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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 8, 11, 12, 14. 1867. 565 wreck of the iron steamsbip Scotland, now on the bar outside of Sandy est bidder for Hook, near the entrance to the harbor of New York, and the sum of  ;f;‘§l;’”gf°€h° one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to Steamship sw, complete said removal, is 'hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any lmgggggugotliscw money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The Secretary of York hmbon War shall, after notice given in one or more newspapers in the cities of Appropriation. Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, receive sealed proposals for the Ad"°"’*°"’°“*· removal of said wreck, and make contract for the same with the lowest bidder therefor. Said contract will in no case exceed in amount the sum t C<>¤¤‘*h¤:}:*°* herein appropriated. a°;,;::;§m0:_ Approved, January 29, 1867. [N0. ll.] Joint Resolution to amend existing Laws relating to Internal Revenue. F€b· 6, T867· Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alcohol end States of America in Congress assembled, That alcohol made or manufhc- (3i1I2r_ tured of distilled spirits upon which the taxes imposed by law shall have mm materials on been paid, and burning fluid made or manufactured from alcohol or spirits which *¤>¤*>¤ _ of turpentine, or camphene upon which the taxes imposed bylaw shall :1;;; 2;°;Tnl;;ld’ have been paid, shall be, and hereby are, exempt from tax; and so much from mx. of section ninety-six of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and H0{$°g"?‘;:‘;E)}’°" sixty-four, us relates to alcohol and burning fluid, is hereby repealed, and 1864,ch_1y3,§ 9S_ all products of distillation, by whatever name known, which contain dis- Vui-xiii p· 2T?- tillcd spirits or alcohol on which the tax imposed bylaw has not been TEX °" C8"?"? . . . . . . pro ucts of dis paul, shall be consulered and taxed as dmtilled spirits. tillmign, Suc. 2. And be it jizrtfzer enacted, [resolved,] That paragraph nineteen Annunitsrx of of section seventy-nine of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and §t.5g§;¤£‘s°élL€S“ sixtyiour, us umcnded by the act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred &c_,BP%fcd_ ' und sixty-six, entitled "An act to reduce internal taxation and to amend un not cmitlcd ‘ An act to provide internal revenue to support the gov- 1864,ch;173,§ 79- ernnivnt. to pay the interest on the public debt, and for other purposesf V¥gh’g";hlf‘1€i?‘ approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and acts amen- Ame: p. 117, dutory ¢hcreoQ" be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words "uud distillers of burning fluid and cz1mpheue." Approved, February 5, 1867. [No. 12.] A Resolution providing _/or the Payment of certain Kentucky Bflitia Forces. Feb. 8, 1867. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Status ¢y`America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Claims O; and he is hereby, directed to cause to be investigated the claims of the Forces ¤¤d¤*‘ UW ibrccs called out under the command of James S. Fish, in May, eighteen Fish hundred and sixty-two, and to pay the said forces at the same rates for to be invcsti-, actual service rendered, while absent from their homes, as was allowed €*“€d”"d Pwdby huv to other volunteer forces in the military service at the date speci fied; and in estimating the amount due said militia forces, the officers Rates of pay. thereof shall be paid as of the grade to which the number of men would have been entitled under the mustering regulations of the army in force at the date specified. And no allowance shall be made for any troops Actual service which did not pertbrm actual military service in full connection and co- fg‘;_Y$°fb° *1* operation with the authorities of the United States and subject to their 8 on order. Arr-xzovrzn, February 8, 1867. [No 14.] A Resolution togéurovide, an certain Cases, fur the Removal of Alcohol from Feb. 18, 1867. bond Warednoxlses free jrom Internal Tax. '""%'** Resolved by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the Mzited States of America in Congress assembled, T but the Secretary of the Treas- A190h0I may UTY bc, and he is hereby, authorized to grant permits to curators ofil1C01'- gi;!:;;???