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792 RESOLUTIONS

I. Whereas the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company have found it impracticable to make the railroad through the grounds belonging to the United States at Harper’s Ferry, agreeably to the exact tenor of the joint resolution passed for their benefit at the last session of Congress,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to complete said railroad, as now located through said grounds, on paying the value of any improvements injured by the road, or giving authority to replace them in other positions, should they be deemed by the President of sufficient important to be paid or removed: Provided, however, That the road shall be constructed in such place, as far as it passes through the public grounds at Harper’s Ferry, as may be approved by the President.

January 27, 1835.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and presented to Colonel Croghan, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the defence of fort Stephenson, and that he present a sword to each of the following officers engaged in that affair; to Captain James Hunter, to the eldest male representative of Lieutenant Benjamin Johnston, and to Lieutenants Cyrus A. Baylor, John Meek, Ensign Joseph Duncan, and the nearest male representative of Ensign Edmund Shipp, deceased.

February 13, 1835.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the two horses received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco, to be sold in Washington city, by public auction, on the last Saturday of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the treasury of the United States, and that the lion, received in like manner, be presented to such suitable institution, person, or persons as the President of the United States may designate.

February 13, 1835.