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 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 8, 9, 10. 1858. 369, ion to extend the Operation' o the Act a oved Janua sixteenth Ma 11 1858. [N;gI$eln ldnd jijty-seven, entitled "An Rt to ameid €t€trAct ertfiftedrl/An Act td  prvvwte the   of Vw NM/·' "Ana; p. 153. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the operation of the act entitled 1?Pi§§%'g;>¤gi2 ‘• An act to amend an act entitled ‘ An act to promote the efficiency of the zgmzded K; imj navy,"' limiting the restoration of officers in certain cases, be extended 16, 1859. to the sixteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine: Provided, Proviso- That the time within which examinations by courts of inquiry may be made, as provided by the first section of said act, shall not be extended except as to any case pending and undeterminded before any court of inquiry under the act of the sixteenth January, eighteen hundred and fifty- seven, at the expiration thereof; and excepting, also, the case of any officer who was absent from the country at the time of the passage of said act, and had not returned previous to the sixteenth of January, eighteen hundred and fiftyeight. And any such officer shall be entitled to all the privileges conferred by said act, provided he applies for the benefit thereof at any time within sixty days after his return. Approved, May 11, 1858. [N0. 9.] A Resolution to_e·1ctendI;fora further Tenn the Provisions of the Joint Resolution May 11, 1858. a proved March tenth, ez hteen undred and_]i_/ty-eight, in Relation to certain  and .£ti1‘ed Officers of the Zgzvg. ’ P Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time hunted by the joint reso- t0§im°i"’?§§g°d lution approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, entitled m` ’ ` a "Joiut Resolution to extend and define the authority of the President, under the act approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty- seven, entitled ‘An act to amend an act entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the na.vy," in respect to dropped and retired naval officers,' ” be, and hereby is, extended to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, in lieu of six months, as provided therein. Approved, May 11, 1858. [No. 10.};  Resolution authorizing suitable Aclenowledénéents to be made quhe President, Ma 11 1858 to the ratzsh Naval .Aut}wr1ttes at Jamaica, for the my extended to Ojms and ,;_;,__;. Crew of the United States Ship “Susquehanna}:," dis by Yellow Fever. Ante, p. 825. Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States »— of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is Acknowledghereby, authorized and requested to cause suitable acknowledgments to be ;°X§1;‘;1_g¥gl:‘_‘]° made on the part of this Government to Admiral Sir Howston Stewart, Howsmu Stew. of her Britaunic Majesty’s Navy, and the officers under his command, for M. of the British their prompt and efficient aid, and generous hospitality, extended to the ;‘g;,Y’fgf°:,iQf%nd disabled officers and crew of the United States ship “Susquehannah," on hospitality to her late arrival at Port Royal, in the Island of Jamaica, with the yellow °§l*;;;S *3**1, t°’§“' fever on board; on which occasion, besides placing the naval hospital, with gms, ,1,;;,1 gw an adequate corps of medical officers, nurses, and attendants, at their ser- quehanimh atvice, eighty-five of the sick officers and crew of the “Susquehannah “W€l`G f§§Vk§;,B‘kY‘°h Y°1' safely and promptly conveyed on shore with the aid of the boats of the ` British squadron, and the lives of the greater portion of them thereby probably saved. And that the President be further requested to cause a. gold medal, with appropriate devices, to be presented, on behalf of this _Meda1toAs- Government, to Assistant-Surgeon Frederick A. Rose, of the British navy, §_lf;’:,‘;;§,‘:"X°°” who volunteered, with the permission of his commanding officer, to join Rose, ' the “Susquehannah," and, at imminent personal risk, devoted himself, on the voyage from Jamaica to New York, to the care of the sick remaining on board. And that the President cause suitable testimonials to be in like ·p,,St;,m~,,,;,,; tc manner presented to the medical officers, in the British service, in attend- British ¤¤¤<ii¢¤l v01,. xi. 1’UB.—47