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judice to the public interests, and provided that all expenses shall be borne by said Fowle and Rumsey, and that all benefits and privileges of such library and reading-room be granted to our soldiers free of charge, and that said building be removed whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall require the same to be done.

Approved January 13, 1863.

[No. 9.]

JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for the immediate payment of the army and navy of the United States.

Whereas it is deemed expedient to make immediate provision for the payment of the army and navy, therefore

Jan. 17, 1863.

Issue of $100,

Not to bear interest.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 000,000 U. S. notes Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, if authorized. required by the exigencies of the public service, to issue on the credit of the United States the sum of one hundred millions of dollars of United States notes, in such form as he may deem expedient, not bearing interest, payable to bearer on demand, and of such denominations not less than one dollar as he may prescribe, which notes so issued shall be lawful money and a legal tender, like the similar notes heretofore authorized in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt; and the notes so issued shall be part of the amount provided for in any bill now pending for the issue of treasury notes, or that may be passed hereafter by this Congress.

Approved January 17, 1863.

Denominations, and how payable.

Legal tender, except for, &c.

[No. 10.]

A RESOLUTION supplementary to the act entitled "An act to provide for the imprisonment of persons convicted of crime by the criminal court of the District of Columbia," approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Jan. 28, 1863. 1863, ch. 10. Ante, p. 635.

Provisions

of

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pro- former act exvisions of the act entitled "An act to provide for the imprison- tended. ment of persons convicted of crime by the criminal court of the District of Columbia," approved the sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and are hereby, made applicable to all persons who had been convicted of crime by the criminal court of the District of Columbia, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary prior to the date of the act herein named, and subsequent to the transfer legalized by the fourth section thereof, and their transfer to the penitentiary at Albany, made valid. in the State of New York, in the present month, by order of the

Former transfer

President of the United States, is likewise hereby legalized and declared valid; and the said persons so transferred shall continue in confinement in said prison until the expiration of their several terms of imprisonment, or until they shall be legally discharged

or removed.

Approved January 28, 1863.

Feb. 3, 1863.

gress tendered to

L. Worden.

Ante, p. 584.

[No. 11.]

JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of Congress to Commander
John L. Worden, of the United States navy.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Thanks of Con- United States of America in Congress assembled, That in purCommander John suance of the recommendation of the President of the United States, and to enable him to advance Commander John L. Wor1862, ch. 1839. den one grade, in pursuance of the ninth section of the act of Congress of sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, that the thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby, tendered to Commander John L. Worden for highly distinguished conduct in conflict with the enemy in the remarkable battle between the United States iron-clad steamer Monitor, under his command, and the rebel iron-clad frigate Merrimack, in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Approved February 3, 1863.

[No. 13.]

Feb. 7, 1863.

Thanks of Con

JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodore Charles Henry Davis and other officers of the navy, in pursuance of the recommendation of the President of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commodore Chas. thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby, given to the following officers of the United States navy, upon the recommendation of the President of the United States, viz:

gress tendered to Henry Davis.

Captain John A. Dahlgren.

Captain Stephen C. Rowan.

Commander Da

vid D. Porter.

Commodore Charles Henry Davis, for distinguished services in conflict with the enemy at Fort Pillow, at Memphis, and for successful operations at other points in the waters of the Mississippi river;

Captain John A. Dahlgren, for distinguished service in the line of his profession, improvements in ordnance, and zealous and efficient labors in the ordnance branch of the service;

Captain Stephen C. Rowan, for distinguished services in the waters of North Carolina, and particularly in the capture of Newbern, being in chief command of the naval forces;

Commander David D. Porter, for the bravery and skill displayed in the attack on the Post of Arkansas, which surrendered to the combined military and naval forces on the tenth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three;

Rear-Admiral Silas H. Stringham, now on the retired list, for distinguished services in the capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark; And that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each of the above officers by the President of the United States. Approved February 7, 1863.

Rear-Admiral Si las H. Stringham.;

[No. 18.]

JOINT RESOLUTION to compensate the sailors on the gunboat Cairo for loss of clothing.

Feb. 13, 1863.

Allowance to

petty officers and

loss of clothing.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, crew of the gunauthorized, in settling the accounts of the petty officers, seamen, boat "Cairo " for sailors, and others of the crew of the United States gunboat "Cairo," to allow to each a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, as a remuneration for the damage they may have sustained in the loss of their clothing by the destruction of said vessel in December last.

Approved February 13, 1863.

[No. 19.]

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Feb. 16, 1863. 1802, ch. 49. Ante, p. 364.

Commissioners to have six months to make report in.

JOINT RESOLUTION to revive "An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension, and for other purposes.' Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled "A resolution to suspend all payments under the act approved the twenty-fifth of March, Ante, p. 623. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled 'An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension, and for other purposes,"" approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be, and they are hereby, revived, and the commissioners therein provided for shall be allowed six months from the passage of this resolution within which to make their report. Approved February 16, 1863.

[No. 20.]

A RESOLUTION to amend the "Joint resolution for the payment of the expenses of the joint committee of Congress, appointed to inquire into the conduct of the war," approved the twenty-seventh January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Feb. 20, 1863.
Ante, p. 513.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any portion of the amount appropriated by the joint resolution for pay- ate, upon the order

Moneys paid by Secretary of Sen

of the joint comduct of the war, to

mittee on the con

be allowed, &c.

Feb. 21, 1863.

ment of the expenses of the joint committee of Congress appointed
to inquire into the conduct of the war, approved the twenty-
seventh January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, that may have
been, or shall hereafter be, allowed by the said joint committee to
witnesses attending before it, or to persons employed in its ser-
vice, for per diem, travel[1]ing, or other necessary expenses, and
paid by the Secretary of the Senate in pursuance of the order of
that joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by
the accounting officers of the Treasury Department.
Approved February 20, 1863.

[No. 21.]

A RESOLUTION expelling George E. Badger from the board of regents of the Smithsonion Institution, and appointing Louis Agassiz in his place. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Smithsonian In- United States of America in Congress assembled, That George George E. Bad- E. Badger, a member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian ger expelled from Institution, who is giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the

stitution.

board of regents. government, be, and is hereby, expelled from the said board, and Louis Agassiz that Louis Agassiz, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, be, and is appointed in his hereby, appointed a member of the said board to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expulsion of Mr. Badger. Approved February 21, 1863.

place.

[No. 24.]

March 3, 1863. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the appointment of a commissioner to revise and codify the naval laws of the United States.

Commissioner to

revise and codity the naval laws of

the United States.

Report.

Salary.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint (by and with the consent of the senate) a commissioner, whose duty it shall be to revise and codify the naval laws of the. United States, and report such revised code to Congress at its next session. The annual salary of said commissioner shall be three thousand dollars.

Approved March 3, 1863.

[No. 25.]

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JOINT RESOLUTION fixing the pay of the commandant of the navy yard at Mare island, California.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pay of the officer of the navy assigned to the command of the navy yard at Mare island, California, shall be the sea pay of his grade. Approved March 3, 1863

[No. 26.]

A RESOLUTION to facilitate the payment of sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals and convalescent camps.

March 3, 1863.

soldiers in convalescent camps,&c.,

Sick & wounded

to be paid within

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster general be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to take immediate measures for the prompt payment of the sick and sixty days. wounded soldiers in the convalescent camps, hospitals, and elsewhere, so that they may be fully paid within sixty days from and after the passage hereof.

Approved March 3, 1863.

[No. 27.]

JOINT RESOLUTION to expedite the printing of the President's message and accompanying documents.

March 3, 1863.

Heads of departto

companying their

1st November in each year.

Number for Senate and House.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, instead of furnishing manuscript copies to each house of Congress, the printer wit furnish heads of the several departments of government be required to of documents acfurnish the Superintendent of the Public Printing with copies of annual reports by the documents usually accompanying their annual reports on or before the first day of November of each year; whose duty it shall be to print, in addition to the number now required by law, two thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and five thousand for the use of the House, in volumes (bound in the usual manner) of convenient size, and to deliver the same to the officer of proper each house, respectively, on or before the third Monday in December of each year. It shall also be his duty to print for the use of each of said heads of departments one thousand copies of their said reports proper; and for the use of the Commissioners of Number of copies the General Land Office, of Indian Affairs, and of Pensions, five hundred copies of each of their reports, respectively. And it shall not be lawful for said Superintendent to print any greater ber, unless direc number of said reports, nor the reports of heads of any bureau to ted, &c. their respective superiors, unless directed to do so by either house of Congress.

When to be delivered.

of reports proper.

No greater num

Number of bills, &c, to be printed, not to exceed 600,

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That hereafter the number of any bill or joint resolution ordered or required to be printed by either the Senate or House of Representatives, under any rule of unless, &c. either house, shall not exceed six hundred, unless specially directed by the house ordering the same.

Condensed state

ment of aggregate amount of exports

and imports to be

furnished printer

SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a condensed statement of the aggregate amount of the exports to, and imports from, foreign countries to the Superintendent of the Public Printing, on or by 1st November. before the first day of November of each year, who shall print and bind, as soon thereafter as practicable, ten thousand copies thereof, to be distributed as follows, viz: The usual number (one Number of copies, thousand five hundred and fifty) for the two houses of Congress; uted.

and how distrib

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