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 430 FORTIETH CONGRESS Sess. II. RES. 27, 29, 35, 36. 1868. April 11, 1868. [N0. 27.] Joint Resolution for the ReIiefqfBeals and Dixon. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A<=<=0¤¤¥¤ 9i' States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the accounts of Beals ed aud paid. and Dixon, for the delivery of material alter May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, under their contracts with the United States, to be adjusted and paid, allowing to said Beals and Dixon such additional prices for material delivered after May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as they may be justly entitled to under the provisions of their supplementary contract dated January tirst, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the same to be adjusted by the proper officer and in the manner named in the contract. APPROVED, April 11, 1868. _M§y19.1€68· [No. 29.] A Resolution _/or the Re/ty' of George W. Doty, a Commander in the United States Navy on the retired List. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States GN”m° °" of America in Congress assembled, That the name of George XV. Doty, eorge W. Doty . . to bs placed on commander United States navy, be placed upon the navy register as navy register ns, a. commander, from the sixteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and ggg 432 sixty-two, the date of his commission. P. . Approved, May 19, 1868. June 11, 1868. [No. 85.] Joint &s0lz1tion for the Restoration of Captain James F. Armstrong, United " ""“`‘' "" States Nady, to the active Listjrom the retired List. Bc it resolved lg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United FC-¤Ap¤¤i¤ J¤m¤¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the ,6 bor:,';;::-3Q(*]°it0 United States be authorized to nominate, and, by and with the advice notivelismof and consent of the Scnz1te,t.0 appoint Captain James F. Armstrong to ¤**'Y· the active list of the navy, with the rank to which he may be entitled thereon. Approved, June 11, 1868. Lluina 17, 1868. [N0. 36.] Joint Resolution jbr the ReltefqfJ'ohn M'. Palmer. Preamble. `\Vxxmu¤As John M. Palmer, of Nashville, Tennessee, on the twenty- seventh August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, contracted with the quartermn,sters’ department of the United States to manufacture and deliver fifty-two thousand two hundred collins, for the interment of deceased Union soldiers at. Natchez, Vicksburg, and Corinth, Mississippi; Memphis, Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson, and Nashville, Tennessee ; und Marietta, Georgia; and also to erect fences for the national cemeteries at Natchez, Vicksburg, and Corinth, Mississippi; and at Memphis, Fort Donclson, Stone River, and Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee; and whereas by the malicious destruction of said Pnlmer’s steam sow-mill and machinery by rebel incendiaries, and the loss of lumber by providential floods, but by no fliult or neglect of his own, he has failed to fully complete his suld contract, and has incurred fbrleitures to the government thereon: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P JOM M-, States of America in Congress assembled, '1`hm: said Jolm M. Palmer be, nlmer relieved. . . Mm fu,;,,,,,,,,,, and he is hereby, relieved from all Stoppzlges and forfe1tures on account of eontnicn, und of his failure to deliver collins under sold contract : And be it jim/ter re- ‘° b° solved, That the quizrtermaster-general is hereby authorized and directed m1_ eh_ 4;;, 4, y, to adjust and settle the further claim of said John M. Palmer for erecting V<>l· xiv- p- 401- fences around the said national cemeteries by an additional allowance of seven thousand two hundred and eight.y—tln·ee dollars and seventy cents, to be paid from the appropriation provided in an act entitled "An_act to