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 640 THIRTY-·N`INTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 13, 18, 19, 20, 24. 1867. Feb g Iggy_ [No. 13.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of certain Settlers on the Salma: Reservaziop, in i·L··‘··· the State of llfnnesota. Be it resolved by the Senate and Mme of lfepresenlatives of the United Certain set- States of America in Congress assambZezL That those persons who settled gfm °“ *h° “_ and made improvements upon lands now included in the Sioux reservatgghuggsgger tion in Minnesota, and filed notice of their claims in the proper local land their lgmds ¤¤ office, before the boundaries of said reservation were definitely surveyed and $c;°‘£;;?“m located, shall be, and are hereby authorized to enter the lands thus settled ' upon, as in other cases of pre-emption, upon the payment of one dollar and twenty-ive cents per acre therefor, under such rules and regulations as may be provided by the Secretary of the Interior. APPROVED, February 8, 1867. Fd)- 18, 1887- [No. 18.] A Resolution for the Relief of Paul S. Forbes, under his Contract with the Navy Department for building andjiormshing the Steam Screw SIoop—of War "ldaho." Resolved by the Senate and [hues ey" Representatives of the United The steam States of America in Congress assembled, That. the Secretary of the Navy fgfffégggffb bc, and he is hereby, instructed to accept the steam screw sloop-otlwar be accepted, “Idaho," of the contractor, Paul S. Forbes, at the price of five hundred from Pfiul $- and fifty thousand dollars, already paid said Forbes, and which shall be in gf;°§;’Q?$;` full discharge of his contract with the Navy Department on account of contract, for the said Steamship. ’l;Qg€gi:f°“dY Approved, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18, 1867. [No. 19.] A Resolution for the Relief of C/uzrks (Zark, Marshal of the United Statesjor j'"" the District qf"Maine. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives cy" the United Ch··';ll<>w3¤¤l:<> Smeg of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ,, ,;,§;m€'f,Q O,. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in the settlement of the accounts accounts, for of Charles Clark, marshal of the United States for the district of Maine, {:;*8:;*1:)** 2:}:**5* to allow him credit for such sum of public money as was in his charge as Ymarshal, not to exceed three thousand and twenty-eight dollars, as he may be satisfied was burned in said marshal’s office, in the custom-house building at Portland, Maine, on the fourth day of July last. Ammovmn, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18, 1867. [No. 20.] Joint Resolutivnfzr the Rchlf of lames Keenan. Be it resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatzoes of the United In settlement States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ggxswpgcwg Treasury is directed, in the settlement of the accounts of James Keenan, Payment ,5,8* late oonsul at Hong Kong, China, to pay his legal representatives the made forloss on amount of exchange to which he would have been entitled for loss, “°h°·"8°· had he drawn the several balances due him on the adjustment of his accounts. Approved, February 18, 1867. Feb. 22, 1867. [No. 24.] Joint Resolution for the Rd$e;,;`qfYQbe];*, Narwon, and Company, Jlerchants, q/ ew or. Preamble. WHEREAS, Ober, Nanson, and Company, of the city of New York, did, mglg;¤I;:E;‘?"· on October eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, deposit in the postoillce of the city of New York a sealed package, containing twelve hundred compound-interest notes of the United States, each of the denomination of fifty dollars, dated September one, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and falling due September one, eighteen hundred and sixty- giglht, amounting to sixty thousand dollars, which notes are described as 0 0ws:—