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 644 FOBTY-SEVENTH. CONGRESS. Sess. H. BES. 28-31. 1883. now in the Department of State received from the Government of Ven— _ eznela on account of said awards, and all moneys that may hereafter PF° ’°*” di“*"‘ be paid under said treaty, shall be distributed pro rata in payment of b“h°“ °f"`"dS' such awards as may be made by the Commission to be appointed in accordance with this resolution. Approved, March 3, 1883. Mar. 3, 1883. [N0. 29.] Joint resolution to pay the Capitol Police one m0nth’s extra pay. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Extra pay to of America in Congress assembled, That the Clerk of the House be, and is C¤·Pi¢¤I P<>U<=°- hereby, authorized and directed to pay to all those of the Capitol Police on the roll July iirst, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one month's extra pay, at the same compensation now paid them by law ; and an amount sufficient to pay the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be made immediately available. ‘ Approved, March 3, 1883. Mu-_ 3, gg8g_ [No. 30.] Joint resolution validating Gcgrtalipl contracts executed by the Postmaster ·j—-—--———---D0. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States omega pests; ofrimerica in Congress assembled, That the contracts executed by the c<>ntr¤<=t¤ executed Postmaster General for routes numbered sixty-seven hundred and gi I;:,”:3';*ig;:c‘2 seventy-two, in the State of New York, under advertisement _ of °° ’ February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one · thirty-two hundred / and sixty-six, in the State .of Massachusetts, under advertisement of February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one; twenty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two, in the State of Illinois, under advertisement of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; ten' A thousand two hundred and ninety-five, in the District of Columbia, under advertisement of March tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, ‘ are hereby validated and declared to be in·full force and eifect, any omission in said contracts to conform to the requirements of the statutes notwithstanding. Approved, March 3, 1883. ‘ Mu-, 3, 1333, [Ko. 31.] Joint resolution making appropriations for the alteration of internal reve- ——-—-1---— nue dies, plates and stamps, and for providing blanks for rebate. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Alt,,,.,,,,,,,,, of ,,,_ of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand doltern al revenue lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same hereby dies, 1>l¤f¢¤, 8,96 is, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- Am,;0p,{,,t,,,,,_ penses as are incident in preparing for the collection of the taxes on tobacco, snuif, cigars and cigarettes, and special taxes, at the reduced rates provided in the act of the present session reducing internal revenue taxation, and for the preparation of the proper blanks for claims for the rebate provided for in said act. Approved, March 3, 1883. "
 * ";:3;_’·°‘;;““kS "’ priated, for the alteration of dies, plates and stamps and such other ex-