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 FOR’I`Y—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 125, 126, 127, 137. 1870. 671 buildings located on ground Icased by the United States, at corner of N $$1* M¤Y¤i¤* Street and Com1ecticutAveuuc, and now occupied as army officcs and R°h°f S°°i°ty‘ quarters: Provided, That said society shall remove said buildings at their own expense, when vacated by the United States. A1>1>1z0vE1>, July 14, 1870. N0. 126. Joint Resolution authorizin he S. m';. , [ Qljust gfae Accounts of the late C0llegc:· of !6}fere¢zzq¢fndthe :I:nexI31k¢;·i;tsa;? 18SOD4H. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I/$zz'ted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the'Treas— A°°°¤¤*¤ °F ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the accounts EilQ°£;°t?i,°W;:, of Charles B. Wilkinson, late collector of internal revenue in the third ¤mi¤ed,&¤. and sixth collection districts of tha State of Missouri, to be thoroughly examined and adjusted, and it} on such examination, it shall be satisfactorily proven that said Wilkinson paid into the treasury a larger amount of money than was collected by him from such revenues, and that he is not otherwise in default or liable to tho United States as such collector, and' that he so performed his duty and kept his accounts as to bc able to establish his right to demand any sum of money from the United States, to cause the excess of such payment to bé refunded and paid to said Wilkinson in the same manner as taxes erroneously assessed and collected are refunded and paid back. A1>1>1:0v1¤;1>, July 14, 1870. [No. 127 .] Joint Resolution jbr the Relief ep' Joseph and Matthew M. Merriman, of Hart- Jul; 14, N70- ford, Comwctzcut. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m'§2;"f';°%°d Treasury bc, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be Mmhagv M? refunded to Joseph and Matthew M. Merriman, of Hartford, in the Stats Merrimanof Connecticut, the sum of twentyaaight hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-six cents, a.·tax upon sales erroneously assessed and collected thirty-first January, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and not auth0r· ized by a. proper construction of the interna.] revenue laws of the United Sums. Ammovun, July 14, 1870. . ‘ . i t Resolution aZIow{ late Aclin EnGear e MZ Smith a Share in Jul 16, 1870. [N0 137 I Jccgrtain Prizes capturgl by the Undgd Stm Steager Aria. `i"""""' Be it resolved {gy the Senate and House of Representatives cfthe United States of America in Congress assembled, That late Acting Ensign George Acti¤&En¤ig¤ M. Smith, of the United States steamer Aries, who was captured Janu- g;‘;f§;“{£":£‘ ary seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, on the coast of South sbgrs of the Carolina, in the discharge of his duties while belonging to that vessel, $:;;:8 °f W6 shall bc, and is hereby, entitled to receive his share of all prizes captured ' by that vesscll during the time of his imprisonment; that his name shall be considered as being borne upon the. ehip’s books the same as though he had been temporarily absent. 'SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, [resolved,] That 1f the money for flissharetobo said prizes, or any of them, has already bcgn distributed, then the Seem- £;&€`;°§ Eg: tary of the Navy bc, and is hereby, authorized to or<1cr .tho payment to Umm swab be made from the moiety thereof bclouging to the United-States. ix; &¤. APPROVED. July 15, 1870.