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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 16 STAT. · July 15, 1870 · Chapter CCCV

Chapter CCCV. to disapprove of certain Acts of the legislative Assembly of Idaho Territory, and for other Purposes

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CHAP. CCCV.— An Act to disapprove of certain Acts of the legislative Assembly of Idaho Territory, and for other Purposes.July 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That so much of the revenueDisapproval of certain acts of the legislative assembly of Idaho Territory respecting tax, &c. upon Chinamen, &c.; laws passed by the legislative assembly of the Territory of Idaho, January thirteen, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as provides for a special license, or tax, to be collected of or paid by Chinamen, or persons of the Mongolian race, who may be engaged in mining, or hold mining claims in said Territory, and so much of all other laws of said Territory as discriminate between persons of said race and other persons, in regard to taxation, are hereby disapproved of and annulled.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the act passed by the legislativecreating the office of district-attorney, &c.; assembly of said Territory on the fifteenth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled “An act creating the office of district attorney for each county in this Territory, and defining their duties and providing for their compensation,” be, and the same is hereby, disapproved and annulled. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts and parts of actsgiving extra pay to officers holding commissions by federal appointment, &c. heretofore passed by the legislative assembly of said Territory that provide for the payment of salaries or extra compensation out of the territorial treasury to officers holding commissions by federal appointment in said Territory, or which provide any compensation to the members of the legislative assembly, or the clerks, or attaches thereof other than that paid by the United States, are hereby disapproved of and annulled; and the legislative assembly is hereby prohibited from making any appropriation from the treasury of said Territory to any such officers or persons, under any pretence of adding to or increasing their compensation as fixed by the United States.
Approved, July 15, 1870. 367 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: in Relation to a Site for a Building for the State Department. Resolution 1 16 Stat. 367 1869-12-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 public [No. 1.] A Resolution in Relation to a Site for a Building for the State Department.Dec. 14, 1869. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of State,Commission to select site for building for new State Department. the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the architect of the Capitol extension, the supervising architect of the Treasury Department, and the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, be, and they are hereby, appointed a commission to select a site for the erection of a building for a new State Department, subject to the approval of Congress; to cause plans to be made for the same, with an estimatePlans and estimate.Arrangements for War Department, if, &c.Report to Congress. of [the] probable cost thereof; and also to examine as to the propriety of making some arrangements for the War Department: *Provided,* That the commission should reach the conclusion that the present site of that department is the most suitable for the State Department, and report to Congress on the first day of next session.
Approved, December 14, 1869. No. 2: appointing General Thomas Osborn a Manager of the national Asylum for disabled Soldiers. Resolution 2 16 Stat. 367 1869-12-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 public [No. 2.] A Resolution appointing General Thomas Osborn a Manager of the national Asylum for disabled Soldiers.Dec. 14, 1869. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That General Thomas Osborn,General Thomas Osborn appointed a manager of National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers. of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, appointed a manager of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers, in the place of Richard J.
Oglesby, resigned. Approved, December 14, 1869. No. 3: disapproving of a Contract for leasing the Custom-house Block in San Francisco. Resolution 3 16 Stat. 367 1869-12-22 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 2026-02-16 41 2 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution disapproving of a Contract for leasing the Custom-house Block in San Francisco.Dec. 22, 1869. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the certain agreement madeContract for leasing custom-house block in San Francisco annulled. the eleventh day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, between the United States acting by Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, of the one part, and John R.
Buckbee and Henry F. Williams, of the other part, for the leasing of the lot in San Francisco, California, known as the custom-house block, for the period of twenty-five years, for certain considerations therein named, be hereby disapproved and annulled. Approved, December 22, 1869. No. 4: suspending existing Provisions of Law for taking the Census. Resolution 4 16 Stat. 367 1869-12-22 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 2026-02-16 41 2 public [No. 4.] A Resolution suspending existing Provisions of Law for taking the Census.Dec. 22, 1869. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all existing provisions of lawExisting laws for taking the census suspended, until, &c. relating to taking the census required by the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, suspended and postponed until the first day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy.
Approved, December 22, 1869. No. 5: relating to Steamboats and other Vessels owned in the loyal States. Resolution 5 16 Stat. 368 1869-12-23 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 368 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 5, 6, 7, 8. 1869–70. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution *relating to Steamboats and other Vessels owned in the loyal States*.
Dec. 23, 1869. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Claims for steamboats, &c. not debarred by act 1867, ch. 67, Vol. xiv. p. 397, if, &c.[Amended, Pub. Res. No. 50.*Post*, p. 600.See also Vol. xvii. p. 12.] That the act of February *nineteenth*, [twenty-first] eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “An act to declare the sense of an act entitled ‘An act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims,’” and so forth, and so forth, shall not apply to nor be construed to debar the settlement of claims for steamboats or other vessels taken without consent of the owner, or impressed into the military service of the United States, during the late war, in States or parts of States declared in insurrection : *Provided*, That the claimants were loyal at the time their claims originated, and remained loyal thereafter, and were residents of loyal States, and such steamboats or other vessels were in the insurrectionary districts by proper authority, viz.: charter, contract, impressment, or in conformity with rules or regulations established by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the President of the United States.
Approved, December 23, 1869. No. 6: of Tribute to the Memory of George Peabody, deceased. Resolution 6 16 Stat. 368 1869-12-23 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution *of Tribute to the Memory of George Peabody, deceased*. Dec. 23, 1869. Whereas, in the death of George Peabody, a native of the UnitedPreamble.
States, and late a resident of England, our country and the world have sustained an irretrievable loss; and whereas the Queen of Great Britain, the authorities of London, and the Emperor of France have made extraordinary provision for the transfer of his remains to his native land: Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, The President to make suitable preparation for the reception of the body of George Peabody.
That the President of the United States be authorized to make such preparation for the reception of the body of our distinguished philanthropist as is merited by his glorious deeds, and in a manner commensurate with the justice, magnanimity, and dignity of a great people. Appropriation.*And be it further resolved*, That the expenses incurred by such ceremonial as the President may adopt in the premises shall be paid by any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 23, 1869.
No. 7: to extend the Port of Entry of the Collection District of New Orleans. Resolution 7 16 Stat. 368 1870-02-02 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 7.] A Resolution *to extend the Port of Entry of the Collection District of New Orleans*. Feb. 2, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Port of entry of New Orleans extended.
That the limits of the port of New Orleans as a port of entry be enlarged and extended so as to include all that portion of the parish of Jefferson, left bank, in the State of Louisiana, lying between the Mississippi river and Lake Pontchartrain, and between the upper line of the parish of Orleans, left bank, and a line running parallel thereto, commencing at the Mississippi river, at the upper line of the city of Carrollton, and extending to Lake Pontchartrain. Sec. 2. Resolution when to take effect.*And be it further resolved*, That this resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.
Approved, February 2, 1870. No. 8: authorizing the Passport Clerk at the Department of State to administer Oaths and Affirmations on Applications for Passports. Resolution 8 16 Stat. 368 1870-02-03 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 8.] A Resolution *authorizing the Passport Clerk at the Department of State to administer Oaths and Affirmations on Applications for Passports*.
Feb. 3, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Passport clerk in State Depart- That the clerk in the Department of State who may from time to time be assigned to the duty of369FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 8, 12, 13, 15, 16. 1870. examining applications for passports, is hereby authorized and empoweredment may administer oaths, &c. to receive and attest, but without charge to the affiant, all oaths, affidavits, or affirmations which are or may be required by law, or by the rules of the Department of State, to be made before granting such passport or passports; and such oaths, affidavits, or affirmations shall be deemed to be made under the pains and penalties of perjury.Perjury.
Approved, February 3, 1870. No. 12: to authorize the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological Observations at the military Stations and other Points in the Interior of the Continent, and for giving Notice on the northern Lakes and Seaboard of the Approach and Force of Storms. Resolution 12 16 Stat. 369 1870-02-09 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution *to authorize the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological Observations at the military Stations and other Points in the Interior of the Continent, and for giving Notice on the northern Lakes and Seaboard of the Approach and Force of Storms*. Feb. 9, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations and to give notice of the approach and force of storms.
See *Ante*, p. 90. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent, and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the sea-coast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms. Approved, February 9, 1870. No. 13: donating to the public Schools of Washington, District of Columbia, the Frame Building located at the southeast Corner of Twenty-second Street West and I Street North, in said City.
Resolution 13 16 Stat. 369 1870-02-12 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 13.] A Resolution *donating to the public Schools of Washington, District of Columbia, the Frame Building located at the southeast Corner of Twenty-second Street West and I Street North, in said City*. Feb. 12, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Building given to Washington for the use of the public schools.
That there be donated to the city of Washington, for the use of the public schools of said city, the frame building now in the possession of the Freedmen's Bureau, located on the southeast corner of Twenty-second Street west and I Street north, and that the commissioner of said bureau be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to turn over said building to the mayor of Washington for the purpose stated, the transfer to take effect from December one, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
Approved, February 12, 1870. No. 15: authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of “Bridges' Battery Association,” at Chicago, Illinois, certain captured Ordnance. Resolution 15 16 Stat. 369 1870-02-21 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of “Bridges' Battery Association,” at Chicago, Illinois, certain captured Ordnance*.
Feb. 21, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bridges' Battery association to have certain captured ordnance placed at its disposal. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place at the disposal of the “Bridges' Battery Association,” at Chicago, Illinois, ten captured twelve-pounder guns of obsolete patterns, now condemned and in store at the Rock Island Arsenal, to be placed around a large and beautiful lot in Rosehill Cemetery, at Chicago, Illinois.
Approved, February 21, 1870. No. 16: to sell or exchange the Site of Custom-house in the City of Nashville, Tennessee, that a more suitable Location may be obtained. Resolution 16 16 Stat. 369 1870-02-24 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution *to sell or exchange the Site of Custom-house in the City of Nashville, Tennessee, that a more suitable Location may be obtained*.
Feb. 24, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of Treasury may sell or exchange the site of custom-house in Nashville, Tennessee. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder therefor, the present site for a custom-house in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, or to exchange the same for a new and more eligible site, as directed in the following section.
Sec. 2. New site may be procured.*And be it further resolved*, That out of the proceeds of the said sale, or by such exchange, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and370FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 16, 18, 21, 22, 23. 1870. directed to purchase or procure a new and more eligible site for a custom-house Cost not to exceed proceeds of present site.in the said city of Nashville: *Provided*, That the cost of the new site shall in no event exceed the amount of the proceeds from the sale or exchange of the present site.
Approved, February 24, 1870. No. 18: to pass to the Credit of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers the Funds belonging to it for the Relief of sick and wounded Soldiers. Resolution 18 16 Stat. 370 1870-03-01 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 18.] A Resolution *to pass to the Credit of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers the Funds belonging to it for the Relief of sick and wounded Soldiers*.
March 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Balance of fund created by act 1864, ch. 13, § 17,Vol. xiii. p. 9, transferred to National Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers. That the unexpended balance of the fund created by the seventeenth section of the act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers, shall be transferred to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the support of its beneficiaries.
Sec. 2. Moneys withheld from volunteers, borne on the rolls as deserters, not to be paid, except, &c.;how to be disposed of.*And be it further resolved*, That the moneys withheld because of the desertion of any person from the volunteer forces of the United States, who is borne on the rolls as a deserter, shall not be paid to him except the record of desertion shall have been cancelled on the sole ground that such record had been made erroneously and contrary to the facts, but such moneys shall be and remain the property of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the support of its beneficiaries.
Approved, March 1, 1870. No. 21: in Relation to Settlers on the late Sioux Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota. Resolution 21 16 Stat. 370 1870-03-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 21.] A Resolution *in Relation to Settlers on the late Sioux Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota*.
March 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain settlers on the Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota to have until March 1st, 1871, to make proof and pay.1868, ch. 21. Vol. xv. p. 39. That the act of Congress, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled “An act for the relief of settlers on the late Sioux Indian reservation in the State of Minnesota,” be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to allow the settlers therein provided for until the first day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-one, in which to make proof and payment for their claims.
Approved, March 14, 1870. No. 22: making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for contingent Expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Resolution 22 16 Stat. 370 1870-03-16 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution *making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for contingent Expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy*.
March 16, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: To defray expenses of folding documents, including materials and labor, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of three mail carriers, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each, three thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars.
For pay of laborers, six thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Approved, March 16, 1870. No. 23: relative to legislative Fund of Washington Territory. Resolution 23 16 Stat. 370 1870-03-18 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution *relative to legislative Fund of Washington Territory*.
March 18, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for assembly of Washington Territory how may be expended.1869, ch. 15, § 2.*Ante*, p. 12. That the appropriation of twelve thousand dollars “for the per diem and mileage of the members of the territorial assembly of the Territory of Washington, at its second biennial session which meets on the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for the incidental expenses of the same,” contained in371FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 23, 26, 28, 29, 30. 1870. the act “to supply deficiencies,” approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, shall be applicable to the payment of the per diem and mileage of the members of the territorial assembly of said Territory which met during the month of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and of the incidental expenses of said session. Approved, March 18, 1870. No. 26: granting condemned Guns to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
Resolution 26 16 Stat. 371 1870-03-23 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution *granting condemned Guns to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers*. March 23, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned guns granted to National Asylum, &c. at Dayton, O.
That the Secretary of War be authorized to turn over to the managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio, such number of condemned iron or bronze guns on hand, unfit for army purposes, as may be desired and sufficient for ornamentation of the cemetery and soldiers' monument at that institution. Approved, March 23, 1870. No. 28: to transfer an Appropriation for the public Printing. Resolution 28 16 Stat. 371 1870-03-24 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 28.] A Resolution *to transfer an Appropriation for the public Printing*. March 24, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for public printing transferred.1868, ch. 176.Vol. xv. p. 95. Pub. Res. No. 5.Vol. xv. p. 343. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to transfer from the paper fund, under “appropriations for printing and binding for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,” as follows:
For public printing, ninety thousand dollars; for public binding, sixty thousand dollars. Approved, March 24, 1870. No. 29: in Relation to the Construction of the Rock Island Bridge. Resolution 29 16 Stat. 371 1870-03-25 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 29.] Joint Resolution *in Relation to the Construction of the Rock Island Bridge*.
March 25, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rock island bridge to be constructed for single-track railroad.Wagon road, where placed.Limit of expenditure.1867, ch. 170. Vol. xiv. p. 485. Pub. Res. No. 60. Vol. xv. p. 258. That, in the construction of the bridge heretofore authorized by Congress, across the Mississippi river, between Rock Island and the city of Davenport, the Secretary of War shall have power to construct the same for a single-track railroad only, and to place the wagon road below the railroad track, as recommended by the chief of engineers: *Provided*, That in no case shall the expenditure on the part of the United States exceed one million dollars.
Approved, March 25, 1870. No. 30: expressing the Sympathy of Congress at the Death of Major-General George H. Thomas. Resolution 30 16 Stat. 371 1870-04-05 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 30.] Joint Resolution *expressing the Sympathy of Congress at the Death of Major-General George H.
Thomas*. April 5, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Resolution in honor of the memory of Major-General George H. Thomas. That the Senate and House of Representatives have heard with deep regret of the sudden decease of Major-General George H. Thomas, endeared to the country by a series of unbroken, patriotic services during a period of thirty years. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That his distinguished career in the defence of his country against foreign and domestic enemies, his never-faltering faith and zeal in the maintenance of the Union and the integrity of the government, and his stern execution of every trust confided to him, constitute a record in life made memorable in death.
Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House are hereby authorized to make such arrangements in connection with his obsequies as will attest the sympathy of Congress at this national bereavement. Approved, April 5, 1870. No. 31: directing the Librarian of Congress to return to the Executor of Thomas Jefferson certain private Papers. Resolution 31 16 Stat. 372 1870-04-06 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 372 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 31, 32, 33, 36. 1870. [No. 31.] A Resolution *directing the Librarian of Congress to return to the Executor of Thomas Jefferson certain private Papers*. April 6, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled*, Certain private papers to be returned to the executor of Thomas Jefferson. That the Librarian of Congress be authorized to return to the executor of Thomas Jefferson such of the papers of said Jefferson now in possession of the government as upon examination shall be deemed of a private character, reserving such as may be regarded public in their character, and report the same to the Committee on the Library.
Approved, April 6, 1870. No. 32: relating to Officers of the Soldiers' Home. Resolution 32 16 Stat. 372 1870-04-06 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 32.] A Resolution *relating to Officers of the Soldiers' Home*. April 6, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Officers of Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia.1870, ch. 9.*Ante*, p. 62.
That the law passed January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy, prohibiting the assignment of retired army officers to duty, shall not apply to officers selected by the board of commissioners of the Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, for duty at that institution, such selection being approved by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That they receive from the government only the pay and emoluments allowed by law to retired officers. Approved, April 6, 1870. No. 33: directing an Inquiry into the Loss of the United States Steamer “Oneida.
” Resolution 33 16 Stat. 372 1870-04-07 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 33.] Joint Resolution *directing an Inquiry into the Loss of the United States Steamer “Oneida.”* April 7, 1870. Preamble.Whereas, on the twenty-fourth day of January last, the United States steamer “Oneida,” when leaving the port of Yokohama, Japan, came in collision with the British Peninsular and Oriental mail steamer “Bombay,” and sunk almost instantly, with the loss of nearly all her officers and the greater part of her men; and whereas the Navy Department has been unable, in answer to a request of the House of Representatives, to communicate any detailed or satisfactory information touching the circumstances of the loss, beyond its extent and the number of casualties; and whereas it appears that no full and impartial and satisfactory investigation has been made into the causes of the disaster, or into the conduct of the parties implicated in it:
Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled*, Inquiry to be made into the particulars of the loss of the United States steamer “Oneida.” That the Secretary of the Navy shall, with the least practicable delay, order an inquiry to be made into the particulars of the loss of said United States steamer “Oneida,” and of her officers and men, including the subsequent conduct of the captain of the steamer “Bombay,” with a view to ascertain the responsibility for the collision by which she was destroyed, and for the destruction of life which attended the catastrophe, and make report of the same to Congress.
Approved, April 7, 1870. No. 36: in Relation to the Printing, for the Use of the Department of State, of additional Copies of Documents emanating from that Department. Resolution 36 16 Stat. 372 1870-04-16 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 36.] A Resolution *in Relation to the Printing, for the Use of the Department of State, of additional Copies of Documents emanating from that Department*.
April 16, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Additional copies of documents from State Department authorized for that department. That hereafter, in addition to the number of copies of documents emanating from the Department of State which may be ordered to be printed by either house of Congress, it shall be the duty of the congressional printer to cause to be printed for the use of that department five hundred copies of every such document, when requested Proviso.to do so by the Secretary of State : *Provided*, That the expense of the same shall in no single case exceed the sum of five hundred dollars.
Approved, April 16, 1870. No. 37: donating captured Cannon for the Purpose of Constructing a Monument at West Point, New York. Resolution 37 16 Stat. 373 1870-04-28 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 373 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 37, 38, 39, 40. 1870. [No. 37.] Joint Resolution *donating captured Cannon for the Purpose of Constructing a Monument at West Point, New York*.
April 28, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Captured cannon donated for a monument at West Point, N. Y. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to Professor A. E. Church, treasurer of the Battle Monument committee, fifty bronze guns captured from the rebels, to be used in the construction of a monument at West Point, New York, in memory of the officers and soldiers of the regular army who fell in the late war, and in the ornamentation of the grounds around said monument.
Approved, April 28, 1870. No. 38: to construe an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.’” Resolution 38 16 Stat. 373 1870-04-28 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 38.] Joint Resolution *to construe an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.’”* April 28, 1870.1860, ch. 167.Vol. xii. p. 71. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, 1869, ch. 47.
Vol. xv. p. 275.Time extended for presenting certain claims; That so much of an act approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico,’” as requires that derivative claimants under Vigil and St. Vrain shall establish their claims to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district within one year from the passage of said act, shall be so construed as to authorize the presentation of such derivative claims within one year from the completion and approval of the subdivisional surveys contemplated by said act of twenty-fifth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That all settlers entitled by said actfor filing declaratory statements or making entry. to the rights of pre-emption or homestead shall have the further time of thirty days, after notice in their favor of their respective claims, to file their declaratory statements as pre-emptors or to make entry under the homestead laws, as they may select. Approved, April 28, 1870. No. 39: making an Appropriation for the Purpose of making Experiments in the Ventilation of the Halls of the Capitol.
Resolution 39 16 Stat. 373 1870-05-04 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 39.] Joint Resolution *making an Appropriation for the Purpose of making Experiments in the Ventilation of the Halls of the Capitol*. May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriations for experiments in ventilation of the halls of the capitol.
That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of making experiments in the ventilation of the halls of the capitol, to be drawn by the clerk of the House, and expended under the direction of the joint committee of the two houses on that subject. Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 40: authorizing the Supply of Arms, for Instruction and Practice, to certain Colleges and Universities.
Resolution 40 16 Stat. 373 1870-05-04 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 40.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Supply of Arms, for Instruction and Practice, to certain Colleges and Universities*. May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War may issue small-arms, &c. to certain colleges and universities, for instruction, &c.1866, ch. 299, §26.Vol. xiv. p. 330.Bond, &c.
That the Secretary of War be authorized to issue, at his discretion and under proper regulations to be prescribed by him, out of any small-arms or pieces of field artillery belonging to the government and which can be spared for that purpose, such number of the same as may appear to be required for military instruction and practice by the students of any college or university, under the provisions of section twenty-six of the “Act to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States”; the Secretary to require a bond in each case, in double the value of the property, for the care and safe-keeping thereof, and for the return of the same when required.
Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 41: authorizing the Sale of certain Lands at Springfield, Massachusetts, and for other Purposes. Resolution 41 16 Stat. 374 1870-05-04 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 374 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 41, 42, 43, 47. 1870. [No. 41.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Sale of certain Lands at Springfield, Massachusetts, and for other Purposes*.
May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain land in Springfield, Mass., may be sold to Horace Kibbe. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell to Horace Kibbe, of Springfield, Massachusetts, at its full value, to be determined by the superintendent and paymaster, jointly, with the approval of the Secretary of War, of the national armory in said Springfield, a small detached piece of land belonging to, but of no use or value to the public, lying at the junction of Federal and Armory streets in said Springfield, and containing about forty-three square rods, on the condition that the said Kibbe shall grant all that portion of said lot lying to the south of the north line of Grant Street to the city of Springfield, for use as a public park forever.
And on full payment of the appraised value thereof, and compliance with the condition before stated, the Secretary of War shall execute all necessary deeds for the conveyance of the lot to the purchaser thereof. Sec. 2. Byers Street, Springfield, Mass., to be a public highway.See Pub. Res. No. 69.*Post*, p. 379.*And be it further resolved*, That *Ryers* [Byers] Street, heretofore opened on the public land at Springfield, Massachusetts, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a public highway or thoroughfare for general use.
Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 42: for the Return of Evidence of honorable Discharge to Officers and enlisted Men. Resolution 42 16 Stat. 374 1870-05-04 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 42.] Joint Resolution *for the Return of Evidence of honorable Discharge to Officers and enlisted Men*. May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Evidence of honorable discharge to be returned to officers and enlisted men.
That in all cases where it has become necessary for any officer or enlisted man of the army to file his evidence of honorable discharge from the military service of the United States, to secure the settlement of his accounts, the accounting officer with whom it has been filed shall, upon application by said officer or Proviso.enlisted man, deliver to him such evidence of honorable discharge, *providing* [provided] his accounts shall have been duly settled; and provided that the fact, date, and amount of such settlement shall first be clearly written across the face of such evidence of honorable discharge, and attested by the signature of the accounting officer.
Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 43: making an Appropriation to defray the Expenses of the Committee on Education and Labor, incurred in Pursuance of Investigations ordered by the House of Representatives. Resolution 43 16 Stat. 374 1870-05-04 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 43.] Joint Resolution *making an Appropriation to defray the Expenses of the Committee on Education and Labor, incurred in Pursuance of Investigations ordered by the House of Representatives*.
May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congsess assembled*, Appropriation for expenses of committee on education and labor. That the sum of three thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses to be incurred by the committee on education and labor, in conducting the investigation ordered by the House of Representatives by resolution of April sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 47: authorizing the Postmaster-General to prescribe an earlier Time for the Execution of Contracts by accepted Bidders, and for other Purposes. Resolution 47 16 Stat. 374 1870-05-05 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 47.] A Resolution *authorizing the Postmaster-General to prescribe an earlier Time for the Execution of Contracts by accepted Bidders, and for other Purposes*.
May 5, 1870. Preamble.Whereas in the instructions appended to an advertisement issued by the Postmaster-General on the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, inviting proposals for carrying the mails of the United States for four years from the first July, eighteen hundred and seventy, in the States of California, Oregon, and Nevada, and in the Territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona, it is stipulated that the contracts are to be executed by or before the375FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 47, 48, 49. 1870.first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy; and whereas, in view ofPreamble. the importance of the service to be performed and the damage to the public interests which would result from failure to put said service in operation at the proper time, it is desirable to fix an earlier period than the first of July for the execution of the contracts, and to adopt such other precautions as may seem necessary to guard against the failure of bidders or contractors to fulfil their obligations :
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Postmaster General may require accepted bidders to execute contracts at an earlier time, &c.; That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized, in any case in which he may deem it necessary, to require accepted bidders under the advertisement of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, inviting proposals for carrying the mails of the United States in the States and Territories above mentioned, to execute contracts and return them to the department at an earlier period than the first day of July, and, at the discretion of the Postmaster-General, as early as the first day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Sec. 2 *And be it further resolved*, That in any case arising under themay summo certain bidders to show cause why such bid should not be set aside, or, &c.; aforementioned advertisement in which the Postmaster-General shall have good reason to believe that any bid for carrying the mail on any route has not been made in good faith, he shall be authorized to summon the bidder or bidders to appear before him and show cause why such bid should not be set aside, or immediately executed by entering into contract with sufficient sureties; and the failure of the bidder or bidders to appear in response to such a summons and satisfy the Postmaster-General thatFailure to appear, or, &c. to be sufficient cause for setting bid aside. said bid has been made in good faith, and that the guarantors thereof are duly responsible, or to enter into such contract, shall be deemed to be sufficient cause for setting such bid aside and entering into contract with the lowest of the bidders who will do so for the performance of the service.
And all the bidders shall be seasonably notified that such summons hasNotice to bidders. been issued and that they may be required to enter into such contract. Approved, May 5, 1870. No. 48: to provide for Survey and Estimates of Cost of removing Obstructions from the Bayou Teche, in the State of Louisiana. Resolution 48 16 Stat. 375 1870-05-05 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 0. 1846. [No. 48.] A Resolution *to provide for Survey and Estimates of Cost of removing Obstructions from the Bayou Teche, in the State of Louisiana*. May 5, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Survey and estimates to be made for removing obstructions from Bayou Teche.Proviso.Appropriation. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, instructed to cause a survey and estimates of cost of removing obstructions from and improving the navigation of the Bayou Teche, in the State of Louisiana: *Provided*, That the expense of said survey and estimate shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars.
And the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 5, 1870. No. 49: for the Transfer of an unexpended Balance of Appropriation to the Book Fund of the Library of Congress. Resolution 49 16 Stat. 375 1870-05-05 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 49.] A Resolution *for the Transfer of an unexpended Balance of Appropriation to the Book Fund of the Library of Congress*.
May 5, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Transfer of appropriation to purchase of books for library of Congress.1868, ch. 176. Vol. xv. p. 95. 1869, ch. 121. Vol. xv. p. 286. That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, appropriated by acts approved July thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, “for the expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign governments,” the same being an unexpended balance not required for that purpose, be, and the same is hereby, transferred to the fund for the purchase of books for the library of Congress.
Approved, May 5, 1870. No. 50: relative to the Establishment of a Light Station on the Choptank River in Maryland. Resolution 50 16 Stat. 376 1870-05-05 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 376 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 50, 53–55, 57. 1870. [No. 50.] A Resolution *relative to the Establishment of a Light Station on the Choptank River in Maryland*.
May 5, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Light station on the Choptank river. That the Lighthouse Board be, and is hereby, authorized to establish a light station to mark the obstruction to navigation in the Choptank river, Maryland, in the vicinity of Castle Haven point. Approved, May 5, 1870. No. 53: extending the Time for the Completion of the first Section of twenty Miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad.
Resolution 53 16 Stat. 376 1870-05-06 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 53.] A Resolution *extending the Time for the Completion of the first Section of twenty Miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad*. May 6, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Time for completion of first section of Cairo and Fulton railroad extended. 1860, ch. 300, § 2.
Vol. xiv. p. 339.Pub. Res. No. 27.Vol. xv. p. 349. That in case the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company shall complete the first section of twenty miles of said road by the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy, and the Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied of such completion, then the said company shall be entitled to its lands in all respects and to the same extent as it would have been had said twenty miles been completed by the twenty-eighth of April, eighteen hundred and seventy, as provided by law relating to said railroad company.
Approved, May 6, 1870. No. 54: granting an American Register to the British-built Schooner “W.D.B.” Resolution 54 16 Stat. 376 1870-05-06 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 54.] Joint Resolution *granting an American Register to the British-built Schooner “W.D.B.”* May 6, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, American register to issue to the schooner “W.
D. B.” That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to issue an American register to the British-built schooner “W. D. B.,” wrecked and found abandoned at sea, said vessel being now owned by citizens of Portland, Maine. Approved, May 6, 1870. No. 55: granting condemned Guns for Soldiers' Monuments at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey. Resolution 55 16 Stat. 376 1870-05-06 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 55.] Joint Resolution *granting condemned Guns for Soldiers' Monuments at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey*. May 6, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned guns granted to Fairmount cemetery, Newark, N.J. That the Secretary of War be authorized to turn over to the managers of the Fairmount cemetery, at Newark, New Jersey, six pieces of condemned iron or bronze guns on hand, unfit for army purposes, for ornamentation of the soldiers' monuments therein.
Approved, May 6, 1870. No. 57: for setting apart a Portion of the Fort Snelling military Reservation for a permanent military Post, and the Settlement of all Claims in Relation thereto. Resolution 57 16 Stat. 376 1870-05-07 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 57.] A Resolution *for setting apart a Portion of the Fort Snelling military Reservation for a permanent military Post, and the Settlement of all Claims in Relation thereto*.
May 7, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Part of Fort Snelling military reservation set apart for permanent military post. That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered to select and set apart for a permanent military post so much of the military reservation of Fort Snelling, not less than one thousand acres, as the public interests may require for that purpose, and to quiet the title to said reservation, and to settle all claims in relation thereto, and for the use and occupation thereof, upon principles of equity.
Approved, May 7, 1870. No. 59: donating condemned Cannon to the McPherson Monument Association. Resolution 59 16 Stat. 377 1870-05-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 377 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 59, 60, 62. 1870. [No. 59.] Joint Resolution *donating condemned Cannon to the McPherson Monument Association*.
May 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned guns granted to the McPherson Monument Association. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the McPherson Monument Association such number of condemned bronze guns as may be required by said association to be used in the erection or ornamentation of a monument to the late Major-General James B.
McPherson. Approved, May 11, 1870. No. 60: to amend the Act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy. Resolution 60 16 Stat. 377 1870-05-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 60.] Joint Resolution *to amend the Act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy*. May 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, First proviso of act.1870, ch. 56,*Ante*, p. 89, not to apply to certain accounts.
That the first proviso in the act approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, which prescribes the conditions under which the disbursement of the appropriations therein contained, for defraying expenses incurred in carrying into effect the “Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,” shall be made, shall not be held to apply to accounts for services rendered, or for supplies furnished, under regulations or orders issued by the respective commanders of the several military districts under the authority of the seventh section of the act of March twenty-third, eighteen1867, ch. 6, § 7.Vol. xv. p. 4. hundred and sixty-seven, and which accounts shall have been duly certified and audited and have been approved, and the payment ordered by said commanders.
Approved, May 11, 1870. No. 62: for the Relief of Helen Lincoln and Heloise Lincoln, and for the Withholding of Moneys from Tribes of Indians holding American Captives. Resolution 62 16 Stat. 377 1870-05-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 62.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Helen Lincoln and Heloise Lincoln, and for the Withholding of Moneys from Tribes of Indians holding American Captives*.
May 15, 1870. Whereas, The Kiowa Indians, on or about the fifth day of January,Preamble. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, captured in Cook county, in the State of Texas, two female children, whose family name is unknown, aged about three and five years, after having murdered the parents and all the known relatives of said children; and whereas said children have recently been recovered from said Indians, and are now in the care of J. H. Leaven-worth, and are without any means of support; therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Two thousand five hundred dollars each, to be reserved from annuities of Kiowa Indians for Helen and Heloise Lincoln.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to reserve from any annuities due or to become due to said Kiowa Indians the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars for each one of said children, and cause the same to be placed to their credit on the books of the treasury of the United States, to bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, and use from time to time the income from the same in such manner as he may deem expedient for their maintenance, education, and support, during their lifetime, until they attain the age of twenty-one years, when the principal shall be paid them; and the elder of said children shall be hereafter known as Helen Lincoln, and the younger as Heloise Lincoln.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That if either said Helen LincolnProvision in case of the death of either or said Heloise Lincoln should die without issue, the entire amount due the decedent shall revert to the United States, and should both die without issue, the whole sum shall revert to the United States; but if either said Helen Lincoln or said Heloise Lincoln, or both, have lawful issue, then at the death of either parent the amount due to her in her own right shall become the inheritance of her issue.
Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of the InteriorMoneys due any tribe of Indians, who hold American cap- be authorized and required to withhold from any tribe of Indians who may hold American captives any moneys due them from the United States378FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 62, 63, 66, 67. 1870. tives, to be retained until captives are given up.until said captives shall be surrendered to the lawful authorities of the United States. J. G. BLAINE, *Speaker of the House of Representatives.* SCHUYLER COLFAX, *Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.* Received by the President May 4, 1870. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing resolution having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] No. 63: authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Commissioners of Quarantine, or other proper Authorities of the Stale of New York, the Steamer “Illinois,” for Quarantine Purposes.
Resolution 63 16 Stat. 378 1870-05-23 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 63.] A Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Commissioners of Quarantine, or other proper Authorities of the Stale of New York, the Steamer “Illinois,” for Quarantine Purposes*.
May 23, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, The steamer “Illinois” placed at the disposal of the commissioners of quarantine, &c. New York.Pub. Res. No. 16.Vol. xiv. p. 351. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to place gratuitously, for an indefinite period, at the disposal of the commissioners of quarantine or the proper authorities of the State of New York, to be used for quarantine purposes, the steamer “Illinois,” which said steamer was turned over to the quarantine commissioners under authority of joint resolution of March *twenty-one* [twenty-four], eighteen hundred [and] sixty-six, and has ever since been in their possession.
Approved, May 23, 1870. No. 66: to provide for the Appointment of an Examiner of Claims for the Department of State, and for additional Clerks in the Department. Resolution 66 16 Stat. 378 1870-05-27 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 66.] A Resolution *to provide for the Appointment of an Examiner of Claims for the Department of State, and for additional Clerks in the Department*.
May 27, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Examiner of claims authorized for the Department of State.Appointment, salary. &c.Additional clerks for Secretary of State. That there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a suitable person learned in the law, to be called the examiner of claims for the Department of State, who shall receive the annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of State be, and hereby is, authorized to employ three additional clerks for indexing the books, papers, and documents of the department; two of them to be clerks of the fourth class, and the other of the third class; and for the payment of such examiner and clerks, and for the compensation of extra and temporary Appropriation.clerks, whose employment may be necessary, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated.
Approved, May 27, 1870. No. 67: authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue its Bonds for the Construction of its Road and to secure the same by Mortgage, and for other Purposes. Resolution 67 16 Stat. 378 1870-05-31 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 67.] A Resolution *authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue its Bonds for the Construction of its Road and to secure the same by Mortgage, and for other Purposes*.
May 31, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Northern Pacific Railroad Company may issue bonds secured by mortgage. That the Northern Pacific Railroad Company be, and hereby is, authorized to issue its bonds to aid in the construction and equipment of its road, and to secure the same by mortgage on its property and rights of property of all kinds and descriptions, real, personal, and mixed, including its franchise as a corporation;
Mortgage to be filed, &c. in &c. as proof of its execution.and, as proof and notice of its legal execution and effectual delivery, said mortgage shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of the Interior; and also to locate and construct, under the provisions and with the privileges, grants, and duties provided for in its act of incorporation,379FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 67, 69, 70. 1870. its main road to some point on Puget Sound, via the valley of the ColumbiaLocation of road, &c.1864, ch. 217.
Vol. xiii. p. 365. river, with the right to locate and construct its branch from some convenient point on its main trunk line across the Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound; and in the event of there not being in any State or Territory in which said main line or branch may be located, at the time of the finalDeficiency in lands how may be made up. location thereof, the amount of lands per mile granted by Congress to said company, within the limits prescribed by its charter, then said company shall be entitled, under the directions of the Secretary of the Interior, to receive so many sections of land belonging to the United States, and designated by odd numbers, in such State or Territory, within ten miles on each side of said road, beyond the limits prescribed in said charter, as willTwenty-five miles of road to be completed by January 1, 1872, and forty miles each year there-after.1864, ch. 217, § 8.
Vol. xiii. p. 370. Pub. Res. No. 34. Vol. xiv. p. 355. Pub. Res. No. 47. Vol. xv. p. 255. make up such deficiency, on said main line or branch, except mineral and other lands as excepted in the charter of said company of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the amount of the lands that have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, pre-empted, or otherwise disposed of subsequent to the passage of the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. And that twenty-five miles of said main line between its western terminus and the city of Portland, in the State of Oregon, shall be completed by the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and forty miles of the remaining portion thereof each year thereafter, until the whole shall be completed between said points : *Provided*, that all lands hereby granted to said companyLands unsold, &c. after five years from completion of road to be subject to settlement and pre-emption at not over $ 2.50 per acre.Proviso in case of foreclosure. which shall not be sold or disposed of or remain subject to the mortgage by this act authorized, at the expiration of five years after the completion of the entire road, shall be subject to settlement and pre-emption like other lands, at a price to be paid to said company not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre; and if the mortgage hereby authorized shall at any time be enforced by foreclosure or other legal proceeding, or the mortgaged lands hereby granted, or any of them, be sold by the trustees to whom such mortgage may be executed, either at its maturity or for any failure or default of said company under the terms thereof, such lands shall be sold at public sale, at places within the States and Territories in which they shall be situate, after not less than sixty days' previous notice, in single sections or subdivisions thereof, to theAmerican iron or steel made, &c. to be used exclusively. highest and best bidder: *Provided further*, That in the construction of the said railroad, American iron or steel only shall be used, the same to be manufactured from American ores exclusively.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That Congress may at any timeResolution may be altered, &c. alter or amend this joint resolution, having due regard to the rights of said company, and any other parties. Approved, May 31, 1870. No. 69: to correct an Error in the Enrolment of a joint Resolution therein named. Resolution 69 16 Stat. 379 1870-06-06 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 69.] Joint Resolution *to correct an Error in the Enrolment of a joint Resolution therein named*. June 6, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the second section of theByers Street, Springfield, Mass., to be a public highway.Pub. Res. No. 41.*Ante*, p. 374. joint resolution “authorizing the sale of certain lands at Springfield, Massachusetts, and for other purposes,” approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy, be so amended that it will read, “That Byers Street, heretofore opened,” &c., instead of “Ryers Street,” as it was erroneously enrolled.
Approved, June 6, 1870. No. 70: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American Register to the Bark “Live Oak” and to the Ship “Agra” of Boston. Resolution 70 16 Stat. 379 1870-06-07 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 70.] A Resolution *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American Register to the Bark “Live Oak” and to the Ship “Agra” of Boston*.
June 7, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, American register to issue to the bark That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue an Ameri-380FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 70, 72, 73, 75. 1870.“Live Oak” and the ship “Agra.”can register to the British bark Live Oak, owned by citizens of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and to the ship Agra, of Boston, owned by Thomas B.
Wales and Company. Approved, June 7, 1870. No. 72: in Relation to the Compensation of assistant Marshals for taking the Census of 1870. Resolution 72 16 Stat. 380 1870-06-09 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 72.] A Resolution *in Relation to the Compensation of assistant Marshals for taking the Census of 1870*.
June 9, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Compensation of assistant marshals for taking the census of 1870 to be increased, when, &c.Proviso. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the compensation of assistant marshals in taking the census of eighteen hundred and seventy, whenever, in his judgment, such increase shall be necessary: *Provided*, That in no case shall such increase exceed fifty per centum of the amount of compensation now allowed by law, and no such additional allowance shall be made except when by reason of the sparceness of the population [Repealed, 1871, ch. 114, § 8.*Post*, p. 614.]the compensation heretofore allowed by law is not sufficient, nor shall the entire compensation be more than eight dollars per day, exclusive of mileage, for the time actually employed.
Approved, June 9, 1870. No. 73: appointing Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Resolution 73 16 Stat. 380 1870-06-09 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 73.] A Resolution *appointing Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers*. June 9, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lewis B.
Gunckel, Jay Cooke and John S. Cavender appointed malingers of National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. That the following persons be, and they are hereby, appointed managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, under the provisions of the second section of the act approved March twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six: Lewis B. Gunckel, of Ohio; Jay Cooke, of Pennsylvania; and John S. Cavender, of Missouri; whose terms expire on the twenty-first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Approved, June 9, 1870. No. 75: to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect wrecked and abandoned Property, derelict Claims, and Dues belonging to the United States. Resolution 75 16 Stat. 380 1870-06-21 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 75.] Joint Resolution *to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect wrecked and abandoned Property, derelict Claims, and Dues belonging to the United States*.
June 21, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of Treasury may collect wrecked and abandoned property, derelict claims, and dues belonging to the United States; That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such contracts and provisions as he may deem most advantageous for the interests of the government, for the preservation, sale, or collection of any property, or the proceeds thereof, which may have been wrecked, abandoned, or become derelict, being within the jurisdiction of the United States, and which ought to come to the United States, or any moneys, dues, and other interests lately in the possession of or due to the so-called Confederate States, or their agents, and now belonging to the United States, which are now withheld or retained by any person, corporation, or municipality whatever, and which ought to have come into the possession and custody of, or been collected may allow pay to person giving information, &c.or received by, the United States; and in such contracts to allow such compensation to any person giving information thereof, or who shall actually preserve, collect, surrender, or pay over the same, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem just and reasonable : *Provided*, That no cost No cost to be incurred which shall not be paid from property collected.or claim, of whatever name or nature, shall become chargeable to the United States in so obtaining, preserving, collecting, receiving, or making available property, debts, dues, or interests, which shall not be paid from such moneys as shall be realized and received from the property so collected, under each specific agreement.
Approved, June 21, 1870. No. 76: authorizing a Distribution of the Copies remaining in the Department of State of the “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln.” Resolution 76 16 Stat. 381 1870-06-21 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 381 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 76–80. 1870. [No. 76.] A Resolution *authorizing a Distribution of the Copies remaining in the Department of State of the “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln.”* June 21, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Copies of “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln,” how to be distributed.
That the copies of the “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln,” now remaining undisposed of in the possession of the Secretary of State, be distributed as follows, to wit: three copies to each senator and member of the House of Representatives of the forty-first Congress, and the remainder to be distributed by the Secretary of State to such persons as he shall indicate, the Secretary of State having the authority to have refinished at the Government Printing Office such copies as may need the same.
Approved, June 21, 1870. No. 77: granting an American Register to the British-built Schooner “Venilia.” Resolution 77 16 Stat. 381 1870-06-22 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 77.] Joint Resolution *granting an American Register to the British-built Schooner “Venilia.”* June 22, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, American register to issue to the schooner “Venilia.
” That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and hereby is, authorized to issue an American register to the British-built schooner “Venilia,” wrecked and abandoned in waters of the United States, and now owned by citizens of Maine. Approved, June 22, 1870. No. 78: granting condemned Guns to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Adrian, Michigan. Resolution 78 16 Stat. 381 1870-06-22 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 78.] Joint Resolution *granting condemned Guns to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Adrian, Michigan*. June 22, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned guns granted to the Soldiers' Monument Association, Adrian, Mich. That the Secretary of War be authorized to turn over to the Soldiers' Monument Association, of Adrian, Michigan, four pieces of condemned iron or bronze guns, on hand unfit for army purposes, for ornamentation of their soldiers' monument grounds.
Approved, June 22, 1870. No. 79: authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Judges of the County Court of Greene County, State of Missouri, certain captured Ordnance. Resolution 79 16 Stat. 381 1870-06-23 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 79.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Judges of the County Court of Greene County, State of Missouri, certain captured Ordnance*.
June 23, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain captured ordnance granted for monument to Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon and federal soldiers. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place at the disposal of the judges of the county court of the county of Greene, in the State of Missouri, eight captured twelve-pounder guns of obsolete pattern, now condemned and in store at the Rock Island arsenal, to be placed in Franklin Square.
North Springfield, Missouri, around a monument to be erected to the memory of the late Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon, and the federal soldiers who fell with him at the battle of Wilson Creek. Approved, June 23, 1870. No. 80: relative to Trade with British North American Provinces. Resolution 80 16 Stat. 381 1870-06-23 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 80.] Joint Resolution *relative to Trade with British North American Provinces*. June 23, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Inquiry to be made relative to trade with British North America.*Ante*, p. 308. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause an inquiry to be made, for the information of Congress, relative to the extent and state of trade between the United States and the several dependencies of Great Britain in North America; and that he is hereby authorized to designate a suitable person to make such inquiry.
Approved, June 23, 1870. No. 87: concerning the Southern Pacific Railroad of California. Resolution 87 16 Stat. 382 1870-06-28 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 382 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 87–90. 1870. [No. 87.] Joint Resolution *concerning the Southern Pacific Railroad of California*.
June 28, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Southern Pacific Railroad Company may construct its road and telegraph line on the route, &c. That the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California may construct its road and telegraph line, as near as may be, on the route indicated by the map filed by said company in the Department of the Interior on the third day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and upon the construction of each section of said road, in the manner and within the time provided by law, and notice thereof being given by the company to the Secretary of the Interior, he shall direct an examination of each such section by commissioners to be appointed by the President, as provided in the act making a grant of land to said company, approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and upon the report of the commissioners to the Secretary of the Interior that such section of said railroad and telegraph line has been Patents for land to issue when, &c.1866, ch. 278, § 18.Vol. xiv. p. 299.constructed as required by law, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary of the Interior to cause patents to be issued to said company for the sections of land coterminous to each constructed section reported on as aforesaid, to the extent and amount granted to said company by the said act of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, expressly saving and reserving all the rights of actual settlers, together with the other conditions and restrictions provided for in the third section of said act.
Approved, June 28, 1870. No. 88: to amend Act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Resolution 88 16 Stat. 382 1870-06-28 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 88.] Joint Resolution *to amend Act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six*. June 28, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Former appropriation for survey of Isthmus of Darien, how may be expended.1866, ch. 296.
Vol. xiv. p. 311. That the appropriation of forty thousand dollars for the survey of the Isthmus of Darien, made in the act “making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes,” approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that said appropriation, or any part thereof, may be expended under the direction of either the War Department or the Navy Department, in the discretion of the President.
Approved, June 28, 1870. No. 89: donating condemned Ordnance for a Soldiers' Monument at Poughkeepsie, New York. Resolution 89 16 Stat. 382 1870-06-28 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 89.] Joint Resolution *donating condemned Ordnance for a Soldiers' Monument at Poughkeepsie, New York*.
June 28, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned cannon granted to Poughkeepsie, N. Y. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver to the municipal authorities of the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, three condemned iron cannon, two condemned brass cannon, and two hundred round-shot, to be used in the erection of a soldiers' monument at that place. Approved, June 28, 1870. No. 90: in Relation to female Clerks in the internal Revenue Bureau.
Resolution 90 16 Stat. 382 1870-06-29 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 90.] Joint Resolution *in Relation to female Clerks in the internal Revenue Bureau*. June 29, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain temporary female clerks continued in the bureau of internal revenue.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to continue in employment, as now employed, the temporary female clerks in the bureau of internal revenue, for the period of fifteen days from the thirtieth of June instant, unless provision therefor shall be sooner made by law. Approved, June 29, 1870. No. 91: Relative to the Champaign County, Ohio, Monumental Association. Resolution 91 16 Stat. 383 1870-06-30 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 383 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 91, 93, 94, 95. 1870. [No. 91.] Joint Resolution *Relative to the Champaign County, Ohio, Monumental Association*. June 30, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, A condemned gun granted to the Champaign County
(Ohio)Soldiers' Monumental Association. That the Secretary of War be and is authorized to donate to the Champaign County
(Ohio)Soldiers' Monumental Association one condemned bronze or brass gun, with which to make and place the statue of a soldier on the monument erected, or to be erected, by said association, out of any such guns which the government now has or may hereafter have, and not required for public use. Approved, June 30, 1870. No. 93: for the Relief of certain Officers of the Navy. Resolution 93 16 Stat. 383 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 93.] A Resolution for the Relief of certain Officers of the Navy. July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Complaints of navy officers of being unjustly passed over by promotions, to be examined.1866. ch. 231. Vol. xiv. p. 222. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to organize a board of three officers, not below the grade of rear-admiral, who shall examine into the cases of such officers as may deem themselves unjustly passed over by promotions made in conformity with the act of Congress, approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. This board shall report their conclusions to the Secretary of the Navy, who shall report the same to Congress. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 94: providing for the Admission of Photographs for Exhibition free of Duty. Resolution 94 16 Stat. 383 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 94.] A Resolution *providing for the Admission of Photographs for Exhibition free of Duty*. July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain photographic pictures to be admitted free of duty. That all photographic pictures imported into the United States for exhibition at the exhibition of the National Photographic Association of the United States, to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, commencing June seven, eighteen hundred and seventy, and not intended for sale, shall be admitted free of duty, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided*,Proviso. That bonds shall be given for the payment to the United States of such duties as are now imposed by law upon any and all of such pictures as shall not be re-exported prior to the first day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 95: giving the Consent of Congress to the Reception of a certain Request by the State of New Jersey under the Will of the late Edwin A. Stevens. Resolution 95 16 Stat. 383 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 95.] A Resolution *giving the Consent of Congress to the Reception of a certain Request by the State of New Jersey under the Will of the late Edwin A. Stevens*. July 1, 1870. Whereas, Edwin A. Stevens, who was in his lifetime the owner of thePreamble. ship known as the Stevens Battery, originally commenced under contract for the United States government, and upon the building of which large sums of money were spent by his brother and himself, did, by his last will and testament (the United States having previously relinquished all claims to said ship), leave the same to be finished by his executors, at an expense not exceeding the sum of one million of dollars, and when finished to be offered to the State of New Jersey as a present, to be by her received and disposed of as the said State should deem proper; and whereas, doubts have been suggested as to the right of the said State to accept the said bequest, without the consent of Congress, under the prohibition of tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States: therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, State of New Jersey may accept bequest of Stevens Battery. That the consent of Congress is hereby given that the State of New Jersey shall receive and dispose of the said ship according to the terms and conditions of said bequest. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 96: to regulate the Effect of a Vote of the Thanks of Congress upon Promotion in the Navy. Resolution 96 16 Stat. 384 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 384 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 96, 97, 98, 99. 1870. [No. 96.] A Resolution *to regulate the Effect of a Vote of the Thanks of Congress upon Promotion in the Navy*. July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Effect of vote of thanks by Congress upon promotion in navy. That a vote of thanks by Congress to any officer of the navy shall be held to *effect* [affect] such officer only; and when, as an incident thereof, an officer who would otherwise be retired, has been or is retained on the active list, such retention shall not interfere with the regular promotion of others who would otherwise have been entitled by law to promotion; and where any officer has already been retired to a grade lower than he would have been had the provisions of this law been in force, he shall be entitled to the same position as if they Provisobad been in force at the time of his retirement: *Provided, however*, That no promotion shall be made to fill a vacancy occasioned by the final retirement, death, resignation, or dismissal of an officer who has received a vote of thanks, unless the number of officers left in the grade where the vacancy occurs shall be less than the number authorized by law. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 97: concerning the Pay of Customs Officers in North Carolina. Resolution 97 16 Stat. 384 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 97.] A Resolution *concerning the Pay of Customs Officers in North Carolina*. July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Collectors of customs in North Carolina to receive a certain sum in addition to fees and commissions.1867, ch. 82. Vol. xiv. p. 411. That the act of the twenty-fifth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “An act relative to collection districts in North Carolina,” in the first section and the last clause before the proviso, shall be, and hereby is, so amended as to include the words “and commissions” after the word “fees.” Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 98: instructing the President to negotiate with the Indians upon the Umatilla Reservation, in Oregon. Resolution 98 16 Stat. 384 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 98.] A Resolution *instructing the President to negotiate with the Indians upon the Umatilla Reservation, in Oregon*. July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Negotiation to be made with the Indians upon the Umatilla reservation, Oregon. That the President of the United States is hereby requested to negotiate with the Indians upon the Umatilla reservation, in Oregon, with the view of ascertaining on what terms said Indians will relinquish to the United States all their claim or right to said reservation, and remove to some other reservation in said State, or Washington Territory, or take lands in severalty, in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres each, on their present reservation, Appropriation.and to report to Congress; and to defray the expenses of such negotiation the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 99: authorizing the First National Bank of Fart Smith, Arkansas, to change its Location and Name. Resolution 99 16 Stat. 384 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 99.] A Resolution *authorizing the First National Bank of Fart Smith, Arkansas, to change its Location and Name*. July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, First National Bank of Fort Smith, Arkansas, may be removed to Camden, when, &c. That whenever the stockholders, representing three fourths of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Fort Smith, Arkansas, shall elect to remove the said bank to the city of Camden, in the county of Ouachita, in said State, and the president and cashier shall execute a certificate under the corporate seal of the bank specifying such determination, and shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, thereupon such change of location shall become effectual and valid. Sec. 2. Name to be changed; duties, liabilities, &c. to continue.*And be it further resolved*, That when such change of location shall have been made as above provided, the name of said bank shall be changed to the First National Bank of Camden, Arkansas, and all debts,385FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 99, 100, 101,102. 1870. demands, liabilities, rights, and powers belonging to said First National Bank of Fort Smith shall devolve upon and inure to the First National Bank of Camden, and all actions pending by or against said First National Bank of Fort Smith may be prosecuted by or against said First National Bank of Camden in the same manner and with the same effect as if such change of location and name had not been made. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That as soon as such change ofNotice of change to be published. name and location shall have been made, public notice thereof shall be given by publication in a weekly newspaper in both said city of Fort Smith and said city of Camden for four successive weeks. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 100: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Name of the Steam Yacht “Fanny.” Resolution 100 16 Stat. 385 1870-07-01 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 100.] A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Name of the Steam Yacht “Fanny.” July 1, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Name of steam yacht “Fanny” to be changed to that of “W. M. Tweed.” That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to change the name of the steam yacht “Fanny,” owned by Charles H. Mallory, of Mystic, Connecticut, as uppers [appears] by permanent enrollment number twenty-two, issued at Stonington, Connecticut, May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to that of “W. M. Tweed,” and to grant said vessel an enrollment and license in said name, the said vessel being a pleasure yacht only, and not engaged in commercial or other business. Approved, July 1, 1870. No. 101: granting four Pieces of condemned Cannon to the City of Lowell, for the Ornamentation of the Soldiers' Monument in that Place. Resolution 101 16 Stat. 385 1870-07-07 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 101.] Joint Resolution *granting four Pieces of condemned Cannon to the City of Lowell, for the Ornamentation of the Soldiers' Monument in that Place*. July 7, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned cannon given to the city of Lowell. That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the authorities of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, four pieces of condemned cannon, to be used in the ornamentation of the monument in said city, erected to the memory of the soldiers who first fell in the war of the rebellion. Approved, July 7, 1870. No. 102: amendatory of “Joint Resolution for the Relief of certain Officers of the Army,” approved July twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Resolution 102 16 Stat. 385 1870-07-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 102.] Joint Resolution *amendatory of “Joint Resolution for the Relief of certain Officers of the Army,” approved July twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six*. July 11, 1870.Pub. Res. No. 87.Vol. xiv. p. 368. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Officers receiving a commission to be considered as of the grade named therein from date of commission. That joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution for the relief of certain officers of the army,” approved July twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall be so construed and amended that in all cases arising under the same, the person to whom the commission shall have issued shall be considered as commissioned to the grade named therein from the date when the commission was issued by competent authority, and entitled to all pay and emoluments as if actually mustered at that date: *Provided*, That, at the timeProviso. of the issuing of the same, he was performing the duties of the grade to which he was commissioned, or from such time after the issuing of his commission as he may have actually entered upon such duties. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That, persons held as prisoners ofThose prisoners of war, or in hospital, to be considered as performing duties of grade, &c. war by the enemy, or who may have been in hospital by reason of wounds or disability at the time of the issuing of their commissions, shall be entitled to the same pay, emoluments, and benefits under this resolution as if actually performing the duties of the grade to which they were commissioned. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That this resolution shall not beThis resolution not to apply construed to apply to cases in which, under the laws and army regulations386FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 102, 103, 104, 105. 1870. where there could have been no lawful master.existing at the time, there could have been no lawful muster into service even after the actual receipt of the commission. Approved, July 11, 1870. No. 103: making an Appropriation to pay the Government of Great Britain and Ireland in Accordance with the Award of the Commissioners appointed under the Treaty of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to settle the Claims of the Hudson's Bay Company and of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. Resolution 103 16 Stat. 386 1870-07-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 103.] Joint Resolution *making an Appropriation to pay the Government of Great Britain and Ireland in Accordance with the Award of the Commissioners appointed under the Treaty of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to settle the Claims of the Hudson's Bay Company and of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company*. July 11, 1870. Preamble.Vol. xiii. p. 651.Whereas, by the award made on the tenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, by the commissioners under the treaty of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, between her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, it was determined that, in full satisfaction of all the possessory rights and claims of the Hudson's Bay Company and of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, there should be paid by the government of the United States to the government of Great Britain and Ireland the sum of six hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold coin, in two annual instalments, the first to be paid within twelve months after and the second within twenty-four months after the date of the said award : therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for payment of award to Great Britain. That the sum of three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in gold coin be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the payment *of* [to] the government of Great Britain and Ireland of the sum by the said award determined to be due on the tenth day of September next, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 11, 1870. No. 104: authorizing the Improvement of the Grounds owned by the United States in the City of Buffalo, New York, known as Fort Porter. Resolution 104 16 Stat. 386 1870-07-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 104.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Improvement of the Grounds owned by the United States in the City of Buffalo, New York, known as Fort Porter*. July 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, The grounds known as Fort Porter in Buffalo, N. Y. may be improved. That permission be, and is hereby, granted to the city of Buffalo, in the State of New York, through its park commissioners, to improve and beautify the grounds known as Fort Porter, situated in said city, and belonging to the United States, in connection with a public park to be laid out on land adjoining the said grounds, the plans for the same to be approved by the Secretary of No title to pass hereby, &c.War: *Provided*, That this resolution shall not be construed to pass any title in the said grounds, but that the ownership and control of the said grounds shall remain entirely in the United States, and shall be subject to such changes and uses for military purposes as the Secretary of War may direct. Approved, July 11, 1870. No. 105: concerning Arsenal Grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri. Resolution 105 16 Stat. 386 1870-07-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 105.] Joint Resolution *concerning Arsenal Grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri*. July 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Portion of the arsenal grounds at St. Louis, Mo. to be occupied for monument to General Lyon; That the acts of twenty-eighth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in relation to the sale of Saint Louis arsenal, be, and are hereby, so far amended that the portion of ground to be granted for the erection of a monument in memory of the late Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon, shall embrace all the ground lying between Carondolet Avenue and Fourth Street, as laid down on the plat of the ground now another portion to be reserved;the rest to be sold at auction.in the ordnance office; that all the ground and buildings thereon lying between Second Street and the river to be reserved for such use as the interest of the army may require; and that the remainder of the ground, lying between Second and Fourth streets, be sold at public auction, in the manner prescribed by the above-cited act of twenty-eight July,387FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 105, 106, 108, 109, 110. 1870. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the treasury of the United States: *Provided*, That the corporateSt Louis may buy at an appraised value.1868, ch. 243.1869, ch. 144. Vol. xv. pp. 187, 339. authorities of the city of Saint Louis shall have the privilege of purchasing said ground at an appraised value before the sale; the appraisement to be made by two persons to be selected by the Secretary of War and two by the corporate authorities; the four appraisers to select an umpire in case of disagreement, but the result to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Approved, July 11, 1870. No. 106: in Relation to Enlistments into the Marine Corps, and for other Purposes. Resolution 106 16 Stat. 387 1870-07-11 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 106.] Joint Resolution *in Relation to Enlistments into the Marine Corps, and for other Purposes*. July 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Enlistments in marine corps to be for not less than five years. That from and after the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, the enlistments into the marine corps shall be for a period of not less than five years;Payments of increased pay for re-enlistments to be credited, &c.1854, ch. 247. Vol. x. p. 575. and that all payments of an increase of pay on account of re-enlistments, under the act of August four, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, heretofore made on a basis of four years enlistments in said marine corps, shall be credited to the disbursing officer. Approved, July 11, 1870. No. 108: authorizing the Nomination and Appointment of Lieutenants Charles H. Pendleton and Richard P. Leary as Lieutenant-Commanders on the active List of the Navy. Resolution 108 16 Stat. 387 1870-07-12 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 108.] A Resolution *authorizing the Nomination and Appointment of Lieutenants Charles H. Pendleton and Richard P. Leary as Lieutenant-Commanders on the active List of the Navy*. July 12, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Charles H. Pendleton and Richard P. Leary may be appointed lieutenant-commanders, &c. That the President of the United States be authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Lieutenants Charles II. Pendleton and Richard P. Leary as lieutenant-commanders on the active list of the navy. Approved, July 12, 1870. No. 109: to determine the Construction of an Act to provide internal Revenue to support the Government, and for other Purposes, approved June 30, 1864. Resolution 109 16 Stat. 387 1870-07-13 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 109.] A Resolution *to determine the Construction of an Act to provide internal Revenue to support the Government, and for other Purposes, approved June 30, 1864*. July 13, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled*, No tax upon certain sums added to contingent funds of insurance companies, &c.1864, ch. 173, § 120.Vol. xiii. p. 283.1866, ch. 15. Vol. xiv. p. 4.*Ante*, p. 260. That the act entitled “An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the several amendments thereunto, shall not be construed so as to impose a tax on any Redistributable sum added to the contingent fund of any fire, marine, inland, life, health, accident, or like insurance company, or any unearned premium or premiums received for risks assumed by such companies, or any moneys paid by mutual life insurance companies to their policy-holders. Approved, July 13, 1870. No. 110: to pay Expenses of Delegations of Indians visiting the City of Washington. Resolution 110 16 Stat. 387 1870-07-13 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 110.] A Resolution to pay Expenses of Delegations of Indians visiting the City of Washington. July 13, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America, in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for expenses of delegations of Indians visiting Washington.*Post*, p. 568. That there be appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars to enable the Secretary of the Interior to defray the expenses of delegations of Indians visiting Washington, and to purchase presents for the members thereof in the year eighteen hundred and seventy. Approved, July 13, 1870. No. 111: granting the Evansville and Southern Illinois Railroad Company the Right to build a Bridge across the Big Wabash River. Resolution 111 16 Stat. 388 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 388 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 1ll, 112. 1870. [No. 111.] Joint Resolution *granting the Evansville and Southern Illinois Railroad Company the Right to build a Bridge across the Big Wabash River*. July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Evansville and Southern Illinois R. R. Co. may construct a bridge across the Big Wabash river. That the Evansville and Southern Illinois Railroad Company, a corporation organized under an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois, is hereby granted the right to construct an iron or wooden bridge for railroad purposes and as a public highway, either with a draw or a continuous span, as it may determine, across the Big Wabash river at any point said corporation may select, either at the little chain, in or opposite White county, Illinois, and Posey county, Indiana, or at any point above the same, extending up said river as far as the town of New Harmony, in said county of Posey, and State Proviso if company consolidates, &c.of Indiana; and should said railroad company hereafter at any time consolidate with the Evansville, Carmi, and Paducah Railroad Company of Indiana, or any company now organized or hereafter to be organized in the said State of Indiana, that the rights and franchises hereby granted shall enure to and become vested in said consolidated company Bridge how to be constructed.and its assigns forever: *Provided*, That the bridge to be constructed under the authority hereby granted shall not interfere with the free navigation of said stream beyond what is necessary in order to carry into full effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, and shall be built at right angles with the current of the stream where said bridge may be erected, and that a space of at least one hundred and seventy feet over the main channel of said stream shall be left between the piers of said structure: Drawbridge not to interfere with navigation if, &c.*And provided further*, That if said bridge shall be built with a draw of not less than one hundred feet in width, and said draw is kept in repair for the passage of boats at all times, the detention of passing said bridge shall not be construed as interfering with the navigation of the stream: Bridge to be a legal structure and post-road.Span, piers, height, &c.*And it is further provided*, That said bridge shall be and considered a legal structure, and shall be a post-road for the transmission of the United States mails: *And provided further*, That in ease said bridge is built with a continuous span, the piers shall be at least two hundred feet apart, and the bridge shall be built at such height as not to interfere with the navigation of said river by steamboats. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 112: to construe the Act of March thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Resolution 112 16 Stat. 388 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 112.] Joint Resolution *to construe the Act of March thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight*. July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Drawbacks upon exportation of certain cotton manufactures, the raw cotton in which has paid an internal tax.Construction of act.1868, ch. 41.Vol. xv. p. 58. 1866, ch. 184, § 6.Vol. xiv. p. 99.Proviso. That the act of March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter forty-one, shall be held and construed not to prohibit the drawback provided for by section six of the act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, chapter one hundred and eighty-four, of as many cents per pound of cotton cloth, yarn, thread, or knit articles, manufactured exclusively from cotton and exported prior to May first, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, as shall have been assessed and paid in the form of an internal tax upon the raw cotton entering into the manufacture of said cloth or other article: *Provided*, That such drawbacks shall be limited to exportations made not more than six months after the date of supplemental regulations issued by the commissioner of internal revenue, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury May sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty eight. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 113: granting condemned Cannon for the Erection of a Soldiers' Monument at Omaha, Nebraska. Resolution 113 16 Stat. 389 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 389 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 113, 114, 115, 116. 1870. [No. 113.] A Resolution *granting condemned Cannon for the Erection of a Soldiers' Monument at Omaha, Nebraska*. July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Cannon, &c. granted for soldiers' monument at Omaha, Nebraska. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the governor of the State of Nebraska four pieces of condemned iron cannon and twenty round shot, to be used in the erection of a soldiers' monument at Omaha, Nebraska. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 114: directing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the President certain Bronze Ordnance to aid the Erection of an equestrian Statue of General John A. Rawlins. Resolution 114 16 Stat. 389 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 114.] A Resolution *directing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the President certain Bronze Ordnance to aid the Erection of an equestrian Statue of General John A. Rawlins*. July 14, 1870. Whereas it is in contemplation to erect a suitable bronze equestrianPreamble. monument to perpetuate the memory of the distinguished deeds of valor and patriotism of the late honored Secretary of War, General John A. Rawlins, after the likeness of that taken in plaster from the face of the deceased; and whereas a donation on the part of the government of such bronze ordnance as may have been used or captured in the engagements in which the deceased participated, and which may be no longer useful, would greatly aid the erection of the same : Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bronze ordnance to be used for equestrian statue of Gen. John A. Rawlins. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place at the disposal of the President of the United States such bronze ordnance as may be no longer useful, to be by him contributed and applied to the furtherance and completion of the said monument in bronze; and that such number thereof as may be required in the execution of the fame be given by him when the plaster model for the said statue shall have been completed: *Provided*,Monument to be erected in Washington. That the said monument, when completed, shall be erected upon such public grounds in the city of Washington as may hereafter be designated by the joint library committee of Congress, and the title to the same be vested in the United States. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 115: in Regard to grading the Streets in the Vicinity of the Capitol. Resolution 115 16 Stat. 389 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 115.] A Resolution *in Regard to grading the Streets in the Vicinity of the Capitol*. July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Grades of streets in the vicinity of the Capitol, Washington, to be modified, &c. That the mayor of the city of Washington is hereby required to have the grades of the streets in the vicinity of the Capitol so modified and established, with the approval of the chief engineer of the army, or officer in charge of public buildings, and the architect of the Capitol extension, as may be necessary to effect an easy and proper approach to the Capitol, and to furnish a planPlan to Congress. of the same to Congress at its next meeting. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 116: granting condemned Ordnance for a Soldiers' Monument at Providence, Rhode Island, and at Bucksport, in the State of Maine. Resolution 116 16 Stat. 389 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 116.] A Resolution *granting condemned Ordnance for a Soldiers' Monument at Providence, Rhode Island, and at Bucksport, in the State of Maine*. July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned ordnance for soldiers' monument at Providence, Rhode Island; That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to deliver to the governor of the State of Rhode Island four condemned iron mortars, to be used in the erection of a soldiers' monument at Providence, in said State. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of War be andat Bucksport, Maine. he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the municipal authority of Bucksport, in the State of Maine, four condemned iron cannon and one hundred shot or shell, to be used in the erection of a soldiers' monument at that place. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 117: authorizing the Secretary of War to take Charge of the Gettysburg and Antietam national Cemeteries. Resolution 117 16 Stat. 390 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 390 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 117, 118, 119, 120. 1870. [No. 117.] A Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to take Charge of the Gettysburg and Antietam national Cemeteries*. July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War to take charge of the Gettysburg and Antietam national cemeteries. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, directed to accept and take charge of the soldiers' national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Antietam national cemetery at Sharpsburg, Maryland, whenever the commissioners and trustees having charge of said cemeteries are ready to transfer their care to the general government. That when the afore-mentioned cemeteries are placed under the control of the Secretary of War, that they be taken care of and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the act of 1887, ch. 61. Vol. xiv. p. 399.Congress entitled “An act to establish and protect national cemeteries,” approved February twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 118: authorizing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to appoint Guardians or Trustees for minor Indian Children who may be entitled to Pensions or Bounties under the existing Laws. Resolution 118 16 Stat. 390 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 118.] A Resolution *authorizing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to appoint Guardians or Trustees for minor Indian Children who may be entitled to Pensions or Bounties under the existing Laws*. July 14, 1870. Preamble.Whereas sundry Indians served in the federal army, some of whom died in the service and others since, leaving minor heirs; and whereas there is no provision of law for said minor Indians to obtain bounties, back pay, or other benefits to which their ancestor was entitled: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Guardians or trustees to be appointed minor Indian children entitled to pensions or bounties;to give bond, power, &c. That the commissioner of Indian affairs is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint guardians or trustees of any of said minors, and to take bond and security for the performance of such duties; and such guardian or trustee shall be authorized to collect from the government all such back pay, bounties, and pensions to which said minors may be entitled, and to expend the same for the use and benefit of such minors, with the consent and under the direction of any court of record of the United States or of any Territory having jurisdiction at the place where such minors may reside : *Provided*, This not to apply to certain tribes, &c.That the terms of the foregoing resolution shall not apply to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, or Seminole nations of Indians, or conflict in any manner with the provisions of the treaties of eighteen hundred To extend only to whom.and sixty-six with those nations: *Provided further*, That the provisions of this resolution shall extend only to Indians serving in the ninth regiment of Kansas Cavalry. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 119: authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to Keokuk, Iowa, condemned Ordnance for the Ornamentation of the Soldiers' Cemetery at that Place. Resolution 119 16 Stat. 390 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 119] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to Keokuk, Iowa, condemned Ordnance for the Ornamentation of the Soldiers' Cemetery at that Place*. July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned ordnance for soldiers' cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer from the most convenient point to Keokuk, Iowa, such condemned ordnance as he may deem proper, to be used in the ornamentation of the soldiers' cemetery at said city. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 120: relative to the Stone presented by the Patriots of Rome to the late President Lincoln. Resolution 120 16 Stat. 390 1870-07-14 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 120.] Joint Resolution *relative to the Stone presented by the Patriots of Rome to the late President Lincoln*. July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, The stone presented by the That the architect of the Capitol be, and be is hereby, directed to cause the stone presented to the late391FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 120, 128–131. 1870. President Abraham Lincoln by the patriots of Rome to be transferredpatriots of Rome to President Lincoln to be transferred to the Lincoln Monument Association. to the possession of the Lincoln Monument Association at Springfield, Illinois, to be placed by said association in the monument now being erected to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 128: giving condemned Ordnance to the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Resolution 128 16 Stat. 391 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 128.] Joint Resolution *giving condemned Ordnance to the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned ordnance to be placed in soldiers' cemetery at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to transfer to the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, six pieces of condemned ordnance, to be placed in the soldiers' cemetery at Milwaukee. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 129: relative to the Pay of the Capitol Police and Watchmen. Resolution 129 16 Stat. 391 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 129.] Joint Resolution *relative to the Pay of the Capitol Police and Watchmen*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Men discharged by reduction of Capitol police and watchmen to be paid for the month of July and from what funds. That the men discharged by the reduction of the Capitol police and watchmen force be paid for the current month of July, and that the same be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate and House of Representatives in equal proportions. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 130: granting condemned Cannon for the Erection of Soldiers' Monuments. Resolution 130 16 Stat. 391 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 130.] Joint Resolution *granting condemned Cannon for the Erection of Soldiers' Monuments*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned cannon granted for the erection of soldiers' monuments in Bridgeport, Quincy, Morristown, &c. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the Ladies' Soldiers' Monument Association of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, eight pieces of condemned iron cannon, to be used in the erection of a monument on Sea Side Park, in said city of Bridgeport, to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the war of the rebellion. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver four condemned pieces of iron ordnance to each of the following places, viz.: Quincy, Illinois; Morristown, Morris county, New Jersey; Eastford, Connecticut; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Jersey City, New Jersey; Gardiner, Maine; Heightstown, New Jersey; the Ladies' Monument Association of Peoria, Illinois; the National Soldiers' Cemetery, at Grafton, West Virginia; the Franklin County Monumental Association, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; to be used in the erection of soldiers' monuments, or in the ornamentation ofNo expense to the government for transportation. the same: *Provided*, That no expense be incurred by the government for the transportation of the same. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That the Secretary of War be, andDamaged bronze and brass ordnance for the use of the Lincoln, Monument Association. he is hereby, authorized to place at the disposal of the Lincoln Monument Association, incorporated by act of Congress, so much damaged and captured bronze and brass ordnance as may be necessary out of which to cast the principal figures of said monument, from time to time as the models are completed. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 131: authorizing the Extension of the Supervision of the Capitol Police over the Botanical Garden. Resolution 131 16 Stat. 391 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 131.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Extension of the Supervision of the Capitol Police over the Botanical Garden*. July 15, 1870. *Be it* enacted [*resolved*] *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Supervision of Capitol police That the supervision of the Capitol police be extended over the Botanical Garden, and that,392FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 131–135. 1870. extended over the Botanical Garden.until otherwise ordered, and especially during the period employed for rebuilding the fence surrounding the grounds, additional police force may be employed, if deemed necessary, the expense for which shall be defrayed from the contingent fund of the Senate and House of Representatives: Proviso.*Provided, however*, That the additional number of policemen for this purpose shall not exceed three at any time. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 132: giving condemned Cannon to decorate the Soldiers' Burial Plot, at White Plains, New York. Resolution 132 16 Stat. 392 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 132.] Joint Resolution *giving condemned Cannon to decorate the Soldiers' Burial Plot, at White Plains, New York*. July 15, 1870. *Be it* enacted [*resolved*] *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned cannon for soldiers' burial plot at White Plains, N. Y. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to donate four condemned cannon and twenty-eight balls to the “White Plains Veteran Association,” to decorate the soldiers' plot at that place. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 133: authorizing the Donation of certain Property of the United States, in the City of Galveston, State of Texas, to said City. Resolution 133 16 Stat. 392 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 133.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Donation of certain Property of the United States, in the City of Galveston, State of Texas, to said City*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Barracks, &c. in Galveston, Texas, given to the city of Galveston for public uses. That the buildings, barracks, fences, sheds, cisterns, and so forth, the property of the United States, in the city of Galveston, State of Texas, now abandoned by the United States troops, and ordered to be sold at public auction, under the direction of the quartermaster's department, be, and the same are hereby, donated as hereinafter provided to said city of Galveston, for the purpose of aiding the said city in holding agricultural, mechanical, and horticultural fairs, and in developing the agricultural and mechanical resources of said State; or for such other public uses as may seem good to the authorities No title granted to the land, &c.of said city of Galveston: *Provided*, That this resolution shall not be construed to convey any title in the grounds whereon the said buildings, barracks, fences, sheds, cisterns, and so forth, are situated, or any authority to demolish or destroy the same, but to be held to be returned to the United States whenever required for any purpose for the use of the government. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 134: granting condemned Cannon to the Delaware Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association. Resolution 134 16 Stat. 392 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 134.] Joint Resolution *granting condemned Cannon to the Delaware Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned brass cannon to Soldiers', &c. Association at Wilmington, Del. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association of Wilmington, Delaware, ten pieces of condemned brass cannon. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 135: authorizing the Secretary of War to famish Cannon to “Soldiers' Plot” in Riverview Cemetery, at Trenton, New Jersey. Resolution 135 16 Stat. 392 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public [No. 135.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to famish Cannon to “Soldiers' Plot” in Riverview Cemetery, at Trenton, New Jersey*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Condemned cannon for “Soldiers' Plot,” Trenton, New Jersey. That the Secretary of War be authorized to furnish six pieces of condemned cannon for ornamentation of the “Soldiers' Plot” in Riverview cemetery, at Trenton, New Jersey. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 136: to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to allow certain Boats to carry Passengers and their Baggage between American Ports on Lake Ontario. Resolution 136 16 Stat. 393 1870-07-15 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 2026-02-16 41 2 16 public 393 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 136. 1870. [No. 136.] Joint Resolution *to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to allow certain Boats to carry Passengers and their Baggage between American Ports on Lake Ontario*. July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, The steam-boats of the Canadian Navigation Company may carry passengers, &c. between Rochester, Oswego, and other American port &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow the steamboats of the Canadian Navigation Company built in the United States, and now owned by that company, to carry passengers and their baggage between Rochester, Oswego, and other American ports on the south shore of Lake Ontario, subject to such regulations as he may establish. Approved, July 15, 1870. 41 3 1870 1871 395 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the Third Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, A. D. 1870, and was adjourned without day on Saturday the fourth day of March, A. D. 1871*. Ulysses S. Grant, President Schuyler Colfax, Vice-President and President of the Senate. James G. Blaine, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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