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_-_ OFFICIAL. RESOL UTIONS. PASSES AT THESECOND~SESSIONOF TBE TBIR TT-PO WRTU CONGREeVS J.ttl Risol.uon authorizing the Secretary or the Navy to expend a Portion ol the Continent Fund for enlarg ing the Navy Department Building. Be it rtsohed by the and House uf Representa tnuoftht United States of America in Omgress a 5,.,,. -l*_, -hat the Secretary of the Navy be, and fc_b*JJ*l l*. anttiorlzed to expend so much of the contingent fu d Heretofore appropriated as maybe «J**f*ry for *« ™- larg.ment of the Navy Department building to meet the wants of tho Department. Approved, December 16.1864. A Rissifiw- tendering the Thank, of I LMngrcss loCap taiu John A. Winslow U. S. Navy, and to tho Officers and Meu under hi. Command on Board the . S. Steamer Kearsage, in her Conflict with the piratical Crart the •• Alabama;" In Compliance with the Presi deut a Recommendation to Congress ot the fifth of De cember, elghteon hundred and sixty-four. Xtsolved by the Senate and House of Representative! eeftht Unittd Statesof America in Congreu assembled. That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby ten dered, to Captain John A. Winslow, of the United States Navy, and to the officers, petty officers, seamen and ma rine* of the United States steamer " Keartage," for the •kill and gallantry exhibited by him and the officers and m.v uuder his command, lv the brilliant notion on th.. nineteenth of Juue, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be tween that -hip and the piratical craft "Alabama"—a v«ts*l eupertor to his own In tonnage, in gun., and In the number of her crew. Approved, December 26,1564. A RisoU'HON tendering tho Thanks of Congress to Lieu tenant William B Cushing, of the United States Navy, and to the Officers and Meu who assisted him In bis gallant and perilous Achievement in destroying the rebel Steamer "Albemarle," lv Compliance with the President* Recommendation to Congress of the fifth oi December, eighteen hundred [uud[ sixty-four. Resolred by the Senate aud House of Representative i elf tlit United Slates of America in Congreu assembled. 'that the thanks of Congress are due, nnd are hereby. leudon-il. to Lieutouant William B. Cushing. or the Unite.l States Navy, aud to the officers and men under his com mand, for the skill and gallantry exhibited by them in thedestntction oftherebel Iron-clad steamer "Albemarle.'' at Plymouth, North Carolina, on tho night of the twenty - seventh of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, December 20,1864, I SUIT Rmoictio"; tendering the Thanks of the People and of Congress to Major -encral,WlUiaui T. Sherman, and the Officers and Soldiers of his Command, for their asllHit Conduct In their late brilliant Movement through Storgia. Bt t'f resolved by the Senate (end House of Representative, ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled. That tbe thanks of the people and of the Congress of the United States are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major Oeneral William T. Sherman, and through him to lh« offlcers nud men under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct la their lete campaign from Chatta nooga to Atlanta, and tho triumplial march thence through Ooorgin to Savannah, terminating lv the capture and occupation of that city: nnd that ths President causo Isopvof this joint resolution to be engrossed and for ird-d to Major General Sherman Approved, January 10. lstM. [N0~6.j _IT RlsoL-fl-l* piovlding lor the Termination of tho Reciprocity Tr*aty of fifth June, eighteeu hundred and fifty-lour, between the United State* and Great Brituiii. W-SMAB, It Is provided in the Reciprocity Treaty con stnded at Washington, the fifth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty.lour, betweeu tho Uuited States, of tbo oue part, and the Cnited Kingdom of Great Brltaln'and Ireland, of tb* other port, that thii treaty "shall remain lv force for t*u years irom the dat* at which it may com* luto opera tion, and further until tbe expiration of tw*lve months after «ither of the high coutractlng parties .ball give no tice to the other of It. wish to terminate the same;" and whereas, it appears, by a proclamation of th* Preside nt ot the United btat*., bearing dato sixteenth March, eighteen hundred and flf ty-ttv*, that the treaty camo into operation on that day; and whereas, further, It is no longer for tho Intareets of th* Uuited States to continue tho uiti lv farce: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and Bctist of Representatives tf the United States of America in Qengress assembled. That notice be _iveu of the termination of tho Recipri slty Treaty, according to ths provision therein contained for tha termination of the same: and the Presideut of tbe United State* Is hereby charged with the communica tion of such notice to the Government of th* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Approved, January li, IBM. [No"..] j A Rteottmos to present the Thanks of Congres* to Brevet Major General Alfred H. Terry, and the Officer end Men under his Command. Resolved by the Stnatt and Houst of Representative ef tin United Statu of America in Cmgrtu assnaUsd. That the thank, of Congress are hereby presented to Brevet Msjor General Alfred H- Terry, and to the offlcers and men under his command, for the unsurpassed gal lantry and skill exhibited by them iv the attack upon fort Fisher, aud the brilliant and decisive victory by wMcb that important work has been captured from tho rebel forces and placed in the possession and under th* authority of the United State*; and for their long au.l feithful service* and unwavering devotion to the cause ol tb* country, In the midst of tbe greatest difficulties and dangers. Btc. 2. And be il further resolved, That th. Presided I' tho United State, be, aud ho hereby is, requested to immunicatethisreeolutloiitoGenernlTerry,and through im to the officers and soldiers uuder hi. commaud. Approved, January 24,1805. " Rmoi.tio.. tendering the Thauke of Cougre*. to Rear Admiral David D. Porter, and to tho Officii-, Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines under hi. Command, for toe. i Gallantry aud good Conduct in the recent Captur. of Fort Fisher. JUsolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 'the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, liat the thanks of Congress are hereby presented to Rear dmirnl David D. Porter, and to the officers, petty offlceis, seamen aud murines under his command, lor the unsur passed gullantry and Bklll exhibited by them In the attacks upon Fort Fisher, and the brilliant and decisive victoiy by which that important work ha. been captured from th* rebel force* nud placed In the possession and under I_m authority of tho United Statos; and for their long and faithful servlceß and unwavering devotion to tho unite) of the country in the midst of the greatest difficul ties, and dangers. Ssc. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President ofthe United State* be requested to communicate this resolution to Admiral Porter, aud through him to tbe offlcers, se.men. aud marines under his commaud. Approved, January 21,186.. Ivan lUSOLCTIOH authorizing tho Secretary of the Trea sury to give the necessary Notice stipulated pending th* Intention of the United States to purchase the Building known a. Merchants' Exchange, New York City, now used for Cimtom-House Purposes. Bt it resolved by the eScnate and House of Representatives eJUie United States of Amtrica en Congress assembled, That tne Secretary of the Treasury be, and ho is hereby, au thorised to give notice to the owners of tbo building ii New York cily known as the Merchants' Exchange, and ooonpled as a custom-house, of tl c Intention of the United te tale* to purchase the same, f. r th ■ sum of one million (ll«rs, iv accordance with the terms stipulated in th» dating lease of the proptrtv to tho government. Approved, January „, ISO.. UtT RssoLtrrio* reserving Mineral Lands from tbe Operation of all Acts, passed at the fir,t Session of tho Thirty-eighth Congress, grauting Units, or extending _M Time of former Grants. B Be it ruolvcd by the Senate and Houu of Representatives ' the United States of America in Or.--,, assembled, lat no act pawed at Ihe flrst session ot the thirty.«ightti congress, grautiug land* to state, or corporations, to old In the construction of roads or for other purposes or to _xt_ud thr time ot grant, heretofore mado, shall fe e „, •eostrued as to embrace mineral lands, which in all eases ahall be, and are, reserved exclusively to ths I'uited States, unless otherwise specially provided In the act ■■, acts making the grant. Appro.-d, January 80,186.. »[No~_.] Riso-i' rt_- submitting to the Leg-latures of th aa.eral States a Proposition to amend ths Coastitutio of th* Cnited States. AXuolvtd try tht Senatt and House {of Rtprutniativu A* United Stattt of America in Omgress asumfr-d, ((u laird* of both Bouses concurring,) That tbe foUowlu article bo proposed to the legislature, of the never etatoe as an amendment to the constitution of th* Unit Bute*, which, when rattled by tbrea fourth* of vi shall bo valid, to all Intent* and purpose*, apart of tb* said constitution, namely :— ___>.» amicm—lll. t«—m»l Nsithsr slavery nor ia.olnutary .errltulr _.?_Sr__ tt punishment for crims whereof tbe par. ___.'_... b*._duly convicted, -hall _«__*_> __-wM ___•_ *-_ B-ctiom 2. Cona-rsss •hall bars po-sr to -*m wu article by appropriate lft^staUoß. ApproW,r*bn_ry*.*»2 ---[N0~... ] 1.,.. ».«_-—„„ declaring certain Stats, not entitled t< *^^pS-s^thol--otc._C_ll^. Wtaas-t ths Inhabitants and local %_.' _t__Tor Virginia, North Carolina, aVwth <-"£»_ Se-rgia, r.orida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, nnd Taunts**, rebelled against tb* «*JTsrn mant of th. United Stats., and w*ra in such onndiuon •o th* *lghth day ot November, eighteen hundred ana eixty four, ibat no valid election for *l*ctor* of President and Vice-President of the United State*, according to the eenstitutlou and law* thereof, wa* h*ld therein on said day: Theref rs, Be it resolved by tht Senattond Brnuo of Rtsxn-tuniattvet qf the United Statei of Amtrica in Osngrtit assembled, That tbe states mentioned In tbe preamble to thi* Joint rsaolution are not entitled to representation tn the elec toral college for the choic* of Pr-Udut and Vie* Presi dent of tb* United Stat**, for th* term of office com mencing on tn* fourth day o< March, eighteen hundred and stxtv five, and no electoral vote* .ball b.received or counted "from said states conc.rning the choice of I'rvei __nt aud Vlo*-Pr*sid.nt for satd term of office Approved, _ *brt__y 8,156 ----_nrt Rnoimo. to terminate th* Treaty of agfateeu hnndred and _rv*nt*w, regulating th* naval Forces on th. Lake.. Tr ai r 5*3, tb* United State*, of tb* on* part, and th* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ir.Und, of tb* .tb*r part, by a trsaty b**riog dat* April, eighteen hun iked aud seventeen, bay* regulated th* uaval fore* upon tli* lake* *nd it wm further provided that '• if *ith.r ntrtv should hereafter be dealrou* of annulling thia •tJonlati-n and *bould gtv* notic* to that <™Vet to th* -thar party, It ih.ll ceas. to b. binding after thy ejrplre ___ oti ils: rnoniLs from the date of such notloat/nd - hares* th* peso, of our fronUs- is now *mitaKUtaty Wr_ *v »-*•-»■ -» -• f-r- • OFFICIAIi. _4^__ conntrlee. allowed by the existing ..r treaty may be -lisulßclent to prevent: and whores*, Hi further the President of the United State, has proceeded tl to give the notice required for the terminatiou of tbe sc treaty by a communication which took effect on the ul twentv-thlrd November, eighteen hundred and sixty, tl four: "Therefore. al Re it resolred to/the Senate and Bouse of Representatives tc ofthe Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, ti that ihe notice given by the Provident of the United a Slates to the government of Great Britain nnd Ireland w to terminate the treaty of eighteen hundred nnd seven- n teen, regulating tlte naval force upon the lakes. Is herein b; adopted and ratified as 11 the same had Lorn authorized g by congress. a Approved, February 9,1505. tl — rl [ No. 14. ] <•: Joint Rssoix-Tiox tendering the Thank-, of Congress to •' Major-Ooneral Philip 11. Sheridan and the Officers and v Men under his Command. Be it resolved by the Senate ond House of Repretentatives ofthe Vnited States of Anunrain Congress assembled. That the thanks of congress are hereby teudered to Mujor-Ucnei_l Philip It. Sheridan nud to the officers and men under his eoiuuiiunl, for the galluutry, military skill, and courage displayed lv the brilliant series of victories achieved by them In the valley of the Sheuaudoah, and cspeeially for their services at Cedar Run, on the nine £ teenth day or October, eighteen hundred and six!y-f"nr (| which retrieved the lot tunes of the day, and thus averted a a great disaster. ~,, Sec. 2. And lie it further resolved. That the President XT of tho Uuited Slates he, ami herebj is, requested to com municiue this rwolutlos t„ _aJor-_*n*ral Sliivu an. and ' through Urn to the oflleers ami soldiers utnier his earn- JJ mand. Approved, Febiuaiy 9.18H5. _ [No. IS. I_t A lUsotCTio.. proiiiling for the Cunpilatiou ..I a Con- (h gressionul Directory at each ISS-HII. Resolved by the .S. mile and House of Represinl'elives'.f the tinted eVsxttiof America in Onxgrea aiiemotia, raat the Congressional Pireotory be compiled nnder theolree. /, tisnof Ihe ioiutcoinmitte.. mi public printing, nnd pno lished by Ihe laperlntend. Nt of public printing—the Brst eilitii.n fur »ach session to be ready "or lUtrlbn-OU wilh iv oue week after the comniencenient thereof. an Approved, Pehrnsr. 14,1863. m — pr [ No. 16. ] re A RtiOLl'Tlos appointim; Ueiural Richard Delafield to be l'< a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. •" Resolved hy the Senate anil House nf Repre/evlalivis of Ihe United States of America in CcnfrtU ossnsNM thi Thnt Richard Delnfleli'l, is'sident of VYashingfon city, be, . and he hereby is, appointed a Regent or the Smithsonian _ Institution, in the place of Joseph 0. Totten, deceasod. W| Approied, Febriiar.v 11, IHft - j n j A lU-oiniox I" etleiid the Time lor Hie Reversion lo pa the United Stales oi the Lands granted _J CsngTSSS to i,„ nid in the Construction of n Railroad from ['ere Mar- t j o quetto to I'llnt, and for the Completion of said Koad. _, Resolred b;i the Senate and House of Representative'! of the United States of America in Concrress MSSMWt*. That the time specified in the fourth section of the act of Congres. approved June three, eighteen hundred and j 0 fifty-six, entitled "An net making a grant of alternate sections of the public lands to tbo State of MicMean to , aid in the construction of certain railrond* in said State, ' , and for other purposes," for liio reversion to the United _. States of the lands granted by said act to aid in tbs ion- ( •tnictlou of n railrond from I'cre .Marquette to Flint, and \f for the completion of said road, be, aud the same is here- JJ by, extended tor the term of five years. B Approved, rebrtiary 17,1865. H Jol.M KssoLuno. to soabls the Secrebirj- of tbe Treasury or toobtiln the Title to certain Property In Corsou City au and Stale of Nevada, for the . urposw of a Branch Mint t „ located lv said Place. -, WuEifCi* the Secretary of the Treasury of the United 8b States, In order to carry into effect an act entitled "An sli act to establish a branch mint of tl-.o United Statei in the ex Territory of Nevada," approved Man b third, eighteen th hundred and sixty-three, has purchased et Mosea Job aud lv H rfuret, his wife, and James L. RidJle. the pro-eviiptors pi and occupants thereof, cirtaiu city or town lots lv said ai Carson City: together with all the.valuable Improvements tc ihereou; and whereas It Is highly important lor the In- fo teresl of the Government to o'ltain, at un early d:iy, tho n use and possession of said property, to establish and upon a: said branch uilut: Therefore. l?cjolf«t by the &.■nofe and House of Representatives ofthe Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is herchy, authorized to receive nlnl accept from said Moses Job ami Margaret, his wife, nud James L. Riddle, such relinqui'h msnts and conveyances of their right anil claim lo snld lots and properly as he, th* said Secretary, shall deem , •ulßcient for the extinguishment of any claim, right, or ' title which the said Moses Job and Margaret, lib wife. ' and James L. Riddle may or cnu have thereto; nnd aaid ■ lots and property shall thereafter be reserved from public " sale, pre-emption, or homestead c ttlemeut, ami shall re- ' main the property of the United States. Approved, February .3, lbfij. _ 0-T»] ; Joni Rtsot.no_ to facilitate the Adjustment of certain f 0 Account, of the American Colonixatiou Society for th* c < Support of recaptured Africans in Liberia. p Bt it rtsolved ley the Senate and Hovseof Representative! d of the Cniteel Stales of America in Congress asstmbleel, tl That the Secretary of the Interior bo, and is hereby, au- L thoiized and directed to adjust and settle, the accounts ol _ the American Colouizntlon Soi iety for the support of re- fi captured Africans lv Liberin, under contract, made for tl tliat purpose under the authority of tbe act of Coiirrreeß ii I approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty, on d the principles of equity. tt Approved, February 23,1565. [No. 20. j Jm.T Resolutiom directing the tSSretarj of the Treasury A to issue American Kegisters to British Schooneis "Minnie Williams " aud "E.M.Baxter." Be it resolved bythe Sena'c and House of Representatives of the Vnited Sales of .dm-tca in Congress eissembled, o) tliat the Secretary of the Treaaury is hereby authorized XI and directed to issue Ameiicau reg-dst. to the British ci built schooners " Minnie Williams " and "E. M Baxter,'' a said r__s_l being now owned by a citizen of Buffalo. New ti York. ■ Approved. February 25,1*165. tl — ti [No. 23. J R Joist Rjsoiition iv Relation to tho Distribution of Books a | and Document.. ef Be. it rcseeli-.d by the Senate and Bouse ef Representatives i, of the United States of America in Cemgress assembled, ft That the undistributed portions of the books und docu* r , incuts heretofore printed or purchased for Its its. by order jj of either House of Congress, previous to the thirty-seventh ,] Congress, and now deposited In the Interior Department v and elsewhere, be distributed to member, of the present Congress, uuder the directiou of tho joint committee on printiug; and said committee is hereby directed to divide the books in questiou into parcels equal in nonifier to the , whole number of Senators, Representatives, and delegate, from territories, and as nearly equ 1 iv value and impor tance a* possible, aud to distribute them to tbe Senators, Representatives, and delegates by such method as may be found feasible and proper. oj Approved, February 28,1865. '1' [ No. 24. |si Joivt Resolv-ox to provide for Ihe Publication of a full 5 Army Register Be it resolved by Ihe Senate und House of RepreMntatives ra of ihe United Slates of America in Congress assembled, te That the Secretary of War be, and he 1. hereby, author- c i ized and required to cause to be printed nud published a , | full roster or roll of all general, field, line, and staff oftl- i t cers of volunteers who have been iv the army of the United States at nny time since the beginning of .the present rebellion, including all iuformnl organizations which have been recognized or accepted und paid by th. United States, showing whether they arc yet in the ser- A vice, or have been discharged therefrom, and giving casu alties aud other explanations proper for such register — And, to defray In whole or In part tho expenses of this rj publication, an edition of twenty-five thousand copies ot . .uch enlarged register shall be published and may be sold „ to officers, acldier., or citlxous, at a price which shall not „ more than cover th. actual cost of paper, printing, nnd „ binding, and shall not In any caso exceed one dollar per v volume. 1 Approved, March 2,186.. 1 [NoTllS.] f ! Jorsi R_so__iio- authorizing a Contract with William II 1 U Powell for a Picture for th* Capitol. I Be if resolved by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives * to/tne mired State! of Amtrica in Congress assembled, I That the Joint committee on the library be, and they ar* I kwthy, directed to enter into a contract with William H. i ioweii.of the State oi Ohio, to paint a picture for tb- . i-un*i States, to be placed at tb* head of one of the * Bjand ita_c___ iv the Cupitol, Illustrative of *om* uaval i ___7' *" Particular eubject of tho pnlntlug to be , SPJ~i** by the committee and th* urtiat: Provided, I t_-,, - eolUo «P*nseol .aid picture shall uot exceed . i «i,.nl" luu <i ß acd dollars, aud two thousand dollara T J -n-fci-__-*_ •» ssld William H. Powell, in advance, to la iiisi. » to l ,r *V»- t » lor tht work, the rcm.lndtr of *aid p __t___i. _ iut «~J< or uot leas tb-ii ono year, th. p pTet-dled ™Vm„ U t,UIMd unUl tlio «"* ,ur<i U C0IU " _ '■ *PPto-^,___2,lt W . v ,_ — tc I - ta *^-««^^_«___w lto _ m »____*s_. v p.r*on. hou«ably V dilc^rg.dT to ,?r"'_S_*»< «« M-lc« by reason ot dlsab.Uv rtSlt'-.™" 11 **-' " *?" --lo .lekness incurred lv the tin, of dm ■ i?____ *«nnd. or for anpointment. to dvil o *ce,, _*__T__Vl__- I _ w foaud to posses tbe business can»citv SI _5 ,hjlU b * i, proper discharg. of tbo duties of tv __ ___"» *•" tk » a, SIC. 2. And 6s it further ruoletd But I. ... B i- r«cognitlon of the mtvlcs, .scrlticei, a °" fal , v p-rwo. honorably d-charged rr..n. u?T-_i-5„ .* _ d irral sarvlca or th. NSStq, by tvuon ef _i_Tf. it *as*, or the .xpiratioo or urm. 0l •nli.imi^i', , _ , '_ I , c .p*ctfuliy reeommen.ied to bauk.r.,mw■_,_,; ""'*■ ° d fac-u-rs, mKbanica,.faimer», and p.r«o„t «i__SJ i industrial pursuits, to live thmthe prof«.u!wro. au. 1 c pointmsnts to remun«raut. «ituatte_[sj wul empby. , t m A»roTed,M_rch3,lß<-._ . [No. 28.] .' jMirt Raaottmon of Thanka to Major.O*_er_l George n , Jouri Wjg~«_ f y,, _ rnjy nnaer b i, cooman.. s * "' • Bi « resolved fry the Senate oM Boxutef Rtpresentativei I 'of tht United Statu of Amtnca. _i Congreu assembled, that the thaaks of congress are due, and are hereby ____BredL to -SjorOe-er-I George H. Thomasi and th, o_csrs and soldlet'. und.r bis command for th.lr .km by which the rebel army under ■ __.i_r_c-d «7.1|u.11. dsfsated and drtTsn from the • B—t*of Teant^se* Approved, March 6,186.. . [No. 29 ] a A msoLi'Tiow to ancoot-i. EnlistmanM and to promote J th. —Bclency of th* military Forces of the v"' 1 * 0 „ Itats*. i* Ruolvtd ley Uu SenaU and Boxut of Xtpruintetitttof tr tA* Vnistd Statu of Amtma vn Cons/mi niumbltd, That d forth* purpo** of «noooi-finc«alistm*otssnd ps_-ot> y ing tb. s_ai.no. of th. mfllwry snd navel foro— of th* s, .sited Stat**, it is lieieb. .nacted that tt_. wlfs and i sWdl-*, (.*-. tt»t_Mbtft_J ii ■ OFFICIAL. or may bo, mustered into the military or uaval service _f [; tin. I Haul Statei, shall, from and after the passage of this act. be forever free, any law, ussae, or custom what soever tn the contrary not withstanding; and in determi ning who Is or was the wife and who are the children of the enlisted person herein mentioned, evidence that he and the women claimed to be his wife have cohabited together, or associated v. husband and wife, and so con tinued to cohabit or associate at the time, of the enlist- jj ment. or evidence that a form or ceremony of mairiage, whether such marriage was or wm not authorized or recognised by law, has been entered lute or celebrated by them, ami that the parties thereto thereafter lived to gether, or undated or cohabited as husband and wife. II Firirl ..I continued to live, cohabit, or associate at tho time o aj Ihe enlistment, shall be deemed sufficient proof of mar- tt riage lor the purposes of this act, and the children born el el any such marriage shall be deemed and taken to tie oi tha. liil.lr.n em-raced within the provisions of this act, h whether sui.li marriage shall or shall not have been ills- tl solved at the time of such enlistment. ai Aiiui.,l e.|, March3,lßos. ii 1r — _ [No. 30. J ir A I-fs.iu tiov lo authorize and dlrsct an Invmtory of Articles in the Quartermaster. Depot* of the United "' States, unit in the Possession of the .aval Storekeepers ■ of the United States. ~ R.seeletd ley Ihe Smile ami House of Representatives of »" the United Stut'S of .1 meriva tn Congress assembled, That ul the Secretary of War lie. urn! is hereby, directed to cause • a strict inspection to be mad* of the quartermaster's de partmi-nt. as s ion as practicable after the passage of this » reao—itkNi. un.l a comparison to be made between the re- * portsof the nlficers in cliargo of the quartermaster's de- b< puts :tt New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, ■ and Liuiisville. and thearticles oa hand. ~ Ssc. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Secrelary of l the Navy, in like manner, be directed to cause an in- cl ventory to bs made of all the property of the United r * States, in possession of the several naval storekeepers uM 9 the United Slates. J Apprniid. March 3,1805. JJ [NoTsi.j Jj A Resolition relating to lntornafional Exhibitions at Ib-rgen, in Norway, and Oporto, In Portugal, during |(1 tin- suuinier of eighteen hundred aud sixty-live. WimtK.is the governments ofthe kingdom of Sweden am! Norwa.i, and of tin- kingdom of Portugal, have com- , iiiunicated io the govermueut of the United States the l progriitmiies of two international exhibitions to be held respeelively at Rergen, in Norway, and at Oporto, in Portugal, during the summer of eighteen hundred anil sixty.live: Tliortore, Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cnited States ef America in Congress assembleel. That the President of the United States is hereby charged with the duty of making known lo the people ofthe B United States, by proclamation, or otherwise, as shall to him seem best, tl s facts in his possession relatlug to the international exhibitions proposed to be held at Bergen, Norway, and Oporto, Portugal, during the summer of. a( eighteen humlred and sixty-five, and of iuvlting their „, participation therein: Provided, That no expense shall a In- incurred for any agency with regard to such exhibl- 8i tion; nor shall any claim of any agent of our govern- m ment bo hereafter recognized. Approved, March 3, 1860. m [NoT.2.] % Joint ResoU'tion to amend the Joint Resolution entitled a " Joint Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing," st approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred uud sixty. | mHe it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ■ of the Cnited Statei of America in Omgress Assembled, JJ that the superintendent of public printing shall be. and ■ he is hereby, authorized to purchase the paper required w for the public printing by accepting the Bealed proposals of tho lowest bidder or bidders for any specific portion c < or portions uf the whole amount of any particular kitid of paper required, tor either three months, six mouth., or one year, the minimum portion to be specified by the I' superintendent In, his advertisement for proposals, nud to be as low ns will, in his judgment, most Increase competition, and be mo»t advantageous to the United States. In all other respect, tho proposals and contracts slml Ibe subject to the conditions and requirements of the existing law; and any contractor failing tv comply with the terms of his contract, under this resolution,shall be liable to the same extent, aud lv tbe same manner aa j provided in the like case In the Joint resolution hereby amended; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent to report fully iv regard to all proposals aud contrast* lor paper iv bis annual report to congress, and also lv regard to all proposals aud contract- for lithographing j and engraving. < Approved, Marchß,lß6s. < [ No. 33. ] i A Resolution directing Inquiry Into tho CondltlOD of tho ' Indian Tribes, and thoir Treatment by th. Civil nud j Military Authorities. J i Resolved by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the dated States of America in Congreu assembled, That there lv raised a joint committee, to consist of three j members of the Senate, to be appointed by the pre»i- ! | dent of the Semite, aud lour members of the present j Hou-e, to be appointed by ths speaker ot the llouso of t Representatives, to Inquire Into th* present condi- a tion of the Indian tribes, and especially Into the ( manner in which they aro treated by the civil . and military authorities of tlio Catted States, ~ with power to sit during the recess of Congress ;to send v for person* aud papers; to employ a clerk, to subpeeua or L compel the attendance of wituesses; to hear the com- , plaints of Indian chiefs, and examine fully into the con- j duct of Indian agents aud superintendents, and aUo into , the management of the bureau of Indian affairs lv the t Department of the Interior; and to report ut the next . session of Congress such legislation as may be necessary for the better uduiinistratlou of Indian affairs; uud that . there be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not oeher-ise appropriated, the sum of dttoeti thousand dollars to defray the expenses of the , same. Approved. March 3, 1860. f No. 34 1 A RcsoifTior? to extend the Time for constructing the Burlington und Missouri River Railroad, In lowa, and filing a Map of Relocation. Resolved by Ihe eSenate and House of Representatives j of the Cnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the time allowed by the eighth section of the act eutitled "Au act to amend an act entitled 'Anae'i making p. grant of lands to the State of lowa, iv alternate »ec tt-BS. to aid in the construction of certain railroads in " said Slate,' approved May ilfteeuth, eightuen hundred and a llfty-six," for the construction annually of sections d! i twenty miles each of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, be, and the same is hereby, extended one year, f anil that the provision of the second section of the act t approved first of July, eighteen humlred and sixty-tour, fl entitled 'An act to regulate the compensation of regis t tcrs nnd receivers of the land-offices in the several States t and territories in the location of land, by the States and f rorporati Otis under grants by Congress," which requires t that a map of the change of location shall be filed With t tbo Commissioner of tlio General Land-Office within one v, year, be, and the same is hereby, ropealed. Approved, March 3,1805. t — i [No. 35.] t A Rtti_.no.. transferring Maps aud other Documents J relating to the Surveys of the Pacific Railroad to the ' Department of the Interior, ' Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives y of the. Cnitid States of America in Congress assembled, , 'i'hat all uinps, profiles, and other drawings, together with i estimates and reports connected with explorations and c surveys for the Pacific Railroad, made under the author ity of*lh« Government, and nil other information upon \ tiie subject of said road in the possession of auy depart- 8 meat of the Government, be transferred to the Depart- t ment of the Interior; aud that the Secretary of the In- t terior be authorized to furnish copies of the same, free of t charge, to tho Union Pacific Railroad Company, so far as j. they may be useful in aiding .aid Company In deterniin- „ iug Ihe proper route for said road. t Approved, March 3.18-5. [ No. 36. J A llKbOU'tioN respecting the Publlcntiou of the Papers of J James Madisou. a Wtt&Rr.is the joint committee of the two House, of c Congress on lite library were uuthorized by an act ap proved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty- , six, nnd amended June twenty-fifth, eighteeu hnndred and sixty, to cause to bo printed aud published one thou sand copies of the papers of James Madisou; nnd where- r v. the sum appropriated for such purpose ha. been found Insufficient: Th-refore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representative! of the United States of America in Congress assembltd, that tho said joint library committee ar* hereby author - ! ized to contract forthe publishing of live hundred copt*. of said papers, in lieu of tho ono thousand cople. horeto- I fore authorized, and tor the same sum Approved, March 3,1805. ] [No. 87.] A fUsci.TioM to purcha** Mail Pouch** or Bole* of Mar shall Smith* Patent for the Postal Service, and for ] other Purpose*. { Resolved by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives 1 of Hit Vnited State! of America in Omgress assembled, c tbat the Poa.'maeter-Qencral be, nud b* I. hereby, author- > ized to purchase of Marshall Smith such number of mail t pouch*, or boxes (constructed • n the principle of letter.-- I patent issued April Iweuty-eight, eighteen hiiuJr.il and C aisty-thrce, aud May seventeen, eighteen huudred and t aisty-—mr, to said Smith) a* h* may deem proper to fully • test their utility aud value in the postal .ervlce; aud also s to test a uew nude of fastening mail-bags, Invented by t Solomon Andrew., and to secure a patent tor th* same, v and that the expense thereof .hall be paid out of auy ap- p propriatlou bsrutolor* mad* or hereafter to b* mad* to 1 th* Poiit-Offics Department. I Appro v..j, Much 9,1865. • APPENDIX. I [No. 19.] ; ' B. TOE l'-E51.E.. OF TBE _NT-_D -XA.-3 01' b AMERICA: I A PROCLAMATION. ! j WaiEixs the act of congrwa or tb* 28th of Sept.—- t b*r, H.O, entitled " Au act to creat* add.tiooa collection districts lv ths btate of Callforni., and to change the ex- c istltig disirict* therein, and to modify the existing col -1 lection districts in the United States," extends to msr ineri.h«nills. whai-.boused under bond tb. privilege of r 1 being exported to the British North Amerlcau Province*, L I adjuinlng tbe United State., In th* manner proscribed lv i-iJL". of com J rlJ ** ot the 3d of March, UU, which ._.-_ .** C,r i luia rronti ** Port* through which m.r --__-_. ,i _"H » a V°n*A, and further provide* •• that __ oU -. r ?","*> "tu-ied on th. frontier, or th. United ___ *?J° r,, „* _• Brlt "»' North American p"vine" t_32 "iSSv-f ___!-* •*I'«U« . ■>". have ..tended ! s___ '." llk s Privilege., un th. mommsiulatlon of _ i th. Secretary of the Trea-urj, aad proclamaUon duiv * mad. by th. President or StaS rtjeua . r ar* io be extended i ■ pnvuegs. • r *IH,' ltu "* ,a rt, I, AsaxaAH Lincoln, President or the veiud states of America, in accordauc* with th* racom- . niendauon or the Secretary of th* Treasury, d_ hereby oeciare and proclaim that tbe port of Newport. In the , Slate or Vermont, Is and shall b* entitled to all the privt leges in regard to the exportation or merchandis* In _ ?, on yV 'be-Srttlsh North American Provlnc*. adjoining « tho Urnted Sutes, w_| c _ ar* ntended to tb* port* enu- ! merated In ths 7th section of the act of Congre*. of the 'I iff. °L Mu , lcb ' 18 * 5 , aforeaaid, from and after th* date uf it thi* Proclamation. . In —itnu* whereof; I bay • bsrwate Mt my band and at cuarl. the nal or th* United SUM* to b* *__*_ d P«B* *J th* city of W___u-oa thia _■_•*•_._ fc day xa, l/etfiau tev* A A „_ I _ s. 1' sand tight hundred and sixty-four, and or the I ' Independence of the United States of Amorlcn theelghty-nintb. ABRAHAM UNOOLN By the President: William U. Siwasb, Sicretary of State. [No""--] BY THE PRESIDENT OF TIIE UNITED STATES OF I AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Ir lis* pleased Almighty (Jod to prolong our national life another year, defending us »'"■ His guarding care g against unfriendly designs from abroad, and vouchaflng a to us In His mercy many and signal victories over the tl enemy, who Is of our own household. It has also pleased o our Heavenly Father to favor as well our citizens In their I. homes as our soldiers In tkelr camps, nnd our sailors on ti the rivers and seas, with unusual health. He has largely n augmented our free population by emancipation and by n immigration, while He has opened to us new sources of v wealth, and has crowned the labor of our working men li in every department nt Industry with abundant rewards, h Moreover. Ho Ims been pleased to animate and inspire c. our minds and hearts with fortitude, courage, and roso- d lotion sufficient for the great trial of civil war Into o which we have been brought by our adherence as a na- c tion to the eauso nf freedom and humanity, and tn » afford to us reasonable hopes of an ultimate aud happy • deliverance from all our dangers and afflictions: ,1 Now, threfore, I, ArmmtJt Lincoln, President of the r United States, do hereby np|.oiut and set apart the last ii Thursday of November next as a day which I desire to v be observed by all mv follow-citizen., wherever they 1 may then be, as a day uf thanksgiving and praise log Aliiiightv -oil, the beneficent Creator aud Ruler uf the p Universe. And I to farther recommend to my lellow- ii citizens aforesaid, that, on that occasion, they do reve- n rentlv humble themselves In Ihe dust, and from thenco si offer "up penitent and fervent players and supplication* ii to the Great Disposer of events for a return of the In- o estimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony » throughout the land whlrh it has pleased him to assign o as a dwelling-place for ourselves ami for our posterity throughout all generations. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand n and caused the seal of the United Suites to be affixed. a Done at the city of Washington this twentieth day h of October, in the year of our Lord ono thou- s [L. ».] sand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the b Independence of tho United State, the eighty- p ABRAHAM LINCOLN. c By the President: X William 11. Snwisn, Secretary of State. I (No. 21.j BY THE PRESIDENT OF TIIE UNITED STATES OF ■ AMERICA: .1 I'ROCLAMAMION. [ ___■__ th. Congres. of the United States passed an act, which was approved on tlio 21st day of March last, entitled '' An act to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and State government, aud for the admis sion of such State into tho Union on an equal footing with tlio original States;" Aud whuroas the said constitution and State govern- j ment have been formed, pursuant to the couditiout pre scribed by tho fifth section of Iho act of Congress afore said, and the certificate required by the said act, and also a copy of the constitution and ordinances, have been , submitted to the President of the United States: J Now, therefore, be It know, that 1, Abraham Lincoln, ' President of the United Btates, in accordance with the j duty imposed upon mo by the act of Congress aforesaid, ' do hereby declare and proclaim that the said State of Nevada is admitted into tho Union on an equal footing . with the original Statos. In witness yvhereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and j caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this thirty-first J dny of Oc'ober, in tho year of our Lord ono thou [l. s. j sand eight hundred nud sixty-four, and of the Independence oi the United States the eighty ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. , By tbe President: > Wim-M 11. S-WAgr, .tcrftar. of StaU. [No. 22.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE .NITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. WHtn-.VJ by my Proclamation of the nineteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, It was declared that tbo port, of certaiu State*, Including those of Norfolk, lv the State of Virginia land] Fernandina and peusacola, in the State of Florida, were, for reasons therein let forth, intended to bo placed under blockade; and Whereas tbs said ports were subsequently blockaded accordingly', but having, for some time past, been in the military possession of the United States, it is deemed ad visable that they should bo opened to doureitic aud foreign j commerce: Now, therefore, bo it known that I, Aiwaium Lincoln, i President of the United States, pursuant to the authority in me vested by the fifth section of the act of Congress approved on the 18th of July, 1861, entitled "An act fur- , ther to provide for the collectiou of duties on Imports, | nnd for other purpose.," do hereby declare that tho block- , ade of tho said ports of Norfolk, I'eruaudinu, nnd Pcnsu- * cola, Bhall so far cease and determine, from and after tbe s j first day of December next, that commercial intercourse , with thoso ports, except as to persons, things, and infor- , mation oontrabaud of war, may, from that time, be car ried ou, subject to the laws of tbe United States, to the limitations, and in pursuance of the regulations which may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, aud , to such military and naval regulations as ate now iv force, or may herealt'er be found necessary. , Iv witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused tho seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this nineteenth day of November, lv tho year of our Lord one :'L s. ] thousand eight hundred aud sixty-four, and of the Independence of the Uuited States the eighty ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: William 11. S£Wa_., Secretary of StaU. I No. 23. ] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. WnsukAH by the act approved July 4,1864, entitled "An act further to regulate and provide for the eurolllug end calling out the national forces, and for other pur poses," it is provided that the President of the Uuited State* may, " at his discretion, at any time hereafter,call I for any number of men. as volunteers, for tbo respective teims of one, two, and three years, for military service," aud " that in case the quota, "or any part thereof, of any i town, township, ward ol' a city, precinct, or election dis trict, or uf any county not so subdivided, .hall not be filled within the space oi fifty days after such call, then the President shall immediately order a draft for oneyeur to fill such quota, or any part thereof, which may be unfilled:" And whereas by the credits allowed iv accordance with the act of Congress, on tha call for five hundred thouaand , men, made July 18th, 1864, the number of mon to be ob- i taiiied under that call was reduced to two hundred and eighty thousand; nnd whereas the operations of the enemy in certain States have rendered it impracticable to , procure from them their full quotas of troops under .aid call; and whereas, from the foregoing cause., but two hundred and forty thousand men have boen pat Into the array, navy and marine corps uuder the said call of July 18,1864, leaving a deficiency on that call of two hundred and siitv thousand (260,600): Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in order to supply the afore said deficiency, and to provide for casualties in th* mili tary and naval service of the United States, do issue this my" call for three hundred thousand (300,000) volunteers to servo for one, two, or three years. The quotas of the States, districts, and sub-districts, under this call, will bo assigned by Ihe War Department through the bureau of the Provost Marshal Oeneral of tho United States, and, "in case the quota, or any part thereof, of any town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or election district, or of any county not so subdivided, shall not be filled " be fore the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, then a draft shall bo made to fill such quota, or any part thereof, uuder this call, which may be unfilled on suid fifteenth day of February, 1865. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Dnno at the city of Washington, this nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one [L. «.j. thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of tbe Independence of the Uuited State* tbe eighty ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By tho President: WUHAN 11. Hlwakd, Secretary of State. [ No. 24. ] BY TUE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. U ur hv ■ - th. act of Congress of tbe 28th of September, , 1860, eutitl.d "An act lo create additional collection dis- , trlcts In tbe State of California, and to change the exist- , log districts therein, and to modify the existing collection , districts In the I nited States," extends to merchaudiae warehoused under bond the privilege of being exported ; to the Biitisb North American Province* odjoiniug the , United States. In th* manner prescribed iv th. act of . Congress of the -d of Much, 1846, which designate* oar- ' tain frontier ports through which merchandise any bo ; •xported, and further provide* " that inch other ports , ■■itu-Hi Jon the frontiers of the United State*, adjoining *j tb* British North American Provinces, as may hereafter , b* found «xp«dlent, may have extonded to th.m the like , privilegu on ths recommendation of tlte Secr*tai*y of tho | Treasury, and proclamation duly made by tb* Pr<sid*nt | ot th* Uuited States, specially designating tb* port* to i which the aforesaid privileges are to be cxttoded:" Now, tb.rsforo, I, AbbauaH Lincolk, President of tbo , Cnitod States of America, iv accci dance with ths recom mendation of tb* Secretary of the Treasury, do horeby , ileclare and proclaim that the port of St, Alban*, iv the StaU or Vermont, ia, and shall be, entitled to ell the privilege* In r*gard to the exportation of merchandise lv ■ bund to the British North American Province* adjoining ths United Btat.e, which ars extended to the ports eou- , meraled iv the Tib aectlon of the act of Congress of tbe , 3d of March, ISI6, aforesaid, from snd sfter tbe date ot thi* proclamation. i In witness whereof, I bay* hereunto sst my bond, and , caused tb* seal of th. Uuited Statei to be afflx-d. , Don* at th* city of Waihingtoo, this tenth day of , January, In the year uf our Lord on. thousand , [l. c.l eight hitodr-1 and sixty-five, and of tho Inde pendence of tb* United State* of America tb* . eighty-ninth. ABBA _ AM IDiCOI , N . By the President: Willi-*, a. $iw*_n, eStcrttory of Statt [NoT--.] | BY TUB PRESIDENT OF TUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: „ A PROCLAMATION. Iw sun - object* of interest to th. Cnited Mutes re- , quire that the Senate should be convwied at twslv* t o clock on th* fourth of March next, to receive and act ; upon such communication* a* may b* made to tt on th* t purl of tb* Executive: . New, thersfore, I, Asaxn.M Lincoln, President of th* i United States, have con*td*r.d It to be my duty to issue , tht*, my Proclamation, declaring that an extraordln—ry i occasion requires the Senate of the Cnited States to coo- i ' vine tor th. trauuctlon or biuines. at th. Capitol, in th. • I city or Washington, on the fourth day or March nest, at i twelv. o'clock at noon on that day, of which all who x shall at that Urn* be entitled to act a* members of that , body lira hereby r*q _. ed to take notice. Otr«ui-(«rmyh*^ai_tb**-Lloftberj_lt*dS_ta*, • e(WttU(>«*-r. the -rv._-.Bt_ «s| Of I*** , A ii „.„... OFFICIA|i.._ [l. s. J ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight < hundred und sixty-five, and of the Independence t ofthe United States of America the eighty-ninth ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: William II Sswabu, Secretary of State. [N0~26.] , BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF I AMERICA: , A PROCLAMATION. WHsat*. the twenty first section of ihe set of Con gress, approved on the third instant, entitled "An act to J amend the several acts heretofore passed to proiidefor tho enrolling and calling out the national force*, uud for , other purposes," requires " that iv addition to the other ' lawful penalties of ihe crime of (II—I lln_ from the mill tary or naval service, all persons who hnve deserted the I military or navnl service or the United Hates who shall j not return to said service, or report themselves to a pro vost-morshal within sixty days niter tiie proclamation ' hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to ' have voluntary relinquished and forfeited their right* of ' citizenship and tluir rights to become citizens, and sueb deserters shall be forever itirapahlo of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States, or of J exercising any rights of citizens thereof; and till per. sons who shall hereafter desert the militnry or navnl service, aud all persnns who, being duly enrolled, shall depart the jurisdiction of the district in which he is en rolled, or go beyond the limits of the United States with c intent to avoid any druft into the military or uaval ser- 1 vice, duly ordered, shall be liable to the penalties of this ' section. And the President is hereby authorized and re- i quired forthwith, ou the passage ot this act, to Issue his proclamation setting tbrth the provisions of this Motion, ' in which Proclamation the President is requested to i notify all deserters returning within sixty days as afore- > said that they shall be pardoned on condition of return- 1 ing to their rogimeuts and companies or to such other f organizations as they may bo assigned to until they I shall have served for a period of time equal to their i original term of enlistment:" I Now, therefore, be it known that I, A t.n iha ii Lincoln, ' President of the United States, do Issue this n:v Proolu- ' mation, as required by snid act, ordering and requiring i all deserters to return to their proper posts; and Ido ' hereby notify them that all deserters who shall, within i sixty days from the datn of this Proclauution, viz: on or before the tenth day of May, 1896, return to service or re port themselves to a provost -marshal, shall be pardoned, on condition that they return to their regiments and mm pun i es, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, and serve the remuinder of their' original term of enlistments, and, in addition thereto, a period equal to the time lost by desertion. In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Uuited States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this eleventh day ~ , , of March, in the year of our Lord one thouaand L ' J eight hundred'and sixty-five, and nf the Inde pendence of tbe United States tho elghtv-nleth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: Willi vm 11. Sswarb, Secretary of Slate. [»_!_.] BY TIIK PRESIDENT OF TIIE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. WnftlAg, reliable information has been received that hostile Indians within the limits of the United States have been furnished with arms and munitions of war by persons dwelling in conterminous foreign territory, and aro thoreby enabled to prosecute their savago warfare upon tho exposed and sparse settlements of tho frontier. Now, therefore, be it kuown that I, Anßxu.tM Lincoln President of the United States ol America, do hereby proclaim and dirert"hat all persons detected lv that ne farious traffic shall ho arrcsled and tried by court-mar tial nt the nearest military post, uud, if convicted, shall receive the punishment due to tbeir desert*. Iv witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, nnd caused tho seal oi the Uuited States to be affixed. Dove at the city nf Washington, thi.. teveuteonth day of March, in the year ol our Lord oue tliou [L. J.] aand eight hundred aud sixty-five, nud ofthe Independence of the Uuited States tbe eighty ninth, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President I WttLl__ 11. Sswarp, _<.■*_)_ of SUitc. LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. PASSED A . IBE SECOND~SESSION OF TBE TIIIR TV-FOURTH CONORESS. Ak Act to authorise the Issttiug uf Patents for certain Lands in th* Town of Slockbrldge, Stat* of W lscountu, and for other purposes. Bt it enacted by the Stnatt and House of RtpretcnUetices o/_— tinted Statu of America in Congress Assembled, That, upon -itisfactory proiif being made that an occi pantflj ot unpatented fund in the town of Stock bridge, Calumet County, in the Slate of Wisconsin, which ha*, by treaty or otherwise, been allotted to auy individ ual members of the Stockbridge or Mutiseo tribe of lu ll—ins, are I lie purchasers, grantee*, or as-lguees of such members of said tribes, the President ofthe United States be authorized to-issue patents for the laud so occupied to such purchasers, grantees, ot' assiguoes, respectively; Provided, That in case oi cgtiflictiug claims to any of the loti of land the cominissiouer ol tbu general land office is authorized to hear the proofs of the respective claimants, and to decide which ot-uch claimants are justly eulilled to said land, and patent* sba.l be issued iv with such decision. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted. That pat-, its issued according to this act shall vest lv tho patentee titlo to the laud described tn such patent, iv fee simple, subject to any valid lien or incumbrance thereon created hy said puteute.or those under whom he claims. Stc. 3. And be it further enacted, That tho lots of bind In sold town of Stockbridge belonging lo the United State., not hereiubetoro directed to be patented, shall be attached to and form a part ol the Menasha land district, and if, lv the opiniou ot the commissioner of tbe general land office, it shall bo for the public luterest, the samo may be sold at the minimum price of three dollars per acre for lots fronting ou Lake Wluuebugo, live dollars per acre for the two tiers of lots fronting ou the military road, oue tier of lots ou each side thereof, and two dollars and fifty cents per acre tor tho residue of said land to actual settlers thereon possossiugthe qualificatious requisite to acquire pre-emption rights, whu shall prove to the satis faction ofthe register of the laud-ofllce at Menasha, Wis cousin, tbat he or she has made improvements to the value of not less than filty dollars, and is actually resid ing upon the laud; the time of paying the purchase price may be extended for a perieul not exceeding ouo year from the passage of this act: Proiided, That no such actual settlor shall be permitted to pre-empt morn tbau two contiguous lots on which he or shu has made iui pn,veiii.iits of the value of not less than one hundred dollars. Tho lands not sold within one year as herein before provided, shall be brought into market and sold at uot less than the minimum prices fixed by thi* act. Approved, March S, 1866. Aa ACT to quiet Titles In Favor or Parties in actual Pos sessions of Lands situated iv tho District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all deed, heretofore recorded in the land records of the District of Columbia, which havo beeu executed and acknowledged by femmes covert (their husbands having signed and sealed the same) for conveying any real estate, or luterest therein, situated in said district; and all ac knowledgements of deeds heretofore recorded, as afore said, which have been made by famines covert (whether they have executed the deed or not) for the purpose of releasing their claims to dower in the lands described therein, situated as aforesaid, in which acknowledgements the form prescribed by law has not beeu followed; and all deeds heretofore recorded, ns aforesaid, which have been executed and acknowledged byan attorney-in-fact, duly appointed for conveying real estate situated Iv said district; and all deeds heretofore recorded, as aforesaid, executed and acknowledged, or only acknowledged by •uch attorney iu-fuct, fur conveying real estate situated in said district, us lo which the acknowledgement was made beforo officer, different from those before whom proof of the power of attorney was made, and as to which tho power of attoruey was proved before only one justice ofthe peace; and all deed, heretofore executed and recorded a* aforesaid for the purpose of conveying land situated In said district, acknowledged out ol the District of Columbia, before a judge of a United States court, or beforo two aldermen of a city or the chief magistrate of a city, or before a notary public; and all deeds heretofore executed and re corded a. aforesaid for tiie purpose of conveying lauds sltuatod in said district, acknowledged by an at torney-in-fact, d-ily appointed, or by an officer of n cor poratiou, duly authorized, who has acknowledged the aame to bo his act and deed, Instead of the act and deed of the grantor or of the corporation; and all deeds here tofore executed and recorded as aforesaid for tho pur pose of couveyiug laud situated in snld district to which there I. not aunoxed a legal certificate as to ths official character of the officer or offlcers taking the acknowledg ment, sliall be, and the same ars hereby, declared to bo of tbe same effect and validity to pass th. fee simple or oth*r estate Interned to be conveyed, and bar dower iv the real estate therein mentioned in lavor of parties in actual possession, claiming uud.r und through such deeds, as If .uch deeds had boeu by such fcinmia covert executed and acknowledged, or acknowledged iv case ol a dower right, iv Ihe form heretofore oresci ihed by law: as If such deeds had beeu executed aud acknowledged hy the grantor in the deed tas If such power of attorns. had heen proved before tho officer or ollloers taking the acknowledgment; a* It such power of attorney had been proved before two justices ol the peaco; aud if such ac Kuowledgment had beeu made before suy judge or v State court, or before two Justices of tho peace; as if sueb attorneyi-iu-tiict or officer of a OOTBor-tton had acknowl edged the deed to bo tho deed of the grantor or of thu corporation; ns if such deeds had thereto aun.xeil a cer tificate, in legal form, that the officer or offloots taking the acknowledgement w.ro really what tb.y piirpoit to b*' Provided, That the certificate of ac_uuivl*diy_nent by'a femme covert shall show that tho acknowledgement w'oimnde "apart" or "privily" from her husband, or us. eoni* other term Importing that her acknowledgment was made out of his presrocs, and also tbat she ackuowl edged or declared that she willingly executed or that sho wiiliugly aeltnowledged tho deed, or that the same was her voluntary act, or to that effect: And provided,nl,-). That whan the |>ow*r of attorn*)' shall bay* I bo«n] execu ted by a femme covert th* same shall be effectual and suffi cient!, there shall hs.ve been inch an acknowledgement ofthe *atu. at would be snlß-teut, under tho provisions o this act, to pass h*r estate and Interest therein wero she a party executing th* deed of conveyance, the record and copy thereof of any deed recorded a. aforesaid to lm evidence thereof, in tiie same msnner and to have the tarn* effect as H such de*!j had been originally executed, acknowledged and recorded according to law, Ssc. 2. And it be further enacted. That all exception* \ in favor of parti** beyond tho District of Columbia, which may by existing laws be replied orreiied on In any ' action or proceeding brought iv said district, are hereby repealed and abrogated: Provided, That this section shall not effect tho right of parties tn actions now pending, . and such as may be brought within three years from tbo passage of this act. 8-C. 3. And be it furtlier euacted, That the act. of Con- < gr.-ss approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and tbirty-two, and April twenty, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. In reference to th* acknowledgement and recording of deed, oi land situated In «aid district, shall Iss taken and construed as cumulntlv* with the acts nf i Maryland on the samo subject in force fa said district at i th. passage thereof and that an acknowledgement made • and certified in compliance with any ou* of said act., and i before any officer, authorized by either ot .aid acts to . take an acknowledgement, (whetherlu or out or the his trict of Columbia,) shall be good and effectual; aud 11 ft I shall appear that the greater " acknowt.dged suid deed " It shall bay* the same effect as If he or she acknowledged the deed to be hit or h*r act and deed. And un v ac knowledgement made by a femme covert uuder either of Mid ecu of Oongre*. (which shall b« lufficl.nt uuder the i proeistosu of thi* aot) of any daeda executed by her bus bond, and heretofore reoorded In tbe Dt*trict of Columbia. > part* ; * / l OFFICIAL. dower lv the lands described therein, situated In said dis- i trict.-although she shall uot have executed the same. I Approved, March 3,180.. — I An Act further to provide for the Verification of In- ' voices. Be it enacted by the Senatt and Boutt of Representa- ' finer of the UniUd States of America in Congress assem bled, that all consular officers nf the United Stutes be and they are hereby, authorized to requiro before ' eertifylngany invoice or invoices under the provisions of ' the firat section nf the net entitled "An act to prevent j and punish frauds upon the revenue, to provide for the ' morecertalu and speedy collection of claims In favor of i tho Uuited States, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eatisfuc tor. evidence, eithor by the oath of the person or persons | pr senting such Invoices or otherwise, that such Invoices J ar correct and true: Provided, That in the exercise of th'V discretion hereby given, the Bald consular nfllcers shnll be governed by such general or special regulations or instructions as may Irom time to time be established or given by the Secretary of State. Approved, March 3,1805. An Act amendatory of "An Act to amend an Act enti- | tied an 'Act to promote the Progress of tho useful Arts, 1 approved March throe, olghtoon hundred and .Ixty-tbree." Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Repreientatires ofthe Cniud Statei of America in Congreu aitembled, j Thnt any person havtng an Interest In an Invention, w betln■!- as inventor or assignee, for which a patent was ordered to isnne upon the payment of tho final fen, as pro- i vided in section three of an act approved March three, eighteen hundred nnd -i ,t\-lbr. e\ but who has failed to i make payment of the final fee a. provided in snid act, i shall have the right to make an application for v patent , for his invention the seine as in the case of an original i npplicntion, provided such application be made within I two years alter tho date of the allowance of the original i application: Provided, That nothing herein shall Ct so construed a. to hold responsible in damages any persons i who have mantlfnctnred or used any article or thing lor I which a patent aforesaid was ordered to IsSW. This ucl i shall apply to all case, now in tho patent-nfflce, and also , to such as shall hereafter he filed. And all acts or parts of acts iuconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. i Approved, March 3,1865. An Act to amend the third Section of an Act entitled "An Act making Appropriation for sundry Civil __• p -nses of the flovurument for the Year ending tho thir tieth day of Juue, eighteen hundred and sfxty-flvo, and , for other Purposes," so,far as the same relates to Wit nesses in theCourtßof tho Uuited State.. Be it enarted by Ihc Senate and House of Repretentatives ofthe UniUd Slates of America in Congress assembled, That the third section of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expense* of the Govern ment for tlio year ending tho thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred aud sixty-five, aud for other purposes," be, aud the same hereby Is, amended by adding thereto the foi lowing proviso : I redded, further, 'I hat in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, lv which judgment may ho rondored for or againit them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other as to any transaction with, or itatemeut by the testator, intes tate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the oppo site party, or required to testify thereto by the court. Approved March 3,18b-. AN Act in Relation to tlio Naval Observatory. Be it enacUd bythe Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slides of America in Congress assembled. thnt so much of the first sectiouof the act of third "I August, oue thousand eight hundred and forty-elgh., en titled "An act rankiug appropriations lor tlio naval c*_. vicofor tho year endiug the thirtieth of June, one thou sand eight hundred and forty-nine," a. require* that the supei'iuteu.lout of the naval observatory ut Washington city shall be a captaiu, couiuiauder, or lieutenant In the n ivy, bo, and i* hereby, repealed, aud uo'otlicer of ths uavy employed ss superintendent shall receive other lhau tlte shore-duty pay of his grade. Approved, March 3,1866. An Act to extend the Provisions "of the first Section of "Au Act for the Oovermacut of Perauu* lv certain Pish' cries," approved Jun* nlueto«ntb, eighteen buudr-d and ibirtevu. Be it enacted by Vie Senate and House of Representa tives of Vie Ueiittd States of America in Congress as sembled, That the provisions of th* first section cl "An act fur the govertiiueut of persons In curtaiu fisheries,' upprovod on the nineteenth of June, In th* year one thousand eight hundred aud thirteen, .hall extend uud apply to tho master or skipper and lesmeu of vessels of the I'urihaii of twanty tons or upwards, qualified ac cording to law for currying ou the mackaret fisheries, bound in vi a port lv the United States to be employed lv such fisheries, in the same way as If such li- ~ i. - had beeu embraced in *aid act: Provided, That the agree, vi.of until •I iv said sectiou ske'l b* duly made, indorsed aud countersigned. Approved, March S, 1S». An Act to Incorporate the Colored Union Benevolent Association. Be it tnacted by the StnaUand House of Representative!, ofthe United StaUs of America, in Congress assembled. That Ourdeu Snowden, Charles Brown, Jmues Wrlghl, Sandy Alexander, Henry Logan, Charles Wilson, Henry bisks. John Shorter, Joseph Shorter, und their *jsoe. ates ami succesiors, be, and they are hereby, constituted and declared to be a body politlcond corporate, bythe uitme and title of tho Colored Uuiuu Benevolent Associa tion, located in tbo city of Woshingtou, and hyiticoipe rate nam* said association shall have perpetual lucccssiou with power to sue nnd be sued, to implead and be im pleaded, iv uny court of Die United Slates or of the Disirict of Columbia, of rouipetunt jurl .diction: to re ceive subscriptions, gifts and benefit*, and to mako such rulesand by-law* a* shall be deemed necessary and ex pedient for tbe government of the association, and to alter the samo, from time to time, in such mode as shall be prescribed therein: Provided, always, That such rules and by-laws shaltl be In nowise inconsistent with the constitution and law* of the United States, or with tbe objects of tho association. The objects of tho associa tion aro hereby declared to be to provide for th" earn ami comfort of such members as shall be sick, disabled, or dopcudeut, aud ot the families of such members, iv cases where the proper officers of the association sballdyeui it expedient, and also to provide for tbe decont Interment of such persons as may die in membership of the associ ation or belonging to tho families of such members. si.c 2 And be it further enacted, That said association •hall have piwer to bold real estate,'>r personal and mixtd estate, by purchase, gift, or devise, for tho purposes of such association and no other, and lo lease, sell, or convey such real eitate, or mixed estate, or personal property, as may be devised or dountud to such associa tion, and the leasing or sale of which wilt promote the interest, of said association. Sec 3. And bj it further enacted, Thut Congress shall hnvo tbe right at any time, to modify, amend or repeal this act. Approved, MarchS, 1865. AN ACT to amend au Act entitled "An Aot to Incorpo rate the Metropolitan Railroad Company lv the District of Columbia." Beit enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United Statu of America in Congress asicmblctt, That an net entitled "Au act to Incorporate tbe Metro politan Railroad Company In the District of Columbia," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, aud the sauie hereby is, amended us hereinafter set forth, namely, that tho first section be. aud hereby Is, amended by striking out all after the words "along il street north tn Seventeenth street west, Intersecting tlio double-track road,'* and inserting: also a doublo or single track rail way, commencing at the intersection of D street north and Four-and-a-half street west, along Four-and-a-half street west to the gate of the arsenal; also a double or single track branch railway, commencing at the inter section of Ninth street west aud the Washington canal, along Ninth street west to M street noi th, aloug M str.et north to Twelfth street west, and atoug Twolfth str.et west to tbe Washington canal and Maryland avenue to the Potomac River; also a double or single track branch railway, commencing ut tho iutenection of Massachusetts avenue aud H street north, along Massachusetts avenue to X street north, along X street north to the circle, with tho privilege of extending tho said branch road at any timo along X street north to Rock creek, across the bridge over Rock creek to Water street, Ooorgotowo, along Wa* ter street tn Georgetown to Green street, along Green street to Gay street, and along Gay street and First street to Fayette street, Georgotowu, with the privilege ot ex tending at any lime tho road now iv operation Horn Sev enteenth streot west to the Capitol, from ths present ter minus of said road on A street north, aloug A street north to First street east, aloug First street east to Last Capitol ■troet, ulong Knit Capitol itreet to Ni th itreet eait, along Ninth street east to L street south, with th* right to run public curriaxes tbereen, drawn by horse power, receiving therefor a rate of faro not exceeding eight cuts per passenger, for auy distance between the termini of either of the said main railway*, or betwera the termini of said brunch rallivayi, or between either terminus of said main railway and the ternilnui of either ol said branch railways: Provided, That th: ul* and nmlni* nam'-; of the said road shall be subject to the raunlclp.il f.- a 1., in. us of -ilia city of Washington within it. corpo r.ito limit*. Sec 2. And be it further enacted. That section eight be, and hereby is, amended by itriklug out tho words '■ fiv. hundred thousand doilais," aud ius.rting tho words, "ono million dollars:" Provided, That tho director, of said Metropolitan Railroad Couipniy shnll have p„-«i to requiro thoiubicribcr. to the capital stock to pay thi amount by them respectively suliscribcd at euch time, in such manner, and Iv such instalment* as tboy ma., ulaiu proper; nud if auy stockholders shall refuse or neglect to psy auv lustnlmenia, a. reqidr.l by a resolutiou of the b'.cird of directors, after reasonable notice of the same, tho said board of directors muy sell at public auction, to tho highest bidder, so many shares of said stock as shall pay said instalment., (and the highest bidder shall be tskvutobu th* peraou who offers to purchase the least number ol shares for th* assessment dv*,) under such general regulations as may b. adopted In the by-laws of said corporation, or may sue for and collect tho same iv any court ol oompstent juilsdictiou. Sic. S. And bt it further enacted, That lection seven teen be, and hereby ia, so amended as to allow the *aid corporation thre* y*ars from the date of tho approval ef this act in which to couplet* th* railway* herein de*. scribed and those described In th* act to which thi* 1* an ametuluiaul. Stc. 1. And be it farther enacted, That tbe twenty •eoond lie, and heieby Is, araeuded by •trlking; out the words "at the rat* of tw«nty fiv* for on* dollar, and In; serting tbe words "st the rate of sixteen lor tbe dollar. Been. Anil bt it further tnacttd. That the provision prohibiting any egolusloq from any air on aooiuntoi color, already applicable t- tb. M.tiopo Ittn Ha. road , hereby extend*, to every otbw railroad in th. Dlslilct ol Colnmbla. Approved, March S, 1806. AN Act to incorporate tb. Continental Hotel Company AN act to inc f i~ c( _ of WMmngtou n, it enacted by the SenaU and UouH of Repruentativu 1 of the Lnlted Slates of America in Congreu assembled, Tha Lew.- Delmonico, of New York City. B. B. French, , Henry D Cooke. John W. Forney, of Washington City, ! Steuben Flanagan, William Overlleld, Jr., f. Warren 1 8r0w.., of Maine, Thornton Brnlth, George D. Kellogg, , and George Plowman, of Philadelphia, and tbeir assocl- i at** and all pwsons who now or hereafter may be hold.rs of to* itock hereinafter mentioned, sliall be, and they I are hereby, declared to be constituted a body politic or i corporate by the style of the Continental Hotel Company » to have perpetual succession, to be capable in law of t snluc and being rued, to have a common aeal, and to have t hold, receive, enjoy, and take, *itber by absolute con- t veyanc. tn i»* «imple or npon ground r.nt, and in can of t a conveyance upon ground rent with power to execute « the necessary covenant for lecurtng the payment thereof, • .uch real mute a* may be aecetsary or 'proper for th* • oonitruction of a hotel Ist tb* city of Wuhlogton, with t such supplementary buildings as nay be adapted to and Ji tumsmi e_t_s.tMt4.-_--. .**%. t_*w<,-m l A official. ; ;~ ■ . .Lv ...luin Ihcsaiiie for the Rccninni.idsA ,(_, mv 1 a ! «*0 may bo desirous rfren. tion and uso ofsn" 1 " . iml the _„, ~s tHtp or Huy ;».,Ther« '-I nin th?'. IM«»,„ -« -H-ration it jiart tncreoi »i c fl convey to nny per so.?_*&£_. who nSy'-b- ***• of pnr._M._g the '»S?J Th », 2- c ._, tal ,t*k ofial ico'lioratiou shall not exceed two million i ...., Ah 1,1 into twenty thousand shares of one hut. dollars. iMibrt no pM] ~,, M 1,,,, persolla | Xe.lv'"an-I-."- ■ «m"V«™« »_£ f** «es- SE propeiij, -I'l . ~ j ll ,i I r„ lo nveiiient. "„ir* V -3 S.l' fVrtS. <' «"■«*. »»« « «■»«"- »_* m. of the -oipora'tor. shall be annually hold on ths l_.uu. > ou.lav of Jannsry, Ibr tbe election of five raana seiond "?sgr_H_lM_e- Of Other business; but if such , S___-or slsctloa shall not then take place, the corpo , shall not lb.'that cause bedlssolved.but such ineot . o Sott-O shall take place as soon thereafter a. may /one weeks public notice thereof being first given in .'i-_.ttw.dai. newspapers in the city ol Washington " _-.- Anil b. it re-SB. enacted. That the election of _______ shall be by ballot fmm among tho corporators, Ed th. in the enactment of bylaws for the govern i. i the curiioratlon and its officers, and In the ds ____ o all o. xxm 1.._ whether of electlou ol officer, or S-_____se_e_t Of corporators, either because of their ! h quen y7n"'.ying nd the amount of stock by then, nrehased of the cm -potation, or for other cause., and ou ,1 que ions at th. meeting, of the corporation the «*■ au qutsiiou. person or by proxy, shall sev . SyTn c o Voi'-'Xh sh-are of stock Lid ty thou.. si t Aa- ta it farther enacted, That the mauagon shall continue iv office until their successor, are elected | h'v shall oieet a president from among themselves, supply vacancies In their number, whether occasioned by death teshfualion, or refusal to act and shall have the MM_ and entire control of the affairs and Interests of the coinpanv.except so far as may be otherwise provided by the corporators. Three members .ball bo a quorum at these ■ n *j£j D Jj j. lirll)cr -—j,,?, That until other officers shall be duly elected, the persons named in tho first section of tliis Xt shall be held to be managers of the said corii. nution, mii "'"'" u,lv " powor aml aulnor ">' **___. And be it further enacted, Thnt Congress may at any lime hereafter alter, amend, or repeal this charter Approved, March 3,1865. An ACT providing fur the Confinement of juvenile Offen d-rs against the Laws of tho United Slate* In Houses of B°e iUilacled bu the Si-nale and House of Reprtientattrtl ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled. that Juvenile offenders against tho laws ofthe butted States, being under th* Sql of sixteen years, *__*»» may hereafter bs convicted of crista by any court of ths United Statce, the punishment whereof shall be lm _risounie.it. shall be confined .luring the term ol senU-uco hi some house of Mug... to be d< sign-ted by the Secretary of tbe Interior, aud shnll be transported aud delivered to the warden or keeper of .uch bmse ot'rolugo by the _-f slinlof the disirict wheresiiclisin.il havo occmrcd; or If such conviction be bad In the District ol Columbia, theu, md In such cnio, the transportation and delivery shall lie by the warden of the li.il of said district, and Ihe reason able actual sxpenss of the transportallon, BMK wary sub sistence, and hire, nnd transportation ol ass-taut* and the marshal or warden, only, shall bo paid by the Secre tary id the Interior, out nf the Judiciary lund. Src 2 And be it fit, feer enacted, lhat it shall be the duty ofthe Secretary oftbs Interior to coiitrncl with the muixg-rs or persons having control ol such houses ot refugsfoi _*lmprlsomnsnt,suhsl*ttn_s,-Bd proper ora idovnieni of ill such uvsnllo offenders, and to give the several cotuti ot tlio tuned States and of Ihe District ot Columbia notice of the places to pTOTidsd for thecouf_i«. ment of said offender*, and such offenders -bull be sen. tented to codliu.-ment iv the boss* of relngs uearest the iilsce of couvicilon so desi.i-lcu ny the Seciolnry of tho Interior. Approved, March 8,1.65. An Act to amend an Act •-titled "An Act to j__t_ for Ihe better Organisation of Indian Ailalrs In California. i Be il enacttd ly tiu SmaU and llmse ol Reprtsentatmi of the Uniteil Stales ofAemririi in Qmffrut assembled, That tho sum of sixty thousand dull*-*, or so much thereof n's may bo gMssssry, be, and the _m« 1= hereby, approprl atoil.out of auv money la the treasury m>: oihenvlsonp. proprlated, for the purposs of snshllng the Secretary cf the Interior to pay tbs s-tUersln Bnopa tnlley, tall. I'oruia, for their Improvements os the Indian reeervntlc* therelut Provided, That bsfers Iho sans or auy wit tf th* money hereby appropriated shall be paid, the ssiu Improvements .hail bssppralud by th* .up*rlut__dent of Indian affairs, tli. Indian acenl nt said reservation, and th* survevor-.eueral of California I aud if, iv the opinion of the Secretin v of ths ißtsrioT, their npprniso ment shall be rensouslile. and elnill uot iv the aggre gate exc«*d ihs mm herein sppropri ttsd, tho said gocro tary is h.reby authoriped li apply tbo sauie, or so much thereol a. may be necessary, in payment for tho said improvements, taking tbe propor rclens.i therefor: And provided, fur!tier, That the moneys hereby approprlaisd bs reimbursed friiii the procesds o)f lbs sales of Indian reurvatlons in suid otat* under tha ■rot-dou Of the net to provtdo for the belter organiza tion of Indian affairs In California, approved April eight, eighteen huudred and l_tydv_r, Approved, March 8,11*6. An Aci autlioriiina ths Sscrstsry of the Treasury la leuse or sell cot tain Properly of the tutted States situ ated at Rath, 111 the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the & elide txxti Heei.se ef Representatives of the United Slates ef Amerieu tn Congress assembled. lhat the Secret ny of the Treasury Is hereby authorized to leasj the wharf property belonging to tbs United Stat'', il'untedat Bath, iii Iho State of Maine, for a terra _* years, the Ussss making all roptiira tlioioiipon; or he may sell tbo same at his discretion If it is no longer in usj or required for tho public service, and bs is bet eby author ized to innke. exociits, t—id del iter all neodfol couvaynu cci to the "-trebase. or purcliasers thereof. , Approved, .Mu1ch3,1.0.";. AN Act to increase the pay of Midshipmen end others. Bi it enact dly thtSsnate and House of ReprewxtaHvei ief t'n United Statu of Attttriea in Congress assembled, Thatmidsiiipineii, after their final academic elimination and until their promotion tot—S grade of eusijin, shall bo paid nt the rate of sight hundred dollars psr annum, while on sen servi.e. I Sec 2. Audit it further enacted, Tha! acting _u*ters' lnntes shall bu styled mates, and the Secretary ot Iho Navy Is hereby authorized to increase thnlr pay to a sum not exceeding sixty dnllu's per month. Sec. 3. slnabs it further enacted, Tfiat hereafter matiss may be rated, uud,. Biithoi'ity of thu Secretary of tha Navy, from seamen and ordinary seamen, who have en listed in the nnvul service for not less than tiv.*years,aud such ratlngof nn enlisted man, or his ipjioiiitinent aa an officer, shall not discharge him from his enlistment. Sec. 4. And be it further inw'ed, That no person ap pointed or rated ul. officer or clerk in tho naiy .hall re ceive any bounty while holding an appointment. Sec 5. And be it further eiuieteel. That nil acts or pans of nets which are iuconsistent with the provisions of thi* act are hereby repealed. Szc. B. And be it further snfUlssT. That acting passed assistant surKOons and noting surgeons may be appointed lv the same manner ns acting assistant surgeon* are now appi.iuti.il, who shall receive the compeusatlou of tbelt respective grade.. Appr.,v,..|. March 3, ISGtV An Act to incorporate the "Capitol Hotel Company," In Washington City, District of Columbia.'' Be it enacted by the Senate und Bouse of Representatives of the Uniteil States of America in Omgress assembled, That Charles C. Little and A. C. Washburn, of Roiton, in tbe State of Massachusetts; lleorgo I'olsom, Cbarle. A. Stetson, anil Frank Moore, of New York city, in the Stato of Now York: and Z. C. Rnbbiu., of Washington, In tho District of Columbia, aud their associates and succeeior*, be, and they are hereby, Incorporated and made a body corporate, by the name of " The Capitol Uot.l Company," and by tbat name may sue and be sued, plead and bo Ini pteuded. In any court of law or equity, of competent ju risdiction, aud be entitled to use and exorcise all the pow ers, rights, and piv. lis,:es incident to such corporation, for the purpose of establishing aud maintaining tn sola city of Washington, buildlug or buildings for a hotel, with rooms, shops, and offices, to be used therefor and therewith; and they may pttrchasennd hold real and per. sonal ostato required and convenient therefor; and may, arier construction thereof, sell, couvey, or lease, and re ceive rent therefor, lv w-holo or In part, as tboy may choose and find for tho Interest of said corporation. Sec 2. Andbe it further enacte ~ That the capital stock of said corporsiiuu shall not exeee-l tho sum of one niU- Uon five huudred thuusaud doilais. uud that th* stoclt sball be divided into shares of oue thousand dollars each, aud shall bu deemed personal properly, transferable in such manner as the said coiporation by its Ly-Uws may direct. Sec. 3. _nd be it farther cutcUd, That the g..v»rnm*nt und directiou o. the affairs of tbo c rpon tors shall bu in vested in a board of directors, not less than five in num ber, who ihail bo elected by tin stockholders at their an nual meeting, which shall bo bold ou the first Monday of May lv each year, ifoui among the eotfonttors and their asoociatci aud lueeossors, in such manner ai tho by-law* of said corporation may direct. Sec. 4. And bt it further enaekd, That the told corpo ration shall have lull power to make sud prescribe such by laws, iiile., and Mnlatlotn as tuoy may deem needful and proper for tha ulsrsisition and ninu.ngc—i r nt of tbo stock, property, estate, ami effects of the rnrimritlun, uot contrary to the •barter or to the laws ot the United Stab-a and tho ordinances o' the city of Washington, and shall hive power to niter or amend the same, fiom lime to time, as lbs . • ■ cf tlfo uorp'.ir\iU»n, in their opihiou, may requlro. S:c 5. And »» tt further tnticteet, Tbat tbir act rasybe altored, amend. :, or rspukd, at tho plta.ure cf Cou- Scots. ApprovcJ, March 3,1£4-. An Act siippleru.nts.l to an Art entitled "An Act to amend tho several Act. r.»p«cting Cipyrigltt," aj.prov. Ed .ehruary third, elghtoen hun.iieil and thirty .Hi*. and to tho Acts lv Addlllou thsi'elo aud Anieu-m*—.t thereof. lie it enacted by tht Ssnau and Houst of f-;n-c»citl_(it_ ■ef the Unittd Siata a/ _»-:ri'ca in C6iipr«i aiscmhled Thst the provisions ol said set Fhull extend to aud in clude photographs and tlio negatives thoreof which shall herealter be mail., ami shall onure to tho benefit of tbe authors of the same In tho same manner, and to thcsauie extent, and upon t;, j l: i U „ couditions as to the suthori of prints and engraviugs. Bsfi 2. Andbt it further enacted. That a printed copy ■ of every book, pamphlet, map, chart, musical competition, print, engraving, or photograph, fee which a copyright shall be secured uuder said acts, shall b* transmitted See of postage or other upenso by the author or proprietor thereol, within one month of the date of publication, to the hbrary of Congress nt Washington for th* use of said library; and the librarian of Congress is hereby required to giv* a receipt in writing for thu samo. 8«c. 3. Andbt it further enacted. That if any propri etor of a book, pamphlet, map, chart, musical composi tion, print, engraving, or photograph, for which a ropy, right shall be secured as aforesaid, shall nezlect to deliver the same pursuant to the requirement of thii act, It shall be the duty of the librarian of Congress to make demaud thereof iv writing, at uny time within twelve months after the publication thereof; and in default of the de livery thereof within one month after the demand shall have been made, tbe right of exclusive publication «... cured to such proprietor uuder the acts of Congress re specting copyright shall bo forfeited. Sic. 4. And be it further enacUd, That lv the construc tion of thi. act the word " bock shall be construed t., mean every volume and part of a volume, together tefS all map., prints or other engravings belonging thereto, nnd shall include n copy of any second or siit.seqnent edi tion which shall be publiebed with any additions whether the first editiou ot such book shall havo been published before or after tho passing of this act: Provided, Ao~ !_- ..I o*'0 *' " ,h * ll aot be requisite to deliver to the Mild library any copy of the second or any lubsequsnt edition of any book, uulers ths tame .hail .ontain add; /irt of"owxtebt. * ° 0r *" y bW " I WWl!l, " "*" ttw "^