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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ries. 9-11, 13. 1863. 823 ury be, and he is hereby, authorized, if required by the exigencies of the Issue of public service, to issue on the credit of the United States the sum of one $}Q°·°°0·°°° hundred millions of dollars of United States notes, in such form as he :02;?§u§:g€;ed_ may deem expedient, not bearing interest, payable to bearer on demand, Not to bm and of such denominations not less than one dollar, as he may prescribe, i¤¤=¤=¤¢· which notes so issued shall be lawful money and a legal tender, like the D°“°ml“"*i°“’» similar notes heretofore authorized in payment of all debts, public and 8u;€h°T€a!é°bl°' private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest cxc€§€;·(,€¤&2·’ 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. [No. 10,] A Resolution supplenzentary to tlve Act entitled "An Act to provide jbr the Im- J,m_ gg, 1363, prisonment of Persons eonvtcled ry` Crzme  the Criminal Court of the District of ";‘";"" Columbia," approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 15;;;* cb'6;0° tp- 5· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives if the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act. Provisions of entitled "An act to provide for the imprisonment of persons convicted of 2;*;*;; “°° °x` 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 thereofQ and Former trqnstheir transfer to the penitentiary at Albany, in the State of New York, in f" m“d° "1"L the present month, by order of the 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 expira- _ tion of their several terms of imprisonment, or until they shall be legally discharged or removed. Approved, January 28, 1863. [N0. 11.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Crmqress to Umnmander John L. Wor- Feb, 3, 1353, den, of the United States Navy. ·—···—*‘*"‘ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in pursuance of the Thmksorcon. recommendation of the President of the United States, and to enable him gwés *¢¤g°*°5'1 ;° to advance Commander John L. Worden one grade, in pursuance of the  ° n Ilillth section of the act. of Congress of sixteenth July, eighteen hundred 1862, Cb_ 183, s 9, and Sixty-two, that the thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby, ten- Ante, p· 584· dered to Commander John L. Worden for highly distinguished conduct m conflict with the enemy in the remarkable battle between the United States iron-clad steamer “Monitor," under his command, and the rebel ir0n·clad frigute ‘* Merrimne," in Marcin, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Anmzovnn, February 3, 1863. N0. 13. Joint esolutzon ten eri the Thanks 0 Con ess to Commodore Charles Hen _ _ [ Davis Lnd whe? Qyioers of llte gllzvy, in Pursugnce ofqythe Recommendation of the Pres? dent of the Ultited States. Resolved (ry the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress Thstnkaofgcrtig bo, and they are hereby, given to the following officers of the United gms °“ °’° States navy, upon the recommendation of the President of the United States, viz :-- _ _ _ _ _ Commodore Commodore Charles Henry Davis, for-distinguished services in conflict Charm Hwy Davis.