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 334 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 4, 5, 6, 7. 1848. March 24, 1848. [No. 4.] - Jain.: Resolution relative to the Evidence which s/znll be considered gui;. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the In applications United States of America in (Zbngress assembled, That in all cases of f"' b°;"“Y 1}:** application for bounty land warrants under the act approved February iiriiiiiiiilbik di; eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, the honorable discharge ol` ¤li¤*g<’= °Y*hQ ¤P· the applicant, showing the same was predicated on a surgeorfs certifi-   cate of disability, shall be considered as satisfactory evidence to the eemllcate to be Commissioner of Pensions that the disability was incurred in the d°$"°°d S“m°i°“’ course of service. °vi(i;j,Py$$§h_ g_ Avrnovmn, March 24, 1848. April 13, 1848. [N0. 5.]--.9 Resolution tendering the Congratulations of the American to the ··—·—·-—-·-···· Fruwh People. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ly" the United The congrutu- States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the name and bel“’*°"’ tf  hall` of the American people, the congratulations of Congress are here- 5gsS giéhéze O? by tendered to the people of France, upon the success of their recent F’¤¤°€» &°· edbrts to consolidate the principles of liberty in a republican form of government. The President Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the Unit- Qgjiizflfihis ref ed States be, and he is hereby, requested to transmit this resolution to 0mg0n to me the American minister at Paris, with instructions to present it to tho é*;*°3°*;ar?;i¤g:; French government. · ,,,esé,,m,0,, to APPROVED, April 13, 1848. the French g0v— ernment. -———— May 9, 18L8. [No. 6.] -.9 Resolution respecting Canxaets for Hempfm- the Use of zlui Ameri- -—-—··——~——- can ary. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ACont;act;Mf<;r States of Amcricd in Congress assembled,`That the _Secretnry of the m‘f:Q‘j,:mp Isa, Navy be, and he is hereby authorized, If in his opinion lt will be adbe made for any vantageous to the public interest, to make contracts, for any term not F6""; ¤°'· °¤°°§d· exceeding five years, for the purchase of American water-rotted hemp mg W y°m’ °` for the use of the United States navy, provided the same can be had of equal quality with the best foreign hemp, and at a price not exceeding the average price of such hemp for the last five years; the inspection and delivery to be at the place of purchase. Approved, May 9, 1848. May 9, 1848, [N0. 7.] —Jcint Resolution of Thanks to Major- General Taylor. Thanks Ofcom Resolved by the Senate andHm¢sc of Representatives of the United Gs, fgndgygd to States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks ofC0ngl‘€SS §_l¤.if;’·G::g¤‘¤{h are due, and they are hereby tendered, to Major-General Zachary cgi2e,.; and SOE Taylor, and through him to the officers and soldiers of the l‘6g¤l¤!` diem made: pie army and of the volunteers under his command, for their valor, skill, spa Food conduct twenty-third days of February lust, m the battle ¤fBueua Vista, in defeatg$i*,;Y:·;, *,2 *h° mg a Mexncan army of more than four times their number, couslstmg vim_ Mm of chosen troops, under their favorite commander, General Santa AHH8- A gold medal Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to
 * 1 factory in Jlppliraziansfar Bounty Land.
 * ’h°;':“:‘,°;, MK and good. conduct conspicuously displayed on the twenty-seeond and
 * ,‘;e;’:nQ;f,"°k,;"d cause to be struck a gold medal, with devices emblematical of this

General Taylor. splendid achievement, and presented to Major·General Zachary Taylor