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 142 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1856. RESOLUTIONS. Feb. 27, 1856. [N0. 1.] A Iksolutionfor the Appointment <fRegents tofitl tire Vacancies in the Board _‘—;_‘"` of&gents of the Smzthscnum Instztuhon. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives q" the United d States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancies in the ,,_,%B(@Fd_€~;1§:; Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class “othe;- appointed ro- than members of Congress," occasioned by the resignation of Rufus §Q’;fQhgQ;i;E°Iu_ Choate, and the death of John McPherson Berrien., be filled by the apstitution. pointmcut of George E. Badger, of North Carolma, and Cornelius C. Felton, of Massachusetts. APPROVED, February 27, 1856. --——— 1 · .o aD ci in theA r riations or Prfntin r Ihe —-—————"°"‘ "’ ”“‘ [N°‘ 2] A R“°"“”"8§c0“,ZZ¢”'élZs-tonZhzZ7%ty.m·d"’éOZrts. f " f’ Appropriation Resolved by the isemzte and House of Representatives of the United M printing {mq] States of America tin Congress assenzblcd, That the Secretary of the $:}:.61* £¥;m34£}; Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and required Ito apply so much Rppfgg to thetci- as may be necessary of the appropriations for the printing and paper of the sad. the thirty-fourth Congress to the deficiencies for the same purposes,cr- .1me, p. 11. dered at the second session of the thirty-third Congress. Approved, February 27, 1856. March 18, 1856. [No. A Resolution providing for thejinal Aéustment of certain_C'ases ofAppeal_fi·0m "—*—‘** [sions made by the Auditor of the Dvasury for the P0st—O_§1ce Department. Resolved by the Senate and lbusc of Representatives of z/ze United _ Mods0f dwd- States of Amer2Ica in Ocmgress assembled, That in every case of account   or claim not finally adjusted, upon which the present First Comptroller Gomplrollcr of the Treasury, as Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Depart- "° “” ment rnuy have decided, which may have been thereafter reéicaminod by an auditor in said office on new testimony and decided by him on such testimony, and from whose decision an appeal has been taken to the present First Comptroller of the Treasury, it shall be the duty of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Customs Enally to adjust the same, and in case of disagreement between the said Second Comptroller and Commissioner of Customs, the decision of the Attorney- General shall be as final as the decision of the First Comptroller would be, if he had acted under the eighth section of the Act of July second, 1836, ch. 270, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, concerning the organization of the § *9 I 81 Post-Oiiice Department. °° v` P'Approved, March 13, 1856. April 5, 1856. [N0. 4.] Joint Resolution for gte O§smn§H;use, Pes¢—Ofiee, and Court-House """""“_" at u o, ew or. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Extension of States of America in Congress assembkd That the Secretary of the £¤l1¥;<;Fm)¤il*li¤g¤ Trc2.sury be and he is hereby authorized to extend the building now in `process of construction at Buffalo, for s, custom-house, post-office, courtrooms, &c. not exceeding twenty-five Feet in length, and erect proper vaults therein, if in his discretion the public interest requires the same: Provisoes. Provided, That such extension can be completed at an expense not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars, including ten per cent. for contin-