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 [N0. 1.] Joint Resolution relative to the Centre Market in Washington. DW- 2% 1870- Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the chairmen of the com- Commissioners mittees on public buildings and rounds of the Senate and House of F° 'L°‘1“§°Y“h' Representatives, with the mayor 0% Washington, be, and hereby are, cou- €§u$:m;rw°;m. stituted commissioners to require the Washington Market Company, nish temporary organized under the fifteenth section of the act of May twentieth, eighteen ;’:Q:fiz3:°,g':' hundred and seventy, promptly to furnish temporary market accommcda.- market; tions for the market men who were driven out by the late fire; and also 187°·°h·108»i15· to erect at the earliest possible day the first stories or market portions of Qin;:;,;: #3; the permanent market buildings provided for in said act; and that said tions of bu1id~ commissioners he authorized to make such alterations in the buildings mgisecme and such arrangements with said company as shall be best calculated to speedy erection, secure the speedy erection of buildings creditable to the city, and suf- &¤· iicientiy commodious for all the wants of the public: Provided, however, Pending in- Thét the passage of this resolution shall not be construed to supersede, ;§%*;§:£°”’ mt delay, or in any way affect the pending investigations into the aiihirs of said company, nor to relieve the company or any person from consequences of any acts under investigation. Approved, December 20, 1870. [N0. 2.] Joint Resolution to correct cm Error in the Enrollment of the Law in Relation to Dec. 22, 1870. Pay of grand and petit Jurcrs. __""-`-" Be tt resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third section of the R9P¤¤Tf¤f¢£iY<! uct approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, "to provide '°‘;'g#3,°;h?*Q,8_ for the compensation of grand and petit jurors in the circuit and district Am, p. 868. courts of the United States, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, repealed; the said section having been enrolled by mistake. APPROVED, December 22, 1870. [N0. 3.] A Resolution granting an American Register to the British-built Bark Busy. Dec. 22, 1870. Resolved dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treus· Altlcfitzuph ury be, and hereby is, authorized to issue an American register to the §1§§S§{bum° British-built bark Busy, wrecked and found abandoned at sea, said vessel bark Busy. being now owned by citizens of Norfolk, Virginia. APPROVED, December 22, 1870. [N0. 4.] A Resolution to authorize the Restoration zy`Benjamin S. Richards to the active Jen, 10, 1871. List of tlw Navy. """‘“""_“ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States qf America' in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States _Ensi¥_ Benjabe, and he is, authorized, by and with the advise and consent of the 2;*;,%) gggzgga Senate, to appoint Ensign Benjamin S. Richards a master on the active gd mam qu