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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 14 STAT. · March 2, 1867 · Chapter CXCVII

Chapter CXCVII. *to provide increased Revenue from imported Wool, and for other Purposes*

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CHAP. CXCVII.— An Act *to provide increased Revenue from imported Wool, and for other Purposes*. March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That from and after the passageDuties in lieu of present duties on unmanufactured wool, &c. of this act, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law on the articles mentioned and embraced in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all unmanufactured wool, hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, imported from foreign countries, the duties hereinafter provided.
All wools, hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, asWools to be divided into three classes. aforesaid, shall be divided, for the purpose of fixing the duties to be charged thereon, into three classes, to wit:— Class 1.—Clothing Wool. Class 1.—Clothing wool to include what. That is to say, merino, mestiza, metz, or metis wools, or other wools of merino blood, immediate or remote; down clothing wools, and wools of like character with any of the preceding, including such as have been heretofore usually imported into the United States from Buenos Ayres, New Zealand, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Russia, Great Britain, Canada, and elsewhere, and also including all wools not hereinafter described or designated in classes two and three.
Class 2.—Combing Wools. Class 2.—Combing wools. That is to say, Leicester, Cotswold, Lincolnshire, down combing wools,“Canada long wools” included herein. Pub. Res. No. 8. March 22, 1867.Vol. xv. p. 21. or other like combing wools of English blood, and usually known by the terms herein used; and also all hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals. Class 3.—Carpet Wools, and other similar Wools. Class 3.—Carpet wools and other similar wools. Such as Donskoi, native South American, Cordova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna, and including all such wools of like character as have been here-560tofore usually imported into the United States from Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere.
Samples of various kinds to be deposited in custom-houses.For the purpose of carrying into effect the classification herein provided, a sufficient number of distinctive samples of the various kinds of wool or hair embraced in each of the three classes above named, selected and prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and Standard samples in Treasury Department.duly verified by him, (the standard samples being retained in the Treasury Department,) shall be deposited in the custom-houses and elsewhere, as he may direct, which samples shall be used by the proper officers of the customs to determine the classes above specified, to which till imported Duty upon wools of first class;wools belong.
And upon wools of the first class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be thirty-two cents or less per pound, the duty shall be ten cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, eleven per centum ad valorem; upon wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed thirty-two cents per pound, the duty shall be twelve cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem. on second class;Upon wools of the second class, and upon all hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be thirty-two cents or less per pound, the duty shall be ten cents of third class;per pound, and, in addition thereto, eleven per centum ad valorem; upon wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed thirty-two cents per pound, the duty shall be twelve cents per pound, and in addition thereto, ten per centum ad valorem.
Upon wools of the third class the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported into the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall be twelve cents or less per pound, the duty shall be three cents per pound; upon wools of the same class, the value whereof at the last port or place whence exported to the United States, excluding charges in such port, shall exceed twelve cents per pound, the duty shall be six cents per Wools imported in other than ordinary condition, or changed in condition to evade duty, &c. to pay double duty.pound: *Provided*, That any wool, of the sheep, or hair of the alpaca, goat, and other like animals, which shall be imported in any other than the ordinary condition as now and heretofore practiced, or which shall lie changed in its character or condition, for the purpose of evading the duty, or which shall be reduced in value by the admixture of dirt, or any other foreign substance, shall be subject to pay twice the amount of duty to which it would be otherwise subjected, anything in this net to the contrary Rate of duty when wool of different qualities is imported in same bale.notwithstanding: *Provided further*, That when wool of different qualities is imported in the same bale, bag, or package, it shall be appraised by the appraiser, to determine the rate of duty to which it shall be subjected, at the average aggregate value of the contents of the bale, bag, or package; and when bales of different qualities are embraced in the same invoice at the same prices whereby the average price shall be reduced more than ten per centum below the value of the bide of the best quality, the value of the whole shall be appraised according to the value of the bale of the best quality; and no bale, bag, or package shall be liable to a less rate of duty in consequence of being invoiced with wool of Duty upon washed wools of first class to be double, &c.;upon scoured wools of all classes to be three times, &c.;on raw, &c. sheep or goat skins;woollen rags, waste, &c.lower value: *And provided further*, That the duty upon wool of the first class which shall be imported washed shall be twice the amount of duty to which it would be subjected if imported unwashed, and that the duty upon wool of all classes which shall be imported scoured shall be three times the amount of the duly to which it would be subjected if imported unwashed.
On sheep skins and Angora goat skins, raw or unmanufactured, imported with the wool on, washed or unwashed, the duty shall be thirty per centum ad valorem; and on woollen rags, shoddy, mungo, waste, and flocks, the duty shall be twelve cents per pound. 561 Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That in lieu of the duties heretoforeDuties in lieu of present duties on manufactures of wool imported; imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now be exempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say:— On woollen cloths, woollen shawls, and all manufactures of wool ofon woollen cloths, shawls, &c.; every description made wholly or in part of wool, not herein otherwise provided for, fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per cent ad valorem.
On flannels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods, balmorals, woollen andflannels, blankets, hats, knit goods, woollen and worsted yarns,; &c.; worsted yarns, and all manufactures of every description composed wholly or in part of worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, except such as are composed in part of wool, not otherwise provided for, valued at not exceeding forty cents per pound, twenty cents per pound; valued at above forty cents per pound and not exceeding sixty cents per pound, thirty cents per pound; valued at above sixty cents per pound and not exceeding eighty cents per pound, forty cents per pound; valued at above eighty cents per pound, fifty cents per pound; and, in addition thereto, upon all the above-named articles, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.
On endless belts or felts for paper or printing machines, twenty centsendless belts or felts; per pound and thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On bunting, twenty cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto,bunting; thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On women's and children's dress goods and real or imitation Italianwomen's and children's dress goods, &c.; cloths, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, valued at not exceeding twenty cents per square yard, six cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at above twenty cents the square yard, eight cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, forty per centum ad valorem: *Provided*, That on all goods weighing four ounces and over perProviso. square yard, the duty shall be fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.
On clothing ready made, and wearing apparel of every description, andready made clothing and wearing apparel; balmoral skirts and skirting, and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other like animals, made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer, except knit goods, fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, forty per centum ad valorem.
On webbings, beltings, bindings, braids, galloons, fringes, gimps, cords,webbings, beltings, &c. cords and tassels, dress-trimmings, head-nets, buttons or barrel buttons, or buttons of other forms for tassels or ornaments, wrought by hand orWords “unmixed with silk” stricken out. Pub. Res No. 19. March 29, 1867.Vol. xv. p. 24. braided by machinery, made of wool, worsted, or mohair, or of which wool, worsted or mohair is a component material, unmixed with silk, fifty cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, fifty per centum ad valorem.
On Aubusson and Axminster carpets, and carpets woven whole for rooms, fifty per centum ad valorem; on Saxony, Wilton, and Tournay velvet carpets, wrought by the Jacquard machine, seventy cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on Brussels carpets wrought by the Jacquard machine, forty-four centsCarpets. per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on patent velvet and tapestry velvet carpets, printed on the warp or otherwise, forty cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on tapestry Brussels carpets printed on the warp or otherwise, twenty-eight cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on treble ingrain, three-ply, and worsted chain Venetian carpets, seventeen cents, per square yard,562 Duties On carpets;and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on yarn Venetian and two-ply ingrain carpets, twelve cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on druggets and bookings, printed, colored, or otherwise, twenty-five cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on hemp or jute carpeting, eight cents per square yard; on carpets and mats, rugs, screens, &c.;carpeting of wool, flax, or cotton, or parts of either, or other material not otherwise herein specified, forty per centum ad valorem: *Provided*, That mats, rugs, screens, covers, hassocks, bedsides, and other portions of carpets or carpeting shall be subjected to the rate of duly herein imposed on carpets or carpeting of like character or description, and that the duty on all other mats, (not exclusively of vegetable material,) screens, hassocks, and rugs, shall be forty-five per centum ad valorem. oil-cloths.On oil-cloths for floors, stamped, painted, or printed, valued at fifty cents or less per square yard, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at over fifty cents per square yard, and on all other oil-cloth, (except silk oil-cloth,) and on water-proof cloth, not otherwise provided for, forty-five per centum ad valorem; on oil-silk cloth, sixty per centum ad valorem.
Approved, March 2, 1867. 563 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: to appoint two Managers for the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill certain Vacancies. Resolution 1 14 Stat. 563 1866-12-07 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 2 14 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution *to appoint two Managers for the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill certain Vacancies*.
Dec. 7, 1866. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Erastus B. Wolcott and John S. Cavender, appointed managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. That Erastus B. Wolcott, of the State of Wisconsin, be, and he hereby is, appointed a manager of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of George H. Walker, of the third class of said managers, for the term which expires on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and that John S.
Cavender, of the State of Missouri, be, and he is hereby, appointed a manager of said corporation, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of P. Joseph Osterhaus, of the second class of said managers, for the term which expires on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy. Approved, December 7, 1866. No. 3: to provide for the Exhibition of the Cereal Productions of the United States at the Paris Exposition in April next. Resolution 3 14 Stat. 563 1867-01-11 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 2 14 public [No. 3.] A Resolution *to provide for the Exhibition of the Cereal Productions of the United States at the Paris Exposition in April next*. Jan. 11, 1867.See *Ante*, pp, 347, 362. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Specimens of the cereal productions of the United States to be prepared, &c. for exhibition at the Paris Exposition. That the commissioner of agriculture be, and he is hereby, instructed to collect and prepare, as far as practicable, and with as little delay as possible, suitable specimens of the cereal productions of the several States of the Union, for exhibition at the Paris Exposition, and forward the same in proper order and condition for shipment to J.
C. Derby, agent of the United States government for the Paris Exposition, at New York: *Provided*, That it shallProviso. require no further appropriation from the public treasury. Approved, January 11, 1867. No. 4: authorizing certain Medals to be distributed to honorably discharged Soldiers free of Postage. Resolution 4 14 Stat. 563 1867-01-14 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 2 14 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution *authorizing certain Medals to be distributed to honorably discharged Soldiers free of Postage*. Jan. 14, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Medals may be sent free through the mails to certain honorably discharged soldiers of West Virginia. That the adjutant-general of the State of West Virginia is hereby authorized to distribute through the mails, free of postage, to the honorably discharged soldiers of West Virginia, and to the relatives and friends of those who were killed or died of wounds or disease while in service, certain medals furnished by the legislature of that State, and in such case the envelope enclosing the same shall be franked by such adjutant-general in the mode prescribed by the Postmaster-General.
Approved, January 14, 1867. No. 5: to procure a Site for a Building to accommodate the Post-Office and U. S. Courts in New York City. Resolution 5 14 Stat. 563 1867-01-22 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 2 14 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution *to procure a Site for a Building to accommodate the Post-Office and U.
S. Courts in New York City*. Jan. 22, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Commission appointed to purchase site for a building for That the mayor and postmaster of the city of New York, the district attorney of the United States at New York city, the president of the chamber of commerce of the State564THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 5, 6, 7, 8. 1867. the post-office and United States courts in New York. city.of New York, and Jackson S.
Shultz, Charles H. Russell, Charles H. Rogers, and Moses Taylor, of New York city, be appointed a commission to purchase the site for a building to accommodate the post-office and United States courts in the city of New York, in accordance with their report submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster-General, Lower part of City Hall Park to be purchased.and by them approved, viz: the lower portion of the City Hall Park, containing land equal to twenty-six city lots, (or over sixty-six thousand square feet,) and that they be authorized to purchase the same Title and condition.for the sum of five hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the title to said property shall be approved by the Attorney General of the United States, subject to the condition that the government of the United States shall stipulate that it shall be used for public purposes only; and that said commission procure plans and estimates for a suitable building upon said site, to be submitted to the Postmaster-General and Secretary of the Interior; and should such plans and estimates meet their approval, they shall communicate the same, with such additional suggestions as they may Secretary of the Treasury authorized to pay therefor.think proper, to Congress; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay such sum of money as may be necessary to carry the foregoing resolution into effect from any money in the treasury hereafter to be appropriated.
Approved, January 22, 1867. No. 6: appropriating Money to defray the Expenses of the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment. Resolution 6 14 Stat. 564 1867-01-22 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 2 14 public [No. 6.] A Resolution *appropriating Money to defray the Expenses of the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment*.
Jan. 22, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for expenses of joint Committee on retrenchment. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the “Joint Committee on Retrenchment,” and that sum shall be drawn from the treasury, upon the order of the secretary of the Senate, as the same shall be required; and Pay of witnesses.any portion of the amount hereby appropriated, that shall be allowed by the said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or 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 orders of said joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department.
Approved, January 22, 1867. No. 7: authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer certain Property to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteers. Resolution 7 14 Stat. 564 1867-01-29 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 2 14 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer certain Property to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteers*.
Jan. 29, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War may transfer to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers certain property of the United States.1866, ch. 21, § 12.*Ante*, p. 11. That the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers not having obtained title to land at Point Lookout, in Maryland, as contemplated in the twelfth section of the act approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, establishing that institution, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to transfer to the said National Asylum any of the property of the United States still remaining at Point Lookout, which may be considered appropriate and useful for the objects of that corporation.
Approved, January 29, 1867. No. 8: to provide for the Removal of the Wreck of the Steamship Scotland. Resolution 8 14 Stat. 564 1867-01-29 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 2 14 public [No. 8.] A Resolution *to provide for the Removal of the Wreck of the Steamship Scotland*. Jan. 29, 1867.[Repealed. Act March 16, 1867.
Vol. xv. p. 1.] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War may contract with low- That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the removal of theTHIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 8, 11, 12, 14. 1867.565 wreck of the iron steamship Scotland, now on the bar outside of Sandyest bidder for the removal of the wreck of the Steamship Scotland, from the entrance to New York harbor.Appropriation.Advertisement.
Hook, near the entrance to the harbor of New York, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to complete said removal, is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The Secretary of War shall, after notice given in one or more newspapers in the cities of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, receive sealed proposals for the removal of said wreck, and make contract for the same with the lowest bidder therefor.
Said contract will in no case exceed in amount the sumContract not to exceed the appropriation. herein appropriated. Approved, January 29, 1867. No. 11: to amend existing Laws relating to Internal Revenue. Resolution 11 14 Stat. 565 1867-02-05 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 2 14 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution *to amend existing Laws relating to Internal Revenue*.
Feb. 5, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Alcohol and burning fluid made from certain materials on which taxes have been paid, to be exempt from tax.Repeal of portion of act of 1864, ch. 173, § 96. Vol. xiii. p. 272.Tax on certain products of distillation. That alcohol made or manufactured of distilled spirits upon which the taxes imposed by law shall have been paid, and burning fluid made or manufactured from alcohol or spirits of turpentine, or camphene upon which the taxes imposed by law shall have been paid, shall be, and hereby are, exempt from tax; and so much of section ninety-six of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as relates to alcohol and burning fluid, is hereby repealed, and all products of distillation, by whatever name known, which contain distilled spirits or alcohol on which the tax imposed by law has not been paid, shall be considered and taxed as distilled spirits.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, [*resolved*,] That paragraph nineteenAnnual tax of $50 on distillers of burning fluid, &c. repealed. of section seventy-nine of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as amended by the act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An act to reduce internal taxation and to amend an act entitled ‘An act to provide internal revenue to support the government,1864, ch. 173, § 79.Vol. xiii. p. 253.1866, ch. 184.*Ante*, p. 117. to pay the interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,’ approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and acts amendatory thereof,” be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words “and distillers of burning fluid and camphene.
” Approved, February 5, 1867. No. 12: providing for the Payment of certain Kentucky Militia Forces. Resolution 12 14 Stat. 565 1867-02-08 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 2 14 public [No. 12.] A Resolution *providing for the Payment of certain Kentucky Militia Forces*. Feb. 8, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be,Claims of forces under the command of James S.
Fish, to be investigated and paid. and he is hereby, directed to cause to be investigated the claims of the forces called out under the command of James S. Fish, in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to pay the said forces at the same rates for actual service rendered, while absent from their homes, as was allowed by law to other volunteer forces in the military service at the date spec; tied; and in estimating the amount due said militia forces, the officersRates of pay. thereof shall be paid as of the grade to which the number of men would have been entitled under the mustering regulations of the army in force at the date specified.
And no allowance shall be made for any troopsActual service only to be allowed for. which did not perform actual military service in full connection and cooperation with the authorities of the United States and subject to their order. Approved, February 8, 1867. No 14: to provide, in certain Cases, for the Removal of Alcohol from bonded Warehouses free from Internal Tax. Resolution 14 14 Stat. 565 1867-02-18 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 2 14 public [No 14.] A Resolution *to provide, in certain Cases, for the Removal of Alcohol from bonded Warehouses free from Internal Tax*. Feb. 18, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Alcohol may be withdrawn, from bond by That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant permits to curators of incor-566THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 14, 15, 16, 17. 1867. curators of scientific institutions without payment of internal tax for, &c. upon giving bond, &c.porated or chartered scientific institutions to withdraw alcohol in specified quantities from bond without payment of the internal revenue tax on the same, or on the spirits from which the alcohol has been distilled for the sole and exclusive purpose of preserving specimens of anatomy, physiology, or of natural history belonging to said institutions: *Provided*, That the said curators, on applying for such permit, shall file a bond for double the amount of the tax on the alcohol to be withdrawn, with two good and sufficient sureties, who shall not be officers of the institution making application;
Conditions of bond.said bond and sureties to be approved by the commissioner of internal revenue; and conditioned that the whole quantity of alcohol so withdrawn from bond shall be used for the purpose above specified and for no other, and that the curators shall comply with such other requirements and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Penalty for violation of conditions of bond.And if any alcohol so obtained shall be used by any curator or other officer of said institution for any purpose other than that above specified, then the said curators, officers or sureties, shall pay the tax on the whole amount of alcohol withdrawn from bond, together with a like amount as a penalty in addition thereto.
Approved, February 18, 1867. No. 15: in Relation to Ocean Mail Service between San Francisco, in California, and Portland, in Oregon. Resolution 15 14 Stat. 566 1867-02-18 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 2 14 public [No. 15.] A Resolution *in Relation to Ocean Mail Service between San Francisco, in California, and Portland, in Oregon*.
Feb. 18, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled*, Ocean mail service between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ ocean mail service between San Francisco, in California, and Portland, in Oregon, not less than three times per month, in continuation of the service from New York, via Cost not to exceed.Bids and contracts.Panama, to San Francisco: *Provided*, That the cost of said service shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per annum.
And it is hereby made the duty of the Postmaster-General, after the passage of this resolution, to advertise for bids for the performance of the service herein provided for, for at least thirty days in at least one newspaper published at San Francisco and one paper published at Portland, Oregon, and to contract therefor with the lowest responsible bidder. Approved, February 18, 1867. No. 16: in Relation to the Pensions of Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. Resolution 16 14 Stat. 566 1867-02-18 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 2 14 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution *in Relation to the Pensions of Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers*. Feb. 18, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pensions of widows of revolution any soldiers to be increased and from what date. That the pensions of widows of revolutionary soldiers whose names are now upon the pension rolls, and who were married to revolutionary soldiers prior to January first, eighteen hundred, be, and the same are hereby, increased to and shall be paid at the same rate as the deceased soldiers would be entitled under existing laws, if now living; such increase and payment to be made from the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Approved, February 18, 1867. No. 17: for the Purchase of David's Island, New York Harbor. Resolution 17 14 Stat. 566 1867-02-18 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 2 14 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution *for the Purchase of David's Island, New York Harbor*. Feb. 18, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, David's Island to be purchased.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to purchase, for the government of the United States, David's Island, in Long Island Sound, at the sum of thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the lease of Simeon Leland, dated April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and renewed March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by which the said island was leased to tho United States, and is now occupied by the same Approved, February 18, 1867.
No. 21: to extend the Time for Codifying the Laws relating to Customs, authorized by the Joint Resolution approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Resolution 21 14 Stat. 567 1867-02-22 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 2 14 public THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 21, 22, 23, 26, 27. 1867. 567 [No. 21.] Joint Resolution *to extend the Time for Codifying the Laws relating to Customs, authorized by the Joint Resolution approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six*.
Feb. 22, 1867.*Ante*, p. 867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Time for submitting to Congress a general customs revenue law extended to January 1, 1868. That the provisions of the joint resolution to provide for codifying the laws relating to customs, approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and they are hereby, continued in force until the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
Approved, February 22, 1867. No. 22: for the Restoration of Lieutenant-Commander S. L. Breese, U. S. Navy, to the Active List from the Retired List. Resolution 22 14 Stat. 567 1867-02-22 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 2 14 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution *for the Restoration of Lieutenant-Commander S.
L. Breese, U. S. Navy, to the Active List from the Retired List*. Feb. 22, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lieut.-Commander S. L. Breese may be appointed to the active list of the navy. That the President of the United States be authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint, Lieutenant-Commander S. L. Breese to the active list of the navy, with the rank to which he may be entitled thereon.
Approved, February 22, 1867. No. 23: authorizing the Employment of a public Vessel for the Transportation of Provisions to the People of the Southern States. Resolution 23 14 Stat. 567 1867-02-22 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 2 14 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Employment of a public Vessel for the Transportation of Provisions to the People of the Southern States*.
Feb. 22, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, A public vessel may be employed to transport supplies to the suffering people of the Southern States. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, upon the application of the contributors, to assign a public vessel for the transportation to Charleston, Savannah, and Mobile, of any supplies of food and clothing that may be contributed by the people of the United States, for the use of any portion of the people of the Southern States, who may be suffering from the failure of crops or other causes, under such regulations as may, by the Secretary of the Navy, be prescribed.
Approved, February 22, 1867. No. 26: to extend Aid and Facilities to Citizens of the United States engaged in the Survey of a Route for a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Darien. Resolution 26 14 Stat. 567 1867-02-25 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 2 14 public [No. 26.] A Resolution *to extend Aid and Facilities to Citizens of the United States engaged in the Survey of a Route for a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Darien*.
Feb. 26, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Survey of Isthmus of Darien for ship canal. That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized and requested to furnish such aid and facilities to citizens of the United States who are undertaking an exploration and survey of the Isthmus of Darien for the purpose of discovering a favorable line for a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as heSee No. 51. *Post*, p. 572. may be able to furnish without prejudice to the naval service, and without additional expense to the government of the United States.
Approved, February 25, 1867. No. 27: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the Owner of the Yacht “Mayflower” to change the Name of the same to that of “Silvie,” and to issue an American Register to the Steam Yacht “dance.” Resolution 27 14 Stat. 567 1867-02-25 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 2 14 public [No. 27.] A Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the Owner of the Yacht “Mayflower” to change the Name of the same to that of “Silvie,” and to issue an American Register to the Steam Yacht “dance.”* Feb. 25, 1867.
Whereas the yacht “Mayflower” is a pleasure-boat not enengagedPreamble. in the transportation of passengers or freight of any kind; and whereas the steam yacht “Glance,” of about thirteen tons burden, being also a pleasure yacht not engaged in carrying passengers or freight: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryName of yacht “Mayflower” changed to “Silvie.” be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit the owner of the yacht “May-568THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 27, 28. 1867.flower” to change the name of the same to that of “Silvie”; and to order Register to steam yacht “Glance.”a register of the steam yacht “Glance” to be granted to William Levering, Jr., the owner thereof, from the collection district of Buffalo, in the State of New York. Approved, February 25, 1867. No. 28: to provide for the Ascertainment and Apportionment of the proper Quota of the direct Tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-one to the State of West Virginia, and for other Purposes.
Resolution 28 14 Stat. 568 1867-02-25 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 2 14 public [No. 28.] A Resolution *to provide for the Ascertainment and Apportionment of the proper Quota of the direct Tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-one to the State of West Virginia, and for other Purposes*. Feb. 25, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Quota of direct tax of West Virginia, how to be ascertained.1861, ch. 46, § 8.Vol. xii. p. 294.
That in ascertaining the quota of the State of West Virginia of the direct tax imposed by the act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to charge the said State with such proportion of the said tax apportioned to the State of Virginia as the value of the real estate of the counties now composing the State of West Virginia, including Berkeley and Jefferson, bears to the value of all the real estate of the then State of Virginia, as ascertained by the assessment for State taxation of the real estate of the said State of Virginia in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, giving credit to the State of West Virginia for such part of its proportion so ascertained as has been already paid.
Sec. 2. West Virginia to have same duties and privileges as other loyal States.Proviso.*And be it further resolved*, That the State of West Virginia is hereby made liable to all the duties in relation to said direct tax which are imposed by law upon, and is entitled to all the privileges in the same relation which are by law allowed to other loyal States: *Provided*, That no liability or burden whatsoever is hereby imposed or shall be imposed by said State, arising in any way out of said tax, upon lands included within the present limits of the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, or upon the inhabitants as such, for the time being, within said limits, except upon terms accepted by a majority vote of legal voters resident within said limits.
Sec. 3. Tax in Berkeley and Jefferson counties.*And be it further resolved*, That the board of direct-tax commissioners for the State of Virginia shall have and continue to have the same authority to assess and collect the before-mentioned direct tax in the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson as if those counties still formed a part of the State of Virginia. Sec. 4. Taxes illegally collected to be refunded.*And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be authorized to refund to persons from whom money has been received without warrant of law, as in payment of dues under the direct-tax laws, the sums so illegally collected; such refunding to be ordered on the presentation, in each case, of satisfactory evidence of the illegal collection.
Sec. 5. Collection of direct tax in West Virginia to be suspended until, &c. unless, &c.*And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to suspend the further collection within the State of West Virginia of any part of the direct tax imposed by the act of August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, until the first day of June next, unless the claims of the said State against the United States are sooner adjusted. Sec. 6. Repeal of 1865, ch. 87, § 2.Vol. xiii. p. 501.*And be it further resolved*, That section two of an act entitled “An act further to amend an act entitled ‘An act for the collection of direct taxes in the insurrectionary States within the United States, and for other purposes,’ approved June seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be, and the Effect of certificates of sale under tax law.1862, ch. 98.Vol. xii. p. 422.same is hereby, repealed, and certificates of sale shall be received in all courts and places as prima facie evidence of the regularity and validity of said sale and of the title of purchaser or purchasers under the same, as provided in section seven of an act entitled “An act for the collection of direct Luxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and for other purposes,” approved June seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Approved, February 25, 1867. No. 30: giving additional Compensation to certain Employees in the Civil Service of the Government at Washington. Resolution 30 14 Stat. 569 1867-02-28 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 2 14 public THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 30, 31, 32. 1867. 569 [No. 30.] Joint Resolution *giving additional Compensation to certain Employees in the Civil Service of the Government at Washington*.
Feb. 28, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Twenty per cent additional pay to certain persons in the civil service at Washington, D. C.Temporary clerks, messengers, watchmen, and other employees. That there shall be allowed and paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the following-described persons, now employed in the civil service of the United States at Washington, as follows:
To civil officers, temporary and all other clerks, messengers, and watchmen, including enlisted men detailed as such, to be computed upon the gross amount of the compensation received by them, and employees, male and female, in the executive mansion, and in any of the following-named departments, or any bureau or division thereof, to wit: State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Post-Office, Attorney-General, agricultural, and including civil officers, and temporary and all other clerks and employees, male and female, in the offices of the coast survey, naval observatory, navy yard, arsenal, paymaster-general, including the division of referred claims, commissary-general of prisoners, bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, quartermasters, Capitol and Treasury extension, city post-office, and commissioner of public buildings, to the photographer and assistant photographer of the Treasury Department, to the superintendent of meters, and to lamplighters under the commissioner of public buildings, an additional compensation of twenty per centum on their respective salaries as fixed by law, or, where no salary is fixed by law, upon their pay respectively, for one year from and after the *the* thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; but when any of said persons is or shall be only entitled to receive salary or pay for a part of said year, the said twenty per centum shall be computed on the amount such person is so entitled to receive for services in any or all of said departments or offices within said year: *Provided*,Employees of patent-office.
That the above-named additional compensation to the employees of the patent-office shall be paid out of the funds of said office: *Provided further*,Resolution not to apply to those whose salary exceeds $3500 a year. That this resolution shall not apply to persons whose salaries as fixed by law exceed three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That all acts or parts of acts heretoforeRepeal of former acts. passed authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to apportion or distribute among the clerks of his department any sum of money by way of additional pay or compensation are hereby repealed.
Approved, February 28, 1867. No. 31: to extend the Provisions of the Act in Regard to Agricultural Colleges, to the State of Tennessee. Resolution 31 14 Stat. 569 1867-02-28 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 2 14 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution *to extend the Provisions of the Act in Regard to Agricultural Colleges, to the State of Tennessee*.
Feb. 28, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands to Tennessee for agricultural college.1862, ch. 130.Vol. xii. p. 504.1865, ch. 209.*Ante*, p. 208. That the provisions of the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,” and of the “act to amend the fifth section” thereof, approved July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, are hereby extended and made applicable to the State of Tennessee.
Approved, February 28, 1867. No. 32: to extend the Time for the Use of certain Vessels for Quarantine Purposes at the Port of New York. Resolution 32 14 Stat. 569 1867-02-28 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 2 14 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution *to extend the Time for the Use of certain Vessels for Quarantine Purposes at the Port of New York*.
Feb. 28, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Authority to place United States vessels, &c. for use of commissioners That the authority conferred by joint resolution of March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, upon the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, to place, in their discretion, gratuitously, at the disposal of the commis-570THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess.
II. Res. 32, 33, 42, 44. 1867.sioners of qunrantine continued for two years.*Ante*, p. 351.of quarantine, or the proper authorities of any of the ports of the United States, to be used by them temporarily for quarantine purposes, such vessels or hulks belonging to the United States as are not required for other uses, be continued for two years after the passage of this joint resolution. Approved, February 28, 1867. No. 33: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to grant the Use of Guns for Trial of Ridgway's Battery.
Resolution 33 14 Stat. 570 1867-02-28 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 2 14 public [No. 33.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to grant the Use of Guns for Trial of Ridgway's Battery*. Feb. 28, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Dahlgren guns for experimental trials of Ridgway's patent revolving battery.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to grant the use of two eleven-inch Dahlgren guns to John Ridgway of Boston, for use in experimental trials of Ridgway's patent revolving battery. Approved, February 28, 1867. No. 42: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay certain Claims out of the Balance of an Appropriation for the Payment of necessary Expenditures in the Service of the United States for Indian Affairs in the Territory of Utah. Resolution 42 14 Stat. 570 1867-03-01 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 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 42.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay certain Claims out of the Balance of an Appropriation for the Payment of necessary Expenditures in the Service of the United States for Indian Affairs in the Territory of Utah*. March 1, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payments to Henry Standish, Dimick B. Huntingtons Harrison Severe, and Buchanan and Company.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to pay to Henry Standish, Dimick B. Huntington, Harrison Severe, and Buchanan and Company, the sums which may be found due them on the settlement of their accounts with the United States for Indian affairs in Utah Territory, not to exceed the sums, respectively, of one hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty cents, one hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents, and of eighteen hundred and ninety-three dollars and sixty-six cents, seven hundred and two dollars, which shall be paid out of any of the unexpended 1860, ch. 56.Vol. xii. p. 17.balance of the appropriation made by the act entitled “An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty,” approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty, for the payment of the late Indian 1862, ch. 30.Vol. xii. p. 344.agents in Utah, and an act entitled “An act to authorize a change of appropriations for the payment of necessary expenditures in the service of the United States for Indian affairs,” approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Approved, March 1, 1867. No. 44: for printing additional Copies of the Appendix to the Diplomatic Correspondence of eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Resolution 44 14 Stat. 570 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 44.] A Resolution *for printing additional Copies of the Appendix to the Diplomatic Correspondence of eighteen hundred and sixty-five*.
March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled*, Additional copies of Appendix to Diplomatic Correspondence of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. That in addition to the number of copies of papers relating to Foreign Affairs now authorized by law, there shall be printed for distribution by the Department of State, on fine paper, with wide margin, a sufficient number of copies of the Appendix to the Diplomatic Correspondence of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to supply one copy to each Senator and each Representative of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and to each Foreign Government, and one copy to each corporation, association, or public body whose expressions of condolence How to be bound and distributed.or sympathy are published in said volume; one hundred of these copies to be bound in full Turkey morocco, full gilt, and the remaining copies to be bound in half Turkey morocco, marble-edged.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 45: for the erection of an equestrian Statue to the Memory of Breret Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott. Resolution 45 14 Stat. 571 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 45, 46, 47, 48. 1867. 571 [No. 45.] Joint Resolution *for the erection of an equestrian Statue to the Memory of Breret Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott*.
March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bronze equestrian statue to Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to contract with Henry K. Brown, Esq., of Newburgh, New York, at a price not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, for an equestrian statue, in bronze, of Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, to be made of the guns captured in Mexico, and to be placed on Franklin Square, in the city of Washington, or such other place in the said city as the Secretary of War may designate.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 46: prohibiting Payment by any Officer of the Government to any Person not known to have been opposed to the Rebellion and in favor of its Suppression. Resolution 46 14 Stat. 571 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 46.] Joint Resolution *prohibiting Payment by any Officer of the Government to any Person not known to have been opposed to the Rebellion and in favor of its Suppression*.
March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment by any government officer to any person not known to have been opposed to the rebellion, &c. prohibited. That until otherwise ordered it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States government to pay any account, claim, or demand against said government, which accrued or existed prior to the thirteenth day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in favor of any person who promoted, encouraged, or in any manner sustained the late rebellion; or in favor of any person who, during said rebellion, was not known to be opposed thereto, and distinctly in favor of its suppression; and no pardon heretofore granted, or hereafter to be granted, shall authorize the payment of such account, cl aim, or demand, until this resolution is modified or repealed: *Provided*, That thisProviso. resolution shall not be construed to prohibit the payment of claims founded upon contracts made by any of the departments, where such claims were assigned or contracted to be assigned prior to April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to creditors of said contractors, loyal citizens of loyal States, in payment of debts incurred prior to March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 47: to amend Section Five of an Act entitled “An Act to increase Duties on Imports and for other Purposes,” approved June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four. Resolution 47 14 Stat. 571 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 47.] Joint Resolution *to amend Section Five of an Act entitled “An Act to increase Duties on Imports and for other Purposes,” approved June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four*.
March 2, 1867.1864, ch. 171, § 5.Vol. xiii. p. 208. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That the paragraph of sectionCertain duty on lastings, &c. repealed. five of an act entitled “An act to increase duties on imports, and for other purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as follows, to wit: “On lastings, mohair doth, silk, twist, wool, or other manufactured cloth woven or made in patterns of such size, shape, andSee Vol. xv. p. 24. form, or cut in such maimer as to be fit for shoes, slippers, bootees, gaiters and battons exclusively, not combined with India rubber, ten per cent ad valorem,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That from and after the passage ofMachinery for manufacture of beet sugar exempt from duty. this resolution, machinery for the manufacture of beet sugar, and imported for that purpose solely, shall be exempted from duty. Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 48: to facilitate the Settlement of Accounts of disbursing Officers. Resolution 48 14 Stat. 571 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 48.] A Resolution *to facilitate the Settlement of Accounts of disbursing Officers*. March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That so much of the act entitledRepeal of port of 1862, ch. 199.Vol. xii. p. 593. “An act to provide for the more prompt settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers,” approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, as provides that “such accounts with the vouchers necessary to the correct and prompt settlement thereof, shall be rendered direct to the572THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 48, 49, 50, 51, 52. 1867. proper accounting officers of the treasury,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed; Accounts and vouchers of disbursing officers to be sent where.and all such accounts and vouchers shall hereafter be sent to the bureau to which they pertain, and, after examination there, shall be passed to the proper accounting officer of the treasury for settlement. Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 49: in Relation to National Banking Associations. Resolution 49 14 Stat. 572 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 49.] A Resolution *in Relation to National Banking Associations*. March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Excess of duty paid by any national bank to be refunded. That in all cases where a national bank has paid or may pay in excess of what may be, or has been found due from said bank, on account of the duty required to be paid to the treasurer of the United States, the bank so having paid or paying such excess of duty may state an account therefor, which, on being certified by the treasurer of the United States, and found correct by the first comptroller of the treasury, shall be refunded in the ordinary manner by warrant on the treasury.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 50: extending the Provisions of Section Two of an Act entitled “An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the Payment of certain Demands for Quartermasters' States and Subsistence (supplies furnished to the Army of the United States,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Resolution 50 14 Stat. 572 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 50.] Joint Resolution *extending the Provisions of Section Two of an Act entitled “An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the Payment of certain Demands for Quartermasters' States and Subsistence (supplies furnished to the Army of the United States,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four*. March 2, 1867.1864, ch. 240, § 2.Vol. xiii. p. 381. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That the provisions of section Claims for certain quartermasters' stores to be settled.two of the above-entitled act be, and they are hereby, extended to cover all cases where quartermasters' stores were actually furnished to the forces under the command of Major-General Lewis Wallace, and duly receipted for by persons acting under his authority, and whose authority shall be proven to the satisfaction of the accounting officers, during the Morgan raid through the States of Indiana and Ohio, in the summer of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for the purpose of giving such receipts for property so applied, the said persons shall be held to be proper officers of the government.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 51: concerning the Right of Way for the Surety and Construction of an Interoceanic Ship Canal through the Isthmus of Darien. Resolution 51 14 Stat. 572 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 51.] A Resolution *concerning the Right of Way for the Surety and Construction of an Interoceanic Ship Canal through the Isthmus of Darien*.
March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Authority for the United States to make survey of the Isthmus of Darien for ship canal.See No. 26, *Ante*, p. 667. That the Secretary of State be, and is hereby, directed to take such steps as may be necessary to obtain from the United States of Colombia the authority for the United States to make the necessary surveys at the Isthmus of Darien for a ship canal to connect the waters of the Atlantic and those of the Pacific ocean, and the terms upon which such right of way may be obtained by this government.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 52: thanking the Chambers of Senators and Deputies of Brazil for their Resolutions of Sorrow and Sympathy on the Death of President Lincoln. Resolution 52 14 Stat. 572 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 52.] A Resolution *thanking the Chambers of Senators and Deputies of Brazil for their Resolutions of Sorrow and Sympathy on the Death of President Lincoln*.
March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Acknowledgment of resolution of Chambers, &c. of Brazil, of sorrow, &c. for death of President Lincoln. That the Congress of the United States has received with respect and gratitude the resolutions of sorrow and sympathy which the Chambers of Senators and Deputies of Brazil have adopted on the death of President Lincoln, and hereby tenders to those Chambers the thanks of the people of the United States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That it shall be the duty of theTHIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 52,53, 54, 55, 56. 1867.573 President of the United States to forward a copy of this resolution to theCopy hereof to Emperor of Brazil. Emperor of Brazil, with a request that it be communicated to the two chambers. Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 53: relative to the Post-Office and Sub-Treasury of the City of Boston. Resolution 53 14 Stat. 573 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 53.] A Resolution *relative to the Post-Office and Sub-Treasury of the City of Boston*. March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the mayor and postmasterCommission to select site for post-office and sub-treasury in Boston. of the city of Boston, the assistant treasurer for the United States at the city of Boston, the president of the board of trade of the city of Boston, and Alpheus Hardy, Daniel Davies, and John A.
Andrew, of Boston, be appointed a commission to select a proper site for a building for a post-office and for the accommodation of the sub-treasury in the city of Boston, and that they report to the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of the Treasury at their earlies[t] convenience, the selection upon which they or a majority of them may agree, and the price at which such site can be purchased by the government for the purposes contemplated in this resolution, if a new site should be selected; and that if said report shall meet the approbation of the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of the Treasury, they shall communicate the same, with such additional *suggesting* [suggestions] as they may think proper, to Congress.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 54: to enable the Secretary of War to carry out an Agreement in Relation to Water Power for the Arsenal at Rock Island. Resolution 54 14 Stat. 573 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 54.] Joint Resolution *to enable the Secretary of War to carry out an Agreement in Relation to Water Power for the Arsenal at Rock Island*.
March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be,Water power for arsenal at Rock Island.1864, ch. 60.Vol. xiii. p. 60.1806, ch. 141.*Ante*, p. 76. and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to carry into effect the recommendations of the commissioners appointed under the acts of April nineteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and June twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, relative to the Moline Water Company and the water power at Rock Island, Illinois, as contained in the report of said commissioners, and to make application for that purpose of the money heretofore appropriated for securing water power at the head of Rock Island.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 55: to provide for the Exchange of certain Public Documents. Resolution 55 14 Stat. 573 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 55.] A Resolution *to provide for the Exchange of certain Public Documents*. March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That fifty copies of all documentsExchange of certain public documents. hereafter printed by order of either House of Congress, and fifty copies additional of all documents printed in excess of the usual number, together with fifty copies of each publication issued by any department or bureau of the government, be placed at the disposal of the joint committee on the Library, who shall exchange the same, through the agency of the Smithsonian Institution, for such works published in foreign countries, and especially by foreign governments, as may be deemed by said committee an equivalent; said works to be deposited in the library of Congress.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 56: for the Reduction of the Military Reservation of Fort Riley, and to grant Land for Bridge Purposes to the State of Kansas. Resolution 56 14 Stat. 573 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 56.] Joint Resolution *for the Reduction of the Military Reservation of Fort Riley, and to grant Land for Bridge Purposes to the State of Kansas*.
March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the southwestern boundarySouthwestern boundary of military reservation of Fort Riley established. of the military reservation of Fort Riley, in the State of Kansas, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be hereafter the channel of the Republican574THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 56, 57, 58. 1867. river, from its mouth to the point where said river intersects the present Land released granted to Kansas for bridge over Republican river.western line of said reservation, and the land released from said reservation and lying between the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, is hereby-granted to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of a bridge over the Republican river, on the public highway leading through the present Condition of grant.reservation; but upon the express condition that this grant shall be accepted by the State of Kansas with a guaranty given by said State, by an act of the legislature thereof, that said bridge shall be kept up and maintained in good condition, and shall be free to the use of the government of the United States, for all transit purposes forever, without tolls or charges, and on such acceptance and guaranty being filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, together with the certificate of the governor of Kansas that a good and permanent bridge has been constructed Patent, when to issue.over the said Republican river, it shall be the duty of said Secretary to issue patent, for the land hereby granted, to the State of Kansas, or to such company as may be authorized, by act of the legislature of said Proviso.State, to construct said bridge: *Provided, however*, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with any grant of any part of said land heretofore made by the United States.
Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 57: presenting the Thanks of Congress to Cyrus W. Field. Resolution 57 14 Stat. 574 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 57.] A Resolution *presenting the Thanks of Congress to Cyrus W. Field*. March 2, 1867. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Thanks of Congress to Cyrus W.
Field. That the thanks of Congress be, and they hereby are, presented to Cyrus AV. Field, of New York, for his foresight, courage, and determination in establishing telegraphic communication by means of the Atlantic cable, traversing mid-ocean and connecting Gold medal.the Old World with the New; and that the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscription, to be presented to Mr. Field. Sec. 2. Copy of resolution and medal to Mr.
Field.*And be it further resolved*, That when the 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 medal, to Mr. Field, to be presented to him in the name of the people of the United States of America. Sec. 3. Appropriation.*And be it further resolved*, That 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, March 2, 1867. No. 58: instructing the Secretary of the Interior to order a Survey for a Bridge or Bridges across the Potomac. Resolution 58 14 Stat. 574 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No. 58.] Joint Resolution *instructing the Secretary of the Interior to order a Survey for a Bridge or Bridges across the Potomac*.
March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Surveys and estimates to he made for a bridge or bridges across the Potomac. That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to order a survey, by a competent engineer, of the ground and river at and near the Aqueduct Bridge, in this District, and report upon the practicability of constructing there a bridge across the Potomac without obstructing the navigation of the river, and the probable cost thereof, separately estimating for a common bridge, and for a bridge both for railway and common travel.
Also to examine and report touching the like bridges at or near the Long Bridge; and whether the same can be there built so as to avoid obstructions of the navigation thereby, and the probable cost thereof; said report to be made at the earliest day practicable. Approved, March 2, 1867. No. 59: authorizing the Secretary of State to present to Captain James G. Smith, of the British Brig “Victoria,” a Grid Chronometer, in Token of Appreciation of his Services in rescuing from Death the Master, Officers, and Crew, and Passengers on Board of the American Brig “E.
H. Fitler.” Resolution 59 14 Stat. 575 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 59, 60. 1867. 575 [No. 59.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of State to present to Captain James G. Smith, of the British Brig “Victoria,” a Grid Chronometer, in Token of Appreciation of his Services in rescuing from Death the Master, Officers, and Crew, and Passengers on Board of the American Brig “E.
H. Fitler.”* March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Gold chronometer to be presented to Captain James G. Smith, for rescue of the passengers and crew of the American brig E. H. Fitler. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be procured and presented to Captain James G. Smith, master of the brig “Victoria,” of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, a gold chronometer, in token of appreciation by Hie government of the United States of his humane and successful efforts in rescuing from death the master, officers, crew, and passengers on board the brig E.
H. Filler, of Philadelphia, wrecked at sea on the morning of January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Approved, March 2, 1867. No 60: in Relation to the Erection of a Jail in the District of Columbia. Resolution 60 14 Stat. 575 1867-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-01 39 2 14 public [No 60.] Joint Resolution *in Relation to the Erection of a Jail in the District of Columbia*.
March 2, 1867. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, No money to be paid towards the construction of the new jail in the District of Columbia, unless, &c.1866, ch. 286.*Ante*, p. 231. That no money shall be paid out of the treasury towards the construction of the new jail for the District of Columbia under the act approved twenty-fifth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, unless the letting of the contract for the building of said jail shall be suspended and delayed until perfected plans for the entire work shall have been completed and approved by a board of three, composed of disinterested and competent engineers and architects, of which Quartermaster-General M.
C. Meigs, and A. B. Mullet, architect of the Treasury Department, shall be two, nor unless the letting of such contract shall have been open to fair and equal competition, on seasonable notice printed in two leading newspapers printed and published in the city of Washington after such approval of such new and perfected plans, and that theNew site for jail. Secretary of the Interior be also authorized and directed to select a new site for said jail under the said act. Approved, March 2, 1867. 39 39 1 1865 1866 577 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the First Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, A.
D. 1865, and ended on Saturday, the twenty-eighth day of July, A.D. 1866.* Andrew Johnson, President. La. Fayette S. Foster, President of the Senate. La Fayette S. Foster was elected President of the Senate *pro tempore* on the seventh day of March, and so acted until the end of the Session. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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