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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 1869. 349 [No. 25.] A Resolution requiring the Commissioner of the General Land Ofice to transfer March 8, 1869. certain Money. M__"`-` Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitea States of America in Uorcgress assembled, That the commissioner of the AP{>\‘0P}'i*\ti°¤· general land office be, and is hereby, authorized to transfer to the §;§;}§sg}°g Treasury Department the twenty-five hundred dollars appropriated " for mines and min— collecting statistics of mines and mini¤g," by act of Congress approved }“g *° b° '"““5' . . ., erred to Treas- Juiy twenty, eighteen handrcd and sixty-eight, and that the Secretary my Department, of the Treasury be required to disburse the same as provided for in said $$368 h 177 act. · " ‘ ‘ Approved, March 3, 1869. Ame' P` H5` [No. 26.] Joint Resolution donating condemned Cannon and Muskets for the McPherson March 3, 1869. Monument. ”'“`“"`—"`“ Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of ine United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, C°¤d°m¤°d and he is hereby, authorized to furnish to the McPherson Monument n;R}£`;,km' Association, of Clyde, Ohio, four pieces of condemned iron cannon, four the McPherson pieces of condemned brass cannon, twenty-five cannon·balls, and one N{§g“g"g‘,‘Q;S8` thousand condemned muskets, with bayonets to be placed about the 0 0 ’ y` monument. Approved, March 3, 1869. [No. 27.] A Resolution extending the Time for the Completion of the first twenty Miles March 3, 1869- of the Cairo and Fizllon Railroad. Resolved by the Senate and Ibnse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case the Cairo and ]'1;$'“°g°’;’°m‘ Fulton Railroad Company shall complete the first section of twenty miles {2:,.,12% thescggfg of said road by the twenty-eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and and Fulton rai1— seventy, and the Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied of such com- *,222 ‘;’{]°°3'}3,°(é‘2 pletion, then the said company shall be entitled to its lands in all respects v01,`x3v; {,,339; and to the same extent as it would have been had said twenty miles been completed by the twenty-eighth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty· nine, as provided by law relating to said railroad company approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Ar1>1zov1;1>, March 3, 1869. [N0. 28.] A Resolution reappointing Louis Agassze a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That Louis Agassiz, of Cam- r6;;)§§n{°;§“;S’Z bridge, Massachusetts, be, and he is hereby, reappointed a regent of the regent of the Smithsonian Institution to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of his present term. ' Approved, March 3, 1869. [N0. 29.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary 4f the Treasury to remit the Duty on March 3, 1869. certain Meridiarz Circles. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Miited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Oui13_221E1S [gg! Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to remit the duties on a meridian ,,,1,,,,, Chem circle, imported for the observatory at Cambridge, in the State of Massa- remitted. chusetts, and a meridian circle imported for the observatory connected with the Chicago University, at Chicago, in the State of Illinoiss Approved, March 3, 1869.