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 THIRTY·—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 32-34. 1863. 829 contracts with the bureau of construction and of provisions and clothing C°¤‘*¤i¤<>°¤*¤¤· of the Navy Department, made by Nathaniel W. Cotlin, William Lang, Henry Newton, Baxter and Sumner, and Tilton, Wheelwtight, and Com- filled contracts. pany, for the fiscal year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, made prior to the proclamation of the President establishing blockades of the southern ports, or to the several acts of Congress passed subsequent thereto, imposing additional duties upon domestic and foreign products, wherein, by reason of said acts and failure of the Government to pay according to the prescribed terms, parties have been obstructed and prevented from a. proper fulfilment of the same, to the end that these accounts may be settled and adjusted on terms of equity and justice; and in the settlement of such accounts, there shall be associated with the chief of the bureau in which the contract was made the chief of some other bureau of the Navy Department, and their decision shall be passed upon, modified, abridged, rejected, or approved by the Secretary of the Navy as, in his judgment, the law and justice shall require. Approved, March 3, 1863. [N0. 33.] Joint Resolution aid/wrizing the Secrdmy of the Treaswjxj to issue American March 3, 1863. Registers to certain Vessels named therein. f Resolved (gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omzgress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas· amen-1cm_ ury be, and is hereby, authorized to issue American registers to the fol- ;§§§;°fQ“L&;;€5:€, lowing named vessels: the “Marion," “Selkirk, of Wiusor," “Hastings," i*Sg]kjyk’0fWi;1. “Ottawa," and “California," of the Oswego district in the State of New g<>r," "H¤g§¢£¤g¤{’ York; the “Providence," owned by A. J. Richardson, of New York, and {0g2°§Y,3ttPr€ff£` the Canadian built steamers “City of Toronto," of Detroit, and “Blue dence;" ·*0it§ or Bonnet," of New York. §g'°¤g°;;' “ l“° APPROVED, March 3, 1863. m°` [N0. 34.] Joint Resolution respecting the Compensation of the Judges and so forth, under March 3, 1863. the Yleaty with Great Britain and other Persons employed in the bbppressim of the Slave Trade. ’ Be it resolved hy the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United States of Amer·£ca in Congress assembled, That the President of the United C0mP€¥{$$·tl?¤ States be, and hereby is, authorized to expend during the fiscal year end- ::i§’;§lg?n§y€s` ing the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, so much and others in of the appropriation of second March, eighteen hundred and sixty—0¤e, as §;l;¥;‘;;;g‘;5 *h° he may deem expedient and proper, not exceeding in the whole ten thou- ` sand dollars, for compensation to United States marshals, district attorneys, and other persons employed in enforcing the laws for the suppression of the African slave-trade, for any services they may render, and for which no allowance is otherwisfe] provided by law; and also, so much 0f said appropriation as may be necessary to pay the salaries of the _ g¤l¤Fi·‘=i1<>fb_ judges and arbitrators appointed by him pursuant to the act of Congress, ·l:9_f;;_““. '"` " approved July eleven, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "A¤ act to 1862, Cb_ my Carry into effect the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Ame, p. 531- Majesty for the suppression of the Andean slave-trade,” and for the ex- E>;§*;¤T1§t;>f pénscs of the mixed courts provided for by said treaty: Provided, That mgmviso no payment shall be made to any judge or arbitrator, on account of sal- ` af)', W}10, after accepting the office, has declined 01* may h€1‘€3ft€1; decline Wh€¤ ¤¤l¤¥’Y the same without having actually entered upon duty; and no Judge or *°°°“““°"°°` arbitrator shall be regarded as entitled to salary from the date of the acceptance of the office to which he has been or may be appointed, who shall not have entered upon the duties thereof in good faith within three months from the date of his acceptance. A1-:-Rovmn, March 3, 1863.