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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 48, 56, 57. 1867. 397 CHAP. XLVHI. — An Act concerning the Fire Department of Washington City. Feb. 18, 1867. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United S°° P""· P· °“· States of America in Congress assembled, That the right to have, use, and The city of occupy all the several buildings, with their appurtenances, known as the  M? Union, Franklin, Columbia, and-Anacostia. Engine-houses, be, and is here- build,,,,,, and by, granted to the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, said pngige-wuscs possession and occupation to continue so long as used for the purposes of 0‘;.'fhj,lf};'gQf°“ the fire department and the pleasure of the Congress of the United pmment during States: Provided, That said use and occupancy of the Columbia Engine- gw €l<‘=¤¤¤F° °¥` house shall not in any way interfere with the possession and occupancy °#,?;:§;,_ by the Collumbia Fire Company of the rooms now used as library rooms in said bui dine. A1>r1z0vE1>,¤February 18, 1867. CHAP. LVL —An Act to rggzziate the Duties of the CZerky`the HouseofIlcpreserntatives Feb. 21, 1867. in preparing for the iyanization of the House, cm jbr other Purposes. "`Y" Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes of the United Slates of America in Uongress assembled, That before the first B<>¥"¤r¤ Cvnmeeting of the next Congress, and of every subsequent Congress, the  f,‘?°{;Qh° clerk of the next preceding House of Representatives shall make a roll next preceding of the representativesselect, and place thereon the names of all persons H°*:S;*_°*` l:°P*`°· claiming seats as representativesselect from States which were represent- agi; QV;;],? &c_ ed in the next preceding Congress, and of such persons only, and whose Names ofwhut credentials show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the “}:;’;g°;; :‘L;’° laws of their States respectively, or the laws of the United States. {-,01;, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of 0. vacancy in the _I¤ 9*3* ¤*` 'flw office of clerk of the House of Representatives, or of absence or inabil-   g;,Eh° ity of said clerk to discharge the duties imposed on him by law or custom gennt-at-mms to relative to the preparation of the roll of representatives or the organiza- g3t*h° S”m° tion of the House, the said duties shall devolve on the sergeant-at-arms y` ` of the next preceding House of Representatives; and in case of vacan- YF tlw ¢l¢fk cies in both of the before-mentioned offices, or of the absence or inabil·§:}g1;(r§€;;§Q{; ity of both the clerk and sergeant-at·arms to act, then the said duties door-keeperm ° shall be performed by the door~keeper of the next preceding House of d° this duty- Representatives. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate pro tempmc. Endorsed by the President: “Received 9th of February, 1867." [Norm 11*1 wma Dm>.uz·¤rmu· or S·rnn.—-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribcillby the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approw. CHAP. LVII. —-An Act to declare the Sense of an Act entitled "An Act to restrict the Feb_ 21 1867_ Jurisdiction <y' the Court of Claims, and to rovidejbr the Payment of certain Demands ——¥——· f§;`at3£L€€TlCI`l7lGStCVS, Stores and Subsistence élupplies furnished to the Army of the United Be it enacted by lhe Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of chapter Claims for two hundred and forty of the acts of the Thirty-eighth Congress, first ;‘;£P£_°;gl°b**‘· session, approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not the Un,0{,m,0g,_ be construed to authorize the settlement of any claim for supplies or or for injuries stores taken or furnished for the use of, or used by, the armies of the fsgsgiax gggm United States, nor for the occupation of, or injury to, real estate, nor for declared ih ml the consumption, appropriation, or destruction of, or damage to, personal ¤“"°°*i°¤» °*‘