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Rh . And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such experimental trial of the several inventions of Thomas M. Easton, Ethan Campbell, Aaron Quinby, or either of them, or of other persons, to prevent the explosion of steam boilers, as may be necessary to test their value and utility as applicable for the purposes aforesaid, to the steamships of the United States; and the sum of six thousand dollars is hereby appropriated therefor out of the fund heretofore named.

, August 31, 1842.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expenses incurred by the Legation of the United States at Mexico, on account of the subsistence, clothing and transportation of prisoners, Provided so much be necessary upon the adjustment of the accounts of the State Department.

, August 31, 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 is hereby, authorized, if in his opinion the interest of the Department will be promoted thereby, to extend at this time the contract for the conveyance of the mail on the Potomac, for four years from the termination of the present contract, in such a way as to receive the regular transmission of the mail, by means of ice-boats: And provided That the compensation does not exceed the present rates for two boats’ service.

, August 31, 1842.