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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 2, 9, 10. 1867. 689 RESOLUTIONS. [No. 2.] A Resolution in Relation to the Settlement q" the Accounts or VWlliam P. Win- Jan- 5. 1867- gate, Collector at the Port of Bangor, Maine. Wnnnnas certain goods (molasses and salt) were imported by Fisk and Preamble. Dale, Josiah Towle, and Morse and Company, and held in bond at the custom-house in Bangor, Maine, on the second day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty~four, and were on that day released and withdrawn upon payment of the duties imposed thereon prior to the enactment of the joint resolution of April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and Vol.xiii.p.405. sixty-four, the collector not then having received ohlicial notice of such enactment; and whereas the said collector is now charged with Gfty per centum additional to the amount already paid upon said goods, and claims to hold the importers to pay the same to him: Therefore, Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,,cg2;::;l;’;-dig; Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed, in the settlement nam P. Winof the accounts of William P. Wingate, collector at the port of Bangor, §*¥*:;“;t’:m” Maine, not to exact from him the payment of the additional duty of fifty {Q i,, °xmgd_ percentum imposed by the joint resolution of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, on the merchandise withdrawn for consumption by the parties aforesaid on the second day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to order the cancellation of the several bonds given by the importers in the above cases. Approved, January 5, 1867. [No. s.] A nmzatonfw the 1zez:q·qM.s..4tz.y amt. J¤¤-29.186% Wnsnmns it appears from the evidence of General H. C. Hobart, Y*°¤¤¤l’l°· Colonel A. D. Streight, and Captain John F. Porter, Jr., late of the United States army, that Mrs. Abby Green, then of Richmond, Virginia, by her courage, patriotic devotion and assistance, from May eighteen hundred and sixty-three to February eighteen hundred and sixty-four, enabling one hundred and nine otllcers and soldiers of the United States to make their escape from Libby prison, in Richmond, Virginia, and from the hands of our enemies, has deserved well of the country: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one thousand A,5)‘3"é‘\‘f::¤°° five hundred dollars be paid to said Abby Green, her heirs or administra- ° tor, in compensation for her services, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 29, 1867. [N0. l0.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of VW11i41m D. Nelson. Jun. 31, 1867. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l:?¥m¤¤g *13 I States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to William gl, §§2,,.,m°;' D. Nelson one thousand dollars for his services in recruiting for the Union in recruiting. army in East Tennessee during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two. ‘ Approved, January 31, 1867.