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 350 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 10, 11, 12. 1866. Febru 26,. .‘ to encaur eand acilitate T hic Ccrnmunicationbxween 1966- my [N0 10] Jam: Raduhmthe Westeriaig and Eastern C0nt p Preamble. WHEREAS by an act. entitled "An act to encourage and facilitate V126h9h- Hgo telegraphic communication between the eastern and western continents ” ° xm' P'approved July iirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, it was provided, among other things, that the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to detail a vessel to assist in surveys and soundings, laying down sub-marine cable, transporting materials connected therewith, and generally afford such assistance as might be deemed best calculated to secure a successful promotion of the enterprise; and whereas the Emperor of Russia, for the purpose of cmoperating with the government of the United States, under the act aforesaid, has ordered a steam corvette, the “Varis.g.” of two thousand one hundred and fifty-six tons burthen, seventeen guns, three hundred and six men, to assist in the achievement of said telegraph, and has placed the said steamer subject to the orders of said telegraph company; and whereas said telegraph company intend, the ensuing summer, to lay the sub-marine cable required at BGl1TiHg’S Strait, said cable and the material for the entire line being now in transit, ami the vessels of the company, seven in number, being ready at San Francisco and Vancouver for the expedition, and require immediate co-operation on the part of the United States, in conformity with said act: Therefore, Be it resolved in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Askew} Vwé States af America in Oangress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy
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telegraph eebie fiom the squadron of the Pacific station, or elsewhere, to assist in mak- "°"'°°“ “‘° iuv surveys and soundings in that part of the Pacific coast, both of western and °. . . . . . . mmm O00H_ America and AS13, where it IS proposed to esta.bl1sh said telegraph, in loy- nenvs- ing the submerged cable, and generally to afford such assistance as may be best calculated to secure the success of the enterprise and to carry out the purposes of the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, entitled "An act to encourage and facilitate telegraphic communication between the eastern and western continents," so far as the same can be afforded without dismantling her, or destroying or impairing her ef? ficiency as a. vessel of war. APPROVED, February 26, 1866. Hurch I0, 1866- [No. ll.] A Resolution providi for Expenses incurred in searching for missinq Soldiers Preamble. WHEREAS Miss Clara Barton has, during the late war of the rebellion, expended from her own resources large sums of money in endeavoring to discover missing soldiers of the armies of the United States, and in communicating intelligence to their relatives ; Therefore-- Anpropriutiou Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gi’i;§‘3g2;s§aP States af America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thouw¤_ sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse Miss Clara Barton for the amount so expended by her, and to aid in the further prose- Printing. cution of the search for missing soldiers; and the printing necessary in the furtherance of the said object. shall hereafter be done by the public printer. Approved, March 10. 1866. March 10, 1866. [N0. 12.] Joint Resolution giving the Consent q/' Congress to the Transfer q/' the Cauntth """"`_"` af Berkeley and Jg(fm·s<m to the State af West Wqqinia. Transfer of Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g;?;?;;; 2;*:; Qtales of America in Congress assembled, That Congress hereby rc¢0g· tw {mm v;,_ mzesthe transfer of the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson from the SMB vpn up West of Virginia to West Virginia; and consents thereto. "$“““‘ Armzovzn, March 10, 1866.
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