bond, with security, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned to indemnify the United States against all612THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 89, 94, 95, 103, 104. 1866. loss, cost, or damage incurred by reason of the payment hereby authorized. Approved, July 26, 1866. No. 89: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the Accounts of Caleb T. Fay and William Y. Patch, late Assessor and Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco. Resolution 89 14 Stat. 612 1866-07-26 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 89.] A Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the Accounts of Caleb T. Fay and William Y. Patch, late Assessor and Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco*. July 26, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled*, Accounts of Caleb T. Fay and William Y. Patch to be audited and settled. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to audit and settle the accounts of Caleb T.
Fay, and William Y. Patch, late assessor and collector of internal revenue at San Francisco, as to him may appear just and equitable. Approved, July 26, 1866. No. 94: for the Relief of Charles M. Blake. Resolution 94 14 Stat. 612 1866-07-27 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 94.] A Resolution *for the Relief of Charles M.
Blake*. July 27, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Charles M. Blake. That there be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charles M. Blake, the full pay and allowances of a chaplain in the army for one year from the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five to the seventeenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the same being the sum of fifteen hundred and sixty-dollars ($1560) less the amount which may *Ante*, p. 609.have been paid him by the effect of Joint Resolution for his relief, approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Approved, July 27, 1866. No. 95: for the Relief of Fontaine T. Fox, Jr. Resolution 95 14 Stat. 612 1866-07-27 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 95.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Fontaine T. Fox, Jr*. July 27, 1866. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Fontaine T.
Fox, Jr. That the proper accounting officers of the government be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Fontaine T. Fox, jr., late aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General W. T. Ward, a sum equal to the pay and allowances of a first lieutenant and aide-de-camp, from the eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to the third day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, July 27, 1866. No. 103: to reimburse Mrs. Mary Phelps, of Missouri. Resolution 103 14 Stat. 612 1866-07-28 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 103.] Joint Resolution *to reimburse Mrs. Mary Phelps, of Missouri*. July 28, 1866. *Re it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Reimbursement of Mrs. Mary Phelps. That there be paid to Mrs. Mary Phelps, of Missouri, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars to reimburse her for expenditures made by her in raising and equipping troops for the United States in the late rebellion, and also for her expenditures made in behalf of the soldiers of the Union wounded in battle, and of the orphan children of soldiers of the Union.
Approved, July 28, 1866. No. 104: to provide for Payment of the Claim of Colonel H. C. De Alma for Military Services. Resolution 104 14 Stat. 612 1866-07-28 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 104.] Joint Resolution *to provide for Payment of the Claim of Colonel H. C. De Alma for Military Services*.
July 28, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Henry Charles De Alma. That the proper disbursing and accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Henry Charles De Ahna a sum equal to the pay, allowances, and emoluments of a colonel of infantry in active service, forTHIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 105, 106, 107, 108. 1866.613 one year from the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and that such amount so allowed as aforesaid be paid to him out ofHonorably mustered out of military service. any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
And he shall be considered honorably mustered out of the military service. Approved, July 28, 1866. No. 105: authorizing the Secretary of War to contract with Dr. Alexander Dunbar. Resolution 105 14 Stat. 613 1866-07-28 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 105.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to contract with Dr.
Alexander Dunbar*. July 28, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War may contract with Dr. Alexander Dunbar, for, &c. That the Secretary of War be authorized and directed to contract on such terms as, in his discretion he may think fair and reasonable, with Dr. Alexander Dunbar, for the use by the government of the alleged discovery of the said Dunbar of a mode of treatment of the diseases of the horse’s foot, and for his services for one year in instructing the farriers of the army in such treatment; the amount agreed upon to be paid out of the fund already appropriated for the purchase of horses or general support of the army.
Approved, July 28, 1866. No. 106: to pay Colonel Lewis F. Fix. Resolution 106 14 Stat. 613 1866-07-28 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 106.] Joint Resolution *to pay Colonel Lewis F. Fix*. July 28, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Lewis Ferdinand Fix as lieutenant-colonel That the proper accounting officers of the United States are hereby directed to pay to Lewis Ferdinand Fix of Ohio, the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant-colonel of infantry, for the time from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the twenty-ninth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Approved, July 28, 1866. No. 107: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay Charles M. Pott a Pension of fifteen Dollars per Month. Resolution 107 14 Stat. 613 1866-07-28 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 107.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay Charles M.
Pott a Pension of fifteen Dollars per Month*. July 28, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the InteriorPension to Charles M. Pott. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay or cause to be paid to Charles M. Pott, late of company K, one hundred and seventy-ninth Pennsylvania militia, now on the pension roll, the same pension provided for, for persons having lost one hand in the military service of the United States, as provided in section one of an act entitled “An act supplementary1866, ch. 106, § 1.*Ante*, p. 56. to the several acts relating to pensions,” approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Approved, July 28, 1866. No. 108: to authorize the Payment of Rev. C. B. Boynton, as Chaplain of the House of Representatives of the thirty-ninth Congress. Resolution 108 14 Stat. 613 1866-07-28 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 2026-02-01 39 1 14 private [No. 108.] Joint Resolution *to authorize the Payment of Rev. C.
B. Boynton, as Chaplain of the House of Representatives of the thirty-ninth Congress*. July 28, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to Rev. Charles B. Boynton, as Chaplain of the House. That the Rev. Charles B. Boynton is authorized to draw the amount appropriated to the payment of the chaplain of the House for the Thirty-ninth Congress. Approved, July 28, 1866. 39 2 1866 1867 615 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the Second Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, A.
D. 1866, and ended on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1867*. Andrew Johnson, President. La. Fayette S. Foster, President of the Senate. Benjamin F. Wade was elected President of the Senate *pro tempore*, on the fourth day of March, A. D. 1867. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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