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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. R1-is. 7, 8, 9. 1866. 349 . .extendi the Time ortho Com am 0 the BurZ'n an and Mis- l·`ebrun.r 10, [N0 7] A Resdulm ngsouri Rivg Railroadiw f l gt 1866- y Resolved (gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case the Burlington Time for comaud Missouri River Railroad Company shall complete the section of gfttgfl gfglgty twenty miles from the present terminus of its road by the first day of s,,,?,, R,,,!;, nfl. December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the cer- road 6xtend¤d· tiiicate of the governorshall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior of such completion, then the said company shall be entitled to its lands, due by reason of the completion of said section of twenty miles, as provided in section eight of the act entitled "An wet to amend an act en- 1§64,clg;108,§8· titled ‘ An act making a grunt of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate WL X“" l" 98 sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State,' " and its rights shall be in all respects the same as if the same section should have been completed on the first day of July next. APPROVED, February 10, 1866. [No. 8.] A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Wee-Admiral David G. Far- February 10, mgm, and to the %§fcers,5etty Officers, Seagnen, and Illarines under his Command, for 1866- their Galhmtry an good onduct m the Actwn m Mobzle Bay, on the 5th August, 1864. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Scam of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress Thanks vf_ are eminently due and are hereby tendered to Vice-Admiral David G. gg‘ff$”f_.‘:Y;:f‘ Farragut, of the United States navy, and to the officers, petty officers, gut, and those seamen, and marines under his command, for the unsurpassed gallantry and wld? his °°m‘ skill exhibited by them in the engagement in Mobile Bay, on the fifth mm ' day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for their long and faithful services and unwavering devotion to the cause of the country in the midst of the greatest diiliculties and dangers. Sec. 2. And be it Jiu-ther resolved, That the President of the United Pf¤¤id9¤W> States be requested to communicate this resolution to Vice-Admiral Farragut, and that the Secretary of the Navy be requested to communicate the same to the officers, seamen, and marines of the navy by general order of his department. A1~1>1tov1:1>, February 10, 1866. [No. 9.] A Resoluticrn_fm· the PW qf_Expenscs incurred by the Joint Committee to February I0, iqquirs into the Condztion of the tales whzch formed the socalled Cozwderate States g 1866- menca. Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand fofP£*’gE*i°**°l}* dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is Msg B,,,;,f,3“ hereby, appropriated to pay the expenses of the joint committee of Con- upon the congress appointed to inquire into the condition of the States which formed  ‘;;;lI}§di' the so—called contederate states of America; and that the said sum shall emu, Smeg_ be drawn from the treasury upon the order of the Secretary of the Senate, as the same shall be required from time to time by the committee having such investigation in charge ; and any portion of the sum hereby appropriated that shall be allowed by the said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or to persons employed in its service, for per diem, travelling or other necessary expenses, and paid by the Secretary of the Senate in pursuance of the order of the said joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. Approved, February 10, 1866.