Chapter LXVII. giving the Consent of Congress to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia authorizing the Levy of Tolls on the James River. March 3, 1847. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Assent of Congress given

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Chap. LXVII.— An Act *giving the Consent of Congress to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia authorizing the Levy of Tolls on the James River.* March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent Assent of Congress given to on act of Legislature of Virginia authorizing the collection of tolls on the James River.of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given to an act passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, on the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled “An Act to incorporate a Company to remove the Bars in James River between the City of Richmond and Bermuda Hundred,” and that the authority as conferred by the said act on the company thereby created, to demand and receive the tolls therein specified on vessels navigating the said river, 205“on condition only that the same shall have been made navigable in any season at high water from Rochell's Landing, at the city of Richmond, to Bermuda Hundred, in the county of Chesterfield, by vessels drawing eleven feet and an half foot water,” be, and the same is hereby, sanctioned and confirmed: *Provided, however,* and this assent This act subject to modification or repeal.is given on that express condition, that Congress may, at any time hereafter, repeal or modify the provisions of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1847. 206 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 4, 5, 7. 1847. RESOLUTIONS. No. 4: respecting the Maps and Charts of the Surveys of the Boundary Lines of the United States of America with foreign States. Public Resolution 4 9 Stat. 206 1847-03-01 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 4.] A Resolution *respecting the Maps and Charts of the Surveys of the Boundary Lines of the United States of America with foreign States.* March 1, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of Copies of certain maps and charts to be prepared and transmitted to the executives of certain States.State be directed to cause to be prepared, and transmitted to the executives of the several States having boundaries with foreign states, a competent number of authentic copies of the settlement of such boundaries, and the maps and charts relating thereto, and the evidence thereof in the State Department.

Approved, March 1, 1847. No. 5: giving the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Taylor, and the Officers and Men under his Command, in the late Military Operations at Monterey. Public Resolution 5 9 Stat. 206 1847-03-02 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 5.] Resolutions *giving the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Taylor, and the Officers and Men under his Command, in the late Military Operations at Monterey.* March 2, 1847. *Resolved, unanimously, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Thanks of Congress tendered to Major-General Taylor, his officers and men.thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major-General Zachary Taylor, his officers and men, for the fortitude, skill, enterprise, and courage which distinguished the late brilliant military operations at Monterey.

A gold medal to be struck and presented to General Taylor. *Resolved,* That the President be requested to cause to he struck a gold medal with devices emblematical of this splendid achievement, and presented to General Taylor as a testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his judicious and distinguished conduct on that memorable occasion. Swords to be presented to Generals Butler, Henderson, Twiggs, Worth, and Quitman. *Resolved,* That the President of the United States be further requested to cause swords, with suitable devices, to be presented to Major-General Butler, Major-General Henderson, and to Brigadier-General Twiggs, Brigadier-General Worth, and Brigadier-General Quitman, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of their gallantry and good conduct in storming Monterey.

A sword to be presented to the nearest male relative of General Hamer. *Resolved,* That the President of the United States be further requested to present a sword, with suitable devices, to the nearest male relative of Brigadier-General Hamer, and to communicate to him the deep regret which Congress feels for the loss of a gallant man, whose name ought to live in the recollection and affection of a grateful country. *Resolved,* That the President be requested to cause the foregoing resolutions to be communicated to General Taylor, and, through him, to the army under his command.

Approved, March 2, 1847. No. 7: to refund Money to the States which have supplied Volunteers and furnished them Transportation during the present War before being mustered and received into the Service of the United States. Public Resolution 7 9 Stat. 206 1847-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 7.] A Resolution *to refund Money to the States which have supplied Volunteers and furnished them Transportation during the present War before being mustered and received into the Service of the United States.* March 3, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of Expenses incurred by States or individuals in organizing, subsisting, and transporting volunteers to be refunded.

TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 8, 9, 10. 1847. 207War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be refunded to the several States, or to individuals for services rendered acting under the authority of any States, the amount of expenses incurred by them in organizing, subsisting, and transporting volunteers previous to their being mustered and received into the service of the United States for the present war, and for subsisting troops in the service of the United States, without waiting for deductions to be made from the pay of said volunteers.

Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 8: for lighting with Gas the Capitol and Capitol Grounds. Public Resolution 8 9 Stat. 207 1847-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 8.] A Resolution *for lighting with Gas the Capitol and Capitol Grounds.* March 3, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Contract for lighting the Capitol and grounds with gas authorized.

Proviso as to terms.Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be authorized and directed to contract with James Crutchett for lighting up the Capitol and the Capitol grounds, with the solar gas light: *Provided,* That such contract can be made upon terms deemed reasonable by the said Secretary and Clerk, and that a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, Appropriation.out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry the said contract into effect.

Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 9: concerning the Purchase of additional Lands for the Use of the United States Armories at Harper’s Ferry and Springfield. Public Resolution 9 9 Stat. 207 1847-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 9.] A Resolution *concerning the Purchase of additional Lands for the Use of the United States Armories at Harper’s Ferry and Springfield.* March 3, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the assent of Congress The purchase of additional lands authorized at Harper’s Ferry and Springfield.be, and is hereby, given to the purchase of additional lands for the use of the United States armories at Harper’s Ferry and Springfield, and to the application for that purpose of so much of the sums appropriated for repairs, improvements, and new machinery at Harper's Ferry and Springfield armories, by the act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, as the estimates show to have 1846, ch. 95been intended for the purchase of lands and buildings for said armories.

Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 10: authorizing the employment of the United States Ships Macedonian and Jamestown in transporting Provisions for the famishing Poor of Ireland and Scotland. Public Resolution 10 9 Stat. 207 1847-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 10.] A Resolution *authorizing the employment of the United States Ships Macedonian and Jamestown in transporting Provisions for the famishing Poor of Ireland and Scotland.* March 3, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the United States ship Macedonian placed at disposal of Captain George C.

De Kay, and sloop of war Jamestown placed at disposal of Captain R. B Forbes, to carry provisions to Ireland and Scotland.Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to place at the disposal of Captain George C. De Kay, of New Jersey, the United States ship Macedonian, for the purpose of transporting to the famishing poor of Ireland and Scotland such contributions as may be made for their relief; and that the said Secretary be also authorized to place at the disposal of Captain Robert B.

Forbes, of Boston, the United States sloop-of-war the Jamestown, for the like purpose; or, if the Secretary shall be of opinion that the public interest will be better subserved thereby, he is authorized to despatch said vessels upon the service aforesaid as public ships. Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 11: relative to the Preparation and Presentation of Medals to certain French, British, and Spanish Officers. Public Resolution 11 9 Stat. 208 1847-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public 208 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. III, 11, 12. 1847. [No. 11.] A Joint Resolution *relative to the Preparation and Presentation of Medals to certain French, British, and Spanish Officers.* March 3, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the Suitable gold and silver medals to be prepared and presented to certain British, French, and Spanish officers.United States is hereby authorized and requested to cause suitable gold and silver medals to be prepared and presented to the officers and then belonging or attached to the French, British, and Spanish ships-of-war in the harbor of Vera Cruz, who so gallantly, and at the imminent peril of their lives, aided in rescuing from a watery grave many of the officers and crew of the United States brig Somers.

Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 12: to prohibit the Sale at private Entry of certain Lands in Cincinnati Ohio. Public Resolution 12 9 Stat. 208 1847-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 29 2 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution *to prohibit the Sale at private Entry of certain Lands in Cincinnati Ohio.* March 3, 1847. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Sale of certain lands in Cincinnati, Ohio, prohibited.of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to report to the next session of Congress all the facts in relation to the title to the unsold parts, if any there be, of the reserved fractional section number eleven, of fractional township number four, of fractional range number Facts to be reported to Congress.one, in J.

C. Symme’s Purchase, State of Ohio, together with the opinion of the Attorney-General thereon, and that he suspend all further proceedings in relation thereto, until the end of the next session of Congress. Approved, March 3, 1847. 30 30 1 1847 1848 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTIETH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the* 6*th day of December,* 1847, *and ended the* 14*th day of August,* 1848.

John K. Polk, President; George M. Dallas, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; David R. Atchison, President of the Senate on and after the twenty-ninth day of July, 1848; Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Representatives Chapter I: making an Appropriation to supply, in Part, a Deficiency in the Appropriations for Subsistence in Kind of the Army and Volunteers during the Year ending the 30th June, 1848. 9 Stat. 209 1848-01-04 Chapter I Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 1 public Chapter I.— An Act *making an Appropriation to supply, in Part, a Deficiency in the Appropriations for Subsistence in Kind of the Army and Volunteers during the Year ending the 30th June, 1848.* Jan. 4, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum of one million of dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to supply, Supply of deficiencies in former appropriations for subsistence in kind.in part, a deficiency in the appropriations for the subsistence in kind of the army and volunteers during the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, January 4, 1848.

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