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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rms. 9, 10, 11. 1868. 247 duties, under the instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury, at the earliest practicable day, and shall report in detail to the said Secretary, to be communicated to Congress, the result of their examination, with such recommendation as they may deem expedient and most to the interest of the government, on or before the first of March next. Sec. 2. And be it jhrlhcr resolved, That pending the action of said W<>1jk<>¤¢=¤¤- commissiou, and until their report be made and a meter shall be by luw €;;"£g"B°gdgf' adopted, all work on the construction of meters, under the direction of the and no furnier° Treasury Department, be, and is hereby, suspended. And in the mean °g“‘”`“°‘ f?' time no further contract for meters shall be made by the Secretary of the t gg1g1U:?}'?;:' Treasury under the fifteenth section of the act, entitled "An act to amend QTIS. i i existing laws relating to internal revenue, and for other purp0ses," ap- °"*iv‘ P'*8l‘ proved March second, eighteen hundrocl and sixty-seven. Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury Exppnjscs uf is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treas- gg;“g;{:“;g;‘0§‘ ury not otherwise appropriated, the expenses incident to the carrying mm. out of this joint resolution, and also a. reasonable compensation for the services of such of the said commissioners as are not now officers of the United States or members of the said academy. APPROVED, February 3, 1868. [N0. 10.] Joint Resolution providing jbr the Sale of Imn-Clads. Feb. B, 1868. Be it resolved [gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Sm °fi'°¤· be, and he is hereby, authorized to dispose of such iron-clad vessels, ex- dads' cept those of the “Dictator," “Kalamazoo," “Monadn0ck," and “Passaic" classes, as in his judgment are not required by the interests of the ser-- vice, at a price to be determined by appraisal, to be made by a board of Mode of sale. not less than five naval officers, two of whom shall be engineers; and report shall be made to Congress, as fast as said vessels are sold, of the amounts realized from such sales, and the parties to whom sold: Provided, Y¤bli¤ ¤0¢i¢¢· That after such appraisal public notice shall be given that proposals will be received for thirty duys for the purchase of said vessels; and that the highest price so proposed, being not less than the appraisal, shall be accepted: And provided further, That the proceeds of all such sales shall f’*<>¢¤¢<i¤ of be paid into the treasury of the United States. sa °' APPROVED; February 3, 1868. [No. 11.] Joint Resolution for reducing the Expenses of the War Department, and for Feb, 2], 1853, other Purposes. "‘_*"° Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited States bfAm/erica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War bc, Expenses or and he is hereby, authorized and directed to take immediate measures for Q{,‘;’,}’§;‘F;lnQ€_ the reduction of the expenses of the army and of the War Department mw; M New at and in the vicinity of New York City at as early a day as practicable, gofkdm bg by concentrating the business of the quartermastcr, commissary, clothing, “°° * "“ °W' ordnance, and medical bureaus, and recruiting service in said city, and that for this purpose there shall be hired and used at some convenient and proper point in said city one suitable building in which shall be accommodated all the offices connected with and required for the transaction of such public business, at a cost to the government not exceeding twen- _ _ ty-five thousand dollars per annum ; and also a suitable building or prop- Oggzgldéggzg erty within the harbor of New York, or on the navigable waters thereof; &,,_’ which shall have sufficient accommodation of warehouse, pier, dock, and basin room for the safe and convenient receiving, storing, and care of all army stores of every kind and description belonging to either of said bureaus or branches of the service, at an annual cost; to the government not