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 FOR/I`Y FIRS'I` CONGRESS. Sess. III. Rus. 37, 38, 41, 43. 1871. 703 [N0. 37.] Joint &olution for the Relief of Mary A. Elliot. Feb. 17, 1871. Be it reyalved by the Smaze and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States, in favor RWM to of the said Mary A. Elliot, hereby surrender, abandon, and forever rc- M"? A' Em"' lease all right or claim they may have, by reason of any escbeat, to lot numbered eleven, in square numbered four hundred and six, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. Approved, February 17, 1871. [N0. 88.] A Resolution rdative to the SteamshQo Meteor. Feb. 17, 1871. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the memorial of Robert. B. Claim of own- Forbes, John M. Forbes, W. H. Aspinwall, A. A. Low and brothers, °"€°g;h° “°’·“" Leonard W. Jerome, E. B. Ward, M. H. Simpson, James Lawrence, H. aglgeregggrg? S. Russell, and Theodore Lyman, executors, Richard S. Rodgers, J. G-. *h°_°°¤¤”* of Cushing, W. B. Bacon, J. P. Boylcy, James Davis, and J. F. Tuckcrman, °1°"m°' owners of the stcamship Meteor, built to be tendered to the government for the pursuit of the rebel cruiser the Alabama, and wrongfully seized and detained at New York in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by authority of the United States, and all papers relating thereto, be referred to the court of claims for examination, and the allowance of the amount of damages actually sustained by said owners by reason of such wrongful seizure and detention; the judgment rendered by said court to be paid Judgment of out of the appropriations duly made to pay judgments rendered by said 3:* °‘;g" h"' °° court: Provided, That said damages shall only include detention, dctcri- Euii M-, dam. oration, and actual expenditures, but excluding all damages for loss of ¤8¤¤· market, or breaking up a voyage. A1>1>R0v1c1>, February 17, 1871. [No. 41.] A Resolution prescribing thegatléggq taken by H V M Miller, Senator dec: Feb. 28, 1871· TII ld. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Gongress assembled, That H. V. M. Miller, of Fmtm ¤f wth Georgia, on entering upon the discharge of the duties of any office or té’ b§ t§:°f‘5{\. position to which he has been or may be elected or appointed, instead of the oath prescribed by the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty- 186Z, gh.128. two, may take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the act of Congress V°1·‘“· P· °°2· entitled "An act prescribing an oath of officc to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed," approved July 1868, ub. 189. eleven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. V°l· "· P· 85* Approved, February 23, 1871. . .` or the Rel` o Jalan L. as, Jr., cmd Edwin H Web- Feb. 24 1871. [Kang}; gzgtwgymé C'oUac¢0r‘e`Q"`/EI-'ustoma a¢%i1nore, and late United States _"'"":""""' desgnwted Depositaries. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting gA¥i<>:¤::=§¤1;• officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized L  ¥;0:m  £. and directed, in the settlement of the accounts ofJ0hu L. Thomas, junior, and Edwin H. and Edwin H. Webster, as collectors of customs of the district of Balti- x‘; :;;‘;'J‘!‘;;*‘ more, and as late United States designated depositaries, to allow them 0mm_ such amounts as are shown to have been stolen or cmbczzlcd by their late deputy collectors, Richard N. Bowcrman and Thomas J. Wilson, the  Secretary of the Treasury being satisfied that such embezzlement or larceny did not occur through the negligence or default of said Thomas and ( said Webster: Provided, That in case any of the moneys so cmbczzlcd ' or stolen shall hereafter be recovered, the same shall inurc to the benefit ` of the United States., Armzovmn, February 24, 1871.