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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. H. RES. 79, 80, 81, 82. 1868. 263 [No. 79.] Joint Resolution autharieing the Secretary { War to furnish Gannon to July 27, 1868. Soldters’ Monurnent Assoczatzons ny' Pequannoc and Paterson, N JZ —__———` Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be 0¤¤¤<>¤ end authorized to furnish to the Soldiers’ Monument Associations of the town- lIff;E“°;gl%1‘X;f“' ship of Pequannock, Morris county, N. J., and Paterson, Passaic county, mentions of Pe- N. J., each four pieces of condemned cannon, and twenty balls, in all 1·20vm>, July 27, 1868. [N0. 80.] Joint Resolution giving the Assent of the United States to the Construction of July 27, 1868. certain Wharves in the Harbor of Oswego, New York. —`—"”"’ WHEREAS the common council of the city of Oswego, in the State of P*`°¤mbl° New York, by resolutions unanimously adopted April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty- eight, in pursuance of the authority granted them by the legislature of New York in the charter of said city, have given permission to the owners of lots eleven and twelve, also of lots thirteen, fourteen, eighty-one, and eighty-two, and of lots fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen, in fortifiication block number two, in the iirst ward of said city, to construct wharves in front of said lots, seventy feet in width, and extending northerly so that the north end of said wharves may be on a. line with the north line of the Ontario elevator pier, but not less than two hundred and fifty feet distant from the nearest point of the United States pier, which wharves will extend into the navigable waters of said harbor : Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of the United AS$°¤*bYC°¤· States be, and the same is hereby, given, so far as Congress has power to give the same, to the owners of the lots above mentioned, to construct go, N. Y., to said wharves in accordance with the terms of said resolutions, subject, 2:*);*;*:;*;;* however, to the approval of the engineer department of the army. ` Approved, July 27, 1868. [N0. Sl.] A Resolution to drop from the Rolls of the Arm! certain Oficers absent with- July 27, 1888. out Authority jrom their Commun s. __`_"°——° Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following-named offi- mC¤P'¤¤l¤b¤mzY cers of the army reported by the Secretary of War absent from their :,itY1%lst:ui;:r_ commands without authority, be, and they are hereby, dropped from the ity to be dropped rolls, with loss of all pay and allowances, viz. First Lieutenant D. H. mm “’u“· Weiland, sixth infantry ; First Lieutenant H. H. Lanty, fourth infantry; First Lieutenant A. J. McDonald, fifth artillery; First Lieutenant Richard Wilson, third artillery ; Second Lieutenant J. W. Godman, sixth infantry; Second Lieutenant Guy Morrison, tenth infantry. This resolution to take effect from the dates at which they absented themselves from their regiments. Approved, July 27, 1868. [N0. S2.] A Resolutnbn joint Resolution appealing to the Turkish Government in behalf of the People of Crete. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the people of the United Prg{gJ’g:‘{h:" States renew the expression of their sympathy with the sufering people people of Crm, of Crete, to whom they are bound by the ties of a. common religion and by the gratitude due to the Greek race, of which the Cretans are a part; that they rejoice to believe that the sufferings of this interesting people