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 670 FOBTY-TFIRST CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Rus. 122, 123, 124, 125. 1870. July 14. 1870. [No. 122.] A Resolution authm·izin the Postmaster-General to continue to use in the postal Serviceacertain Invention and Lime for the Postmarking d' Mazl Packages and fp- Qftve more perm;r;rer¢ttIeC'ancell¢;It§0n of Pmgamm, :114; DPW; jvét and equitable ompensation past a fixture se o same yt e os - ce epamnem. Resolved by the- Senate and fhuse of Representatives of the United Bisbtfvfhs States of America in Congress assembled, That the ostmastcr·Genem] lgfmoggyéaizfgng be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed  investigate the right and mad packages, title of claimants to the invention, device, or instruments for the post- "} °”¤t'; · marking and postage-stamp cancel[l]ing m the postal service, patented on ,:3;;:,;, mei; the fourteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, reissued vvstiaawdmnd the twenty-third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and 2; “” again reissued the third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-ning, ` U and now and for man ears ast in eneral use in the ostal service of t e nite ta es; an to ascer man e ermme upon a a1r jus an hUdSt ydy pta'gddt' Pf"t,d equitable compensation for the use of the said invention and device from the date of its use by the Post-Oflice Department, and Flso to ascertain and determine upon a fair and equitable compensation or its future use and value to the Post-Othee Department and government while the said letters-patent shall continue, and to whom it should be paid under the said letters-patent and reissues thereof; and to report the amount thus ascertained and determined to Congress at its next session. Approved, July 14, 1870. July 14, 1870. [No. 123.] A Resalunim _;?; tlécljdtggwgpbtgn .;‘aunce, and others, Officera q" e en · · Resolved by the Senate and .l%u.;ekqfTRepresenéatives of the qgited P¤>’!¤°¤*t° States of America in Congress assem cl, hat the ecretary of the avy g;§:’$§g§g%,h_ be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the officers of the er oiljicers of the revenue cutter Harrnet Lane, and to the heir or heirs of such as may have  g;g$_°f died since the transfer of the said vessel to the Secretary of the Navy for ,,,1;,,,,,; p,y_ the purpose of the Paraguay expedition, the difference of pay between that at that_timo allowed the officers of the revenue service and the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum for captain, fifteen hundred dollars per annum for iirst lieutenant, and one thousand dollars per annum each for second and third lieutenants, while they were employed on said revenue cutter in regular naval service. A1>1>R0v1s1>, July 14, 1870. [N0. 124.] Joint Resolution for the Rell? of I. Edwards Clarke, and the Heirs and legal Representatives of ohn JI Peabody, deceased. P Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of t/ee United Ed;gr‘Lf§"é1;q,gé States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasand the heirs, ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any y` late marshal of the United States provisional court of the State of Louisiana, the sum of six thousand one hundred and one dollars and sixty-six cents; and to the heirs and legal representatives of John T. Peabody, deceased, late clerk of said court, the sum of three thousand four hundred and three dollars and thirt~y~three cents, in full satisfaction for all services, claims, and expenditures of said officers m behalf of the United States, Apruovun, July 14, 1870. [N0. 125.Lwé Rmettm   the   of Wab to dmate Zegairz Buildings to ui oysius k ociety u ingtzm, {strict of um ia. Resolved In; the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United Cami b _1 d States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WM bG mgm, vllugzgf authorized and directed to donate to the Saint Aloysius Relief Society, of ton given to the Washington, District of Columbia, for charitable purposes, the two frame
 * ,*:ét:fdJ°h¤ L money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to I. Edwards Clarke,