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716 or their legal representatives, specifying thereon the extent of their several claims by occupancy; and that when the said entry shall be made, the same shall enure to the benefit of such persons, severally, in the proportions and according to the quantities specified on said plat: And provided further, That this act shall not invalidate any rights which any other person, not herein named, may be entitled to under any law heretofore passed.

, June 17, 1844.

RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, by a joint resolution which passed both Houses of Congress during the third session of the twenty-seventh Congress, the sword of Washington and the staff of Franklin, presented to Congress by Samuel T. Washington, of Kenawha county, Virginia, were accepted in the name of the nation, and the thanks of Congress were presented therefor to the donor, and the President of the United States was directed to communicate to the said Samuel T. Washington a copy of said resolution. And whereas, said resolution did not reach the President of the United States before the adjournment of Congress, and did not therefore receive his approval and signature. And whereas, the President of the United States did communicate to the said Samuel T. Washington a copy of said resolution: Therefore, in order to vest the title to said relics in the United States,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said sword and staff are hereby accepted in the name of the Nation, and that they be deposited in the Department of State of the United States for safe-keeping.

, June 17, 1844.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Senate and House of Representatives take pleasure in recognising to the widow and family of the late William Syndey Winder, their high sense of the value of the bequest contained in his will, and in expressing their respect for the memory of the donor.

, March 4, 1844.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Camp Chest of General George Washington, which he used during the revolutionary war, bequeathed, by the last will of the late William Sydney Winder, to the Congress of the United States, be and the same is hereby accepted, and that the same be deposited, as a precious relic, to be preserved in the Department of State.

, April 30, 1844.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in settling for supplies furnished to militia in the service of the United States under