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 THIBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 57, 59. 1864. 413 such property, by lawful authority, for the legitimate purposes of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1864. ]No. 57.] Joint Resvltdivnfof the Rel‘le§e¢;;f,:the»;lt?_fcers of the Fourth and  Indian Jung 30, 1364, Bo it resolved by the Senate anal House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting 0],,,,,,, of officers of the treasury are hereby directed to adjudicate and settle the officers ofecimiu claims of those officers of the fourth and fifth Indian regiments who were Egggn 9$%g‘m‘“"‘° commissioned by the War Department, and accepted their appointments, P ` for such time as they, or either of them, were actually performing duty other than that of recruiting for said regiments, and to pay such claims out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, Proviso. however, That no compensation shall be allowed beyond the pay and emoluments incident to the respective rank of the several officers; nor shall any claim be considered or allowed except accompanied by the otiicial certificates or orders of the commanding officer of the regular or volunteer officers of the U. S. army assigning them to such duty. Approved, June 30, 1864. [No. 59.] A Resolution for the Reliy of the State of Wisconsin. JHIY It 186% Resolved by the Senate and House if Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the chl$“‘;‘5“f;§,:‘Q,;°: Department of the Interior shall, in adjusting the ·amount due the State pwcgeds of sales of Wisconsin, under existing laws, as five per centum of the net proceeds Of &¤dNE¤¤i€gi of sales of the public lands within her limits, estimate and charge against gd §0c;v{§‘:er° her the value of the one hundred and twenty-tive thousand four hundred canal; and thirty-one and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of land granted to the Territory of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of the Milwaukie and Bock River Canal which have been sold by said territory or said state, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and as much more as the territory and state received upon the same upon sales of any part thereof at a _ higher price, and shall credit said_state with the amount that has been wiglxhgfdlwd legally and properly applied by said state or territory towards the cost ` of selling said land and towards the construction of said canal. And the said secretary shall also settle and allow to the Milwaukie and Rock Allowance to River Canal Company such sums of money as have been properly ex- th‘;°"““l°°m" pended by said company in the survey and location of said canal, in the Pa y` construction thereof, as far as the same has been constructed, together with dams, locks, and slack-water navigation, and in the management and keeping the same in repair; and the same shall be paid to the said canal company out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding in amount, however, the balance charged against the State of Wisconsin upon the sales of said canal lands, as above required, after deducting the sum allowed said state for money paid by her out of the same fund. The same to be received by said canal company in full pay- ment and satisfaction of all claims of said company against the State of Wisconsin and of the United States on account of said canal land grant, or on account of any action of the Territory or State of Wisconsin, or of the United States, in relation thereto. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the commissioner of the Commissioner general land·omce be, and he is hereby, appointed commissioner to adjust of general Ind, the accounts herein provided for, under the supervision of the Secretary office to adjust of the Interior, and to determine what sum shall be charged to said State °h° °‘°°°“““‘ of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the construction of said canal; and what sums shall be credited, respectively, to said state and said com- 35 *