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Rh RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the payment of the money heretofore appropriated by Congress, to pay the expenses of the sixth census, be so far suspended, as that no money shall be paid for the printing of the compendium or abridgement of the sixth census by counties and principal towns, together with the tables of apportionment, as prepared at the Department of State for the use of Congress, until the further order of Congress.

, April 14, 1842.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the statistics, including the census of pensioners, and the compendium or abridgement of the sixth census of the United States, heretofore required by law to be printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, shall be distributed and disposed of by the Secretary in the manner and in the proportions specified in the joint resolution of Congress passed the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one: Provided, always, That seventeen thousand copies of the said compendium or abridgement shall be distributed among the States, Territories, and persons entitled to distribution under the said resolution, and in the proportions therein specified, and that the remaining copies of the said statistics and compendium be placed in the Library of Congress for future distribution.

, April 15, 1842.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the authority given to the Secretary of War by the joint resolution, approved second May, one thousand eight hundred and forty, to continue the employment of two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties, be extended, after the expiration of the period for which that authority was granted, for the term of two years.

, May 18, 1842.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he hereby is, authorized to extend the existing contract for carrying the mail upon the steamboat route between Mobile and New Orleans for three years from the time at which said contract would expire by its own limitations, if, in his opinion, the public interest and convenience will be promoted by such extension of said contract.

, June 1, 1842.