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 20 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Bus. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1867. A iati F th ecess ex use of collecting classifying, labelling, and f°" °gH;?%‘!"g*m packtihg mindialogigly andpmetallurgical specimens, to complete the exh1 gin:¥a$lc1v1i1:dll:h)s bition of the mineral wealth of the United States. _ _, For the necessary expense of laborers and extra service in the offices l“b°'°"’ ““d · { th of a secreta clerks ingidgptal sx. at Paris and New York, and or e expenses _ _ ry, , P°¤¤<‘=¤· scientific assistants and draughtsmen, rooms, and other mc1denta1 expenses of the commission. Deta`led state- Sec. 3. And be it further resolved That it shall be the duty of the ’“°"*°} °xP“’di' general agent at New York, and of the commissioner-general at Paris, to ttgméotsgiigsgmde transmit to Congress, through the Department of State, a detailed state· ¢¤:_•,¤s;:l;<;_ D°· ment of the manner in which the expenditures herein authorized are ‘ § made by them respectively. t""' Apppovpp, umu 12, 1867. March mi 1867- [N0- 2.] A Resolution extending the  for flu   of the Improvement of me ""°""°"" oxa isamsm wer!. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Tim f°' °9m* States of America in Congress assembled, That the time provided for the g2g2Q2S2g;;!;; completion of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsénéivers, and a ox and Wis- canal connecting the same, by section three of an act o ongress, ap-
 * 323 ri""' °" proved August eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled, "An act

184s, ch.170,§8. to rant a certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox V0}- ix- P- 88- and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the same by a canal in the Territory of Wisconsin," be, and the same hereby is, extended for the term of five years from and after the approval of this resolution, with all the rights and privileges conferred by said act. Approved, March 12, 1867. March 18, 1867. [No. 8.] A &solution presenting the Hanks of Congress to George Peabody. Resolved by the Senate and House of Rppresentatives of the United Thanks of States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress gggfxegiod be, and they hereby are, presented to George Peabody of Massachusetts, g y' for his great and peculiar beneficence in givinga large sum of money, amounting to two million dollars, for the promotion of education in the more destitute portions of the southern and southwestern States, the benefits of which, according to his direction, are to be distributed among the entiret population without any distinction, except what may be found in needs or opportunities of usefulness. Agold modal Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of the 3 R? Pggsggd President to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable devices and in tn;',,,,,,,, J inscriptions, which, together with a copy of this resolution, shall be preth¤_p¤¤pl¤ of the sented to Mr. Peabody in the name of the people of the United States. Uxgiioiitgiignp Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That a sufficient sum of money to carry this resolution into effect is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 16, 1867. March 16, 1867. [No. 4.] A Resolution for the Bgef of fllgdvrzerg or Destituto Colored People in the 'strict o o um ia. _ · Resolved by the•Senate and House of Representatives of t/ae United f ·}£Pf<>l;}"¤?¤¤;_>¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That fifteen thousand dollars be, ,3:,,,:,;:  QW and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury titute colored not otherwtse appropriated, for the relief of freedmen or destitute colored ,1%,.**3; people in the District of Columbia, the same to be expended under the lumbha direction of the commissioner of the bureau of freedmen and refugees. Pezgydiw kw ex- Approved, March 16, 1867.