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 662 FORTY-·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rss. 14, 17, 19, 20, 24. 1870. Indorsed by the President: “Rec’d Eelfy 3d, 1870.” [Norm uv mn DEPARTMENT or STATE. -— The foregoing resolution having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congresses which it ori inated within the time prescribed hy the Constitution of the United States, has heeume a law without his approve. Feb. 24, 1870. [No. 17.] Joint Resolution jbr ¢Iu%R%und%q ¢%o.s7g>ital Money collected 1y' the whaling Be it resolved by the Senate and Jbuse 9; Representatives of the United A*Pt?* °*` States of America in Uongress assembled, That there be refunded to Zems
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whsliui bark Bedford, Massachusetts, out of any moneys in the treasury of the United gm Nf°::£d States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and thirty do1· lars and twenty cents, it being for so much money exacted by A. W. Clark, late United States consul at Valparaiso, of the master of the whaling bark “ Hami1ton" for hospital tax, to which whaling vessels are not liable ; said amount having been covered into the United States treasury. Approved, February 24, 1870. March 2, 1870. [N0. 19.] A Resolution amending an Ajtvcntitkd "An Act for the Relief of Henry C. 1869, ch. 173.t 0W-" vgmf61` Wnmnmas the act entitled "An act for the relief of Henry C. Noyes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty—uine, contains a misrecital of the number of the bond therein referred to, whereby the said act is rendered ineffectual for the relief of the said Noyes: Therefore Iéesolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni/ed set for the States of America in Oongres: assembled, That the said act be, and heregl‘I{If°°;SH°“’Y .by is, amended by striking therefrom the word " thirty-seven," and insertanizemiod. ing in lieu thereof the word " sixty-seven." A1>1>1aov1:1>, March 2, 1870. March 9, 1870. N 0. 20. Joint Resolution authorizing the Issue of Bhmkets to enlisted Mau of Company [ ] "“"""""""' “B," tenth Infantry, lo replace otfzers destroyed by Fire. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United h£L§¤€ ¤;¢:£tg3 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is mm ofwmpmy hereby authorized to cause to be 1ssued forty-five blankets to such en- %B§’ ;n¤;th listed men of company "B," terith U. S. infar1try, whose blankets were · · “ ““·’Y· destroyed or rendered worthless m the extmguxshment of a fire at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on the twentieth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and said blankets shall be issued to said enlisted men without cost to them. Armzovsv, March 9, 1870. March 18, 1870. [N0. 24.] Joint Resolution pravidin for the Pa mm; of the _/burth Arkansas Mounted 3 """'”"""` Irggmtry Volunteers. Bc it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United k Fvurrh Ar-M States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War, ,jf;“:§¤;‘8°‘,g‘b° upon the possession of evidence of service which to him may seem satispaid, it‘,&c. factory, is hereby directed to cause to be investigated the claims of the forces known as the fourth Arkansas mounted infantry, enlisted for twelve months under the authority of Major-General Frederick Steele, in northwestern Arkansas, dated October twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and if he Ends the troops perfumed actual service, he shall cause the officers and soldiers thereof to be paid at the same rates, for actual services rendered, while absent from their homes, as was [were]