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 'IHIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 21, 24, 25, 26. 1866. 353 `on in the Burial 0 Soldiers who died in the milila Service A `lil 19, 1866- [Na 21*] A Rcsahm i>;`Sl,};jUiiz`ted States dziiing the Rebellion. W W Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Sane; of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, d_E¤;¤:;l Ogiggyn and he is hereby, authorized and required to take immediate measures to t,;,";,,,,,',;, 0,-th, preserve from desecration the graves of the soldiers of the United States Unned Sum who fell in battle or died of disease in the Held and in hospital during the %g:“g ’l‘° "°b°l' war of the rebellion; to secure suitable burial-places in which they may ` be properly interred; and to have the grounds enclosed, so that the resting-places of the honored dgead may be kept sacred forever. Approved, Apri 13, 1 66. [1%.24.] A Resolution protesting against Pardons by Fmeiqn Gewernnwnts of Persons April 17, 1866- convicted ofirgfzmous Oj"ences, on Condition of Emigraticn to the United States. WHEREAS it appears from official correspondence that the authorities P’°“'"bl°‘ of Basleland, a canton in Switzerland, have recently undertaken to pardon a person convicted of murder on the condition that he would emigrate to America, meaning thereby the United States; and there is reason to believe that similar pardons of persons convicted of infamous offences have been vranted in other countries: Now, therefore, Regiolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ?¤’<>f¤¤¥·¤z¤i¤¤¢ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the United §§:;‘£,:g,f°r` States protests against such acts as unfriendly and inconsistent with the nienns of concomity of nations, and hereby requests the President of the United States E;’;S_;t9;s;";dl‘ . . . a- to cause e copy of thxs protest to be communicated to the representatives t;,,,,,0th8§,,i,ed of the United States in foreign countries, with instructions to present it to Statesthe governments where they are accredited respectively, and to insist that no such acts shall, under any circumstances, be repeated. Approved, April 17, 1866. [No. 25.] A Resolution for the tempogrzy mlgeliof of destitute People in the District of April 17, 1363, 0 U UL Resolved by the Smale and Hiuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-five Temporary thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any :$";;°‘;’“i‘5’¤‘:?:; money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the temporary rc- in the iloiguset of lief of the destitute population in the District of Columbia, to be expended G<>l¤¤¤l>i¤- under the direction of the Commissioner of Freedmen’s Bureau. Armovsn, April 17, 1866. [No 26.] Joint Resolution appointgz llganugcrlz for the National Asylum for Disabled April 21, 1866. 0 uneer o zers. ···——‘·"‘ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following persons be, Managers of and they are hereby, appointed_managcrs of the National Asylum for dis- £I1’:;‘}§fl£:gg1ed obled volunteer soldiers, under the provisions and conditions of the third volunteer section of the act approved March twenty-three, [one] eighteen hundred S°ldi¤¤`S· and sixty-six: Richard J. Oglesby, of Illinois, Benjamin F. Butler, of mjg;,;h;¥0? S' Massachusetts, and Frederick Smyth, of New Hampshire, of the first class, i to serve six years; Lewis B. Gunckel, of Ohio, Jay Cook, of Pennsylvania, and·P. Joseph Osterhaus, of Missouri, of the second class, to serve four years; John H. Martindale, of New York, Horatio G. Stebbins, of California, and George H. Walker, of Wisconsin, of the third class, to serve two years. Approved, April 21, 1866. vox,. xiv. 23