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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 32, 34, 35, 37. 1866. 355 land and on the sea, the rebellion has been crushed and its pride and its Omffgmfldgm power have been humbled, by whose fidelity to the cause of freedom the QQ, {*,,,,,,,,1 government of the people has been preserved and maintained, and by States whose orderly return from the fire and blood of civil war to the peaceful pursuits of private life the exalting and ennobling influence of free institutions upon a nation has been so signally manifested to the world. Approved, May 3, 1866. No. 34. A Resolution extendi the Time or the Completion 0 the Union Pac: c Rail- May 7, 1866. [ ngway Eastern Divisrbn , I Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the completion of l'£]m°t£°'°°**; the first one hundred miles of railroad and telegraph line by the Leaven- gf, E€,,,,:,,°2,? tl P e d We·te R'1 ad Co s' calld th n ur r ylllnibn P·dh[iteie’ Igziilway Comlbanylhhgtern diil£i\dlri;:’) (mgiilioned fin th; gQ·ign§§i~¤;` tenth section of the charter of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, of 1g6g_ cgi_ m0_ July first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the fifth sec- V°l· xii P- 48} tion of the amendment thereofl of July second, one thousand eight hun- $,$,?';§,_z:’,_,$,;' dred and sixty-fofur, be, and the same IS hereby, extended until the twenty-seventh day o June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and that the time for completing each succeeding section of one hundred miles Succeeding shall be reckoned from the said twenty-seventh day of June in said year. *°°*l°“S· Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the time for commencing and Northern Pact completing the Northern Pacific Railroad, and all its several sections, is 6° R“m°’·d· extended thr the term of two years. Approved, May 7, 1866. [No, 35.] Joint Resolutim} to pcozgdgfor me of Crude Petrokumjrom Internal May 9, 1866. GI 0 y, (Z IDPOSCS. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paratiine oil, not exceed- Crude newing in specific gravity thirty-six degrees Baumé’s hydrometer, the product L‘1"rkp€",°{,;;b° of a residuum of distillation; crude petroleum; and crude oil, the product internal tax. of the first and single distillation of coal, shale asphaltum, peat, or other bituminous substances, shall, from and after the; passage of this joint resolution, be exempt from internal tax or duty. Approved, May 9, 1866. [No. 37.] Joint Resolution relative to the attempted Assassination of the Emperor ofRussia. May 16, 1866. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the United _ C<>¤§¤‘¤*¤l¤- States of America has learned with deep regret of the attempt made upon :i?£Stgc€f;g;:;: the life of the Emperor of Russia, by an enemy of emancipation. The ofltussia es- Congress sends greeting to his Imperial Majesty, and to the Russian na- ;’;;l;°d ““·°$°l¤**· tion, and congratulates the twenty millions of serfs upon the providential ` escape from danver of the sovereien to whose head and heart they owe the blessings of their freedom. ¤, Sso. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United Pr¤¤id¤¤t re- Sftgges be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to the Emperor $:‘;§°g°;;f°" o ussia. ' Approved, May 16, 1866.