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 352 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 17, 18, 19, 20. 1866. March 31, 1866. [No. 17.] A Resolution in Relation to the Publication q/'the Laws of the United Sum, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y" the United Publication of Seam of America in Oangress assembled, That the Secretary of State bg, %‘s"gQ"§t§t;;}?° and he is hereby authorized and directed, to renew the contract of Ocw. ber thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty, between the Department of State, and Little, Brown, and Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, for the annual publication of the Statutes at Large of the United States, until otherwise ordered by Congress, in conformity with the joint resolutions Vol- Y· P- 799- approved respectively March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and V°l' ‘x' p' W" September thirtiet/z [twenty-sixth], eighteen hundred and fifty: Provided, Timo of deliv- That the time within which the annual edition of the laws is to be delivered °"Y· at the Department of State be extended to seventy days after the adjourn- Price. ment of each session of Congress: And provided, further, That the price shall not exceed the actual expenditures by Little, Brown, and Company, for composition, press-work, paper, binding, editing, and transportation, all of which shall be done at the lowest market;-prices, the paper to be furnished at as low a price as is paid by the government for paper of the same quality, and five per cent commission thereon. Armzovnn, March 31, 1866. APYH 4, 1866- [No. 18,] Joint Resolution in Rdatiem to the Public Lands appertaining to the Armory as Sprmgjfeld. Bc it resolved by the Senate and House qt Representatives of the United Boundaries Biatcs of Amer1Ica in Congress assembled, That the first section of a joint Qfghzii; gliow resolution approved June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, thelaiying out, entitled "A resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the &€· ° m€°¤· nrmories at Springfield and Harpers Ferry," is hereby revived, re-enact· °l'v'l°' H9` ed and continued in force · Approved, April 4, 1866. April 5, 1866· [No. 19.] A Res0lut1bn_/ar the Rcstorationqf Commanders @Iliam  s and Melanoton B. WocLcey, United States Navy, to the Active Listfivzm the erved List. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R6C°“}“‘““d°"S States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United yno ds and. . . . . wmlseymsmmd States of America be authorized to nominate and by and with the advice iv Nw ¤<=¤iv¤1iS¤ and consent of the Senate to appoint Commanders William Reynolds and m uw mv)" Melancton B. Woolsey to the active list of the navy. Approved, April 5, 1866. April 12, 1862 [N0. 20.] Joint Resolution giving Construction to the Law in Relation to Bounties payable to Sohliers discharged for Wounds. · Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United °fg;’;?;<3;¤<;g Qates of America in Congress assembled, That the true intent and meanth, bounty act, ing of the words " or in the line of duty," used in the fourth section of the “or in me line act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An Qggftgk 79 § 4_ act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enroll- V01.,xiii. p.’4sa_ ing and eallingout the national forces, and for other pnrposes," requires that the benefit of the provision of said section shall be extended to any enlisted man or other person entitled by law to bounty who has been or may be discharged by reason of a. wound received while actually in service under military orders, not at the time on furlough or leave of absence, nor engaged in any unlawful or unauthorized act or pursuit. Armzovnv, April 12, 1866.