[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 53.]

JOINT RESOLUTION to amend the fourteenth section of the act approved July twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes.'

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fourteenth section of the act approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to extend the operation thereof until January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

Approved, July 23, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 54.]

A RESOLUTION to carry into effect the resolution approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, providing for the exchange of certain public documents. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congressional Printer, whenever he shall be so directed by the Joint Committee on the Library, be, and he hereby is, directed to print fifty copies in addition to the regular number, of all documents hereafter printed by order of either house of Congress, or by order of any department or bureau of the government, and whenever he shall be so directed by the Joint Committee on the Library, one hundred copies additional of all documents ordered to be printed, in excess of the usual number; said fifty or one hundred copies to be delivered to the Librarian of Congress, to be exchanged, under direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, as provided by joint resolution approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That fifty copies of each publication printed under direction of any department or bureau of the government, whether at the Congressional Printing Office or elsewhere, shall be placed at the disposal of the Joint Committee on the Library to carry out the provisions of said resolution.

Approved, July 25, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 55.]

A RESOLUTION granting permission to officers and soldiers to wear the badge of the corps in which they served during the rebellion.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all who served as officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, or other enlisted men in the regular army, volunteer, or militia forces of the United States, during the war of the rebellion, and have been honorably discharged from the service or remain still in the same, shall be entitled to wear, on occasions of ceremony, the distinctive army badge ordered for or adopted by the army corps and division, respectively, in which they served.

Approved, July 25, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 56.]

A RESOLUTION to admit certain persons to the Naval Academy.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, not exceeding six persons, to be designated by the government of the empire of Japan: Provided, That no expense shall thereby accrue to the United States: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy may, in the case of the said persons, modify or dispense with any provisions of the rules and regulations of the said academy which circumstances may, in his opinion, render necessary or desirable.

Approved, July 27, 1868

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 57.]

A RESOLUTION relative to lighting the streets of Washington City, District of Columbia. Whereas, the municipal authorities of the city of Washington have failed to carry out the arrangements for lighting the streets of said city, in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government," approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the mayor and city councils of the city of Washington be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to levy and collect a tax from the property holders of the city of Washington sufficient to defray the expenses of lighting the avenue and street lamps of said city with six-feet burners, twenty-one nights in each month, from dark until daylight, and keep said lamps so lighted each year.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the mayor and city councils of the city of Washington be, and they are hereby, authorized to contract with the Washington Gas Light Company for the term of one year, and so from year to year until otherwise provided by law, at such rates as may be agreed upon not exceeding the maximum now fixed by law, for all the illuminating gas required for the avenue and street lamps and public offices of the city and public grounds under the control of said city.

SEC. & And be it further resolved, That the mayor and city councils of the city of Washington be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to increase from time to time, as the public good may require, the number of street lamps on any of the streets, lanes, alleys, public ways and grounds, in the city of Washington, and to do any and all things pertaining to the well lighting of the city, and to levy and collect a tax from the property holders therefor.

SEC. 4. And be it further resolved, That in the event of the failure of the mayor and city councils to levy and collect the tax herein authorized, or to light the said city as herein directed, then the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized and directed to levy a tax upon the property of said city, and to collect the same, sufficient to light said city for the current year, and so from year to year, in case of such failure of said mayor and city councils to light as herein directed and to fully execute the provisions of this joint resolution in the place and stead of the said mayor and city councils.

SEC. 5. And be it further resolved, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve the said Washington Gas Light Company from paying the internal revenue tax imposed by law.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 58.]

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to surveys and examinations of rivers and harbors. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War shall cause to be prepared and submitted to Congress, in connection with the reports of examinations and surveys of rivers and harbors hereafter made by order of Congress, full statements of all existing facts tending to show to what extent the general commerce of the country will be promoted by the several works of improvements contemplated by such examinations and surveys, to the end that public moneys shall not be applied excepting where such improvements shal tend to subserve the general commercial and navigation interests of the United States. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 59.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to printing specifications of patents.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no bills be paid by the treasury for printing specifications of patents above the contract price, except that seventy cents may be added to each thousand words for the additional cost of composition occasioned by change made in the printing by order of the Commissioner of Patents.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION--No. 60.]

JOINT RESOLUTION for the donation of certain columns.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to donate to such cemeteries as as have been in whole or in part dedicated to the burial of soldiers or sailors who lost their lives in defence of the United States, or to such voluntary associations of citizens as contributed to the comfort and wants of these patriots while living, the six columns taken from the old Pennsylvania bank building, in the city of Philadelphia: Provided, That but one column shall be donated to such cemetery or association in any one State, and that the same shall be used as a monument. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 61.]

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish cannon to Soldiers' Monument Associations of Pequannock and Paterson, N. J.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be authorized to furnish to the Soldiers' Monument Associations of the township of Pequannock, Morris county, N. J., and Paterson, Passaic county, N. J., each four pieces of condemned cannon, and twenty balls, in all eight pieces of cannon and forty balls, to be placed about the said monuments.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 62.]

JOINT RESOLUTION giving the assent of the United States to the construction of certain wharves in the harbor of Oswego, New York.

Whereas the common council of the city of Oswego, in the State of New York, by resolutions unanimously adopted April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, in pursuance of the authority granted them by the legislature of New York in the charter of said city, have given permission to the owners of lots eleven and twelve, also of lots thirteen, fourteen, eighty-one, and eighty-two, and of lots fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen, in fortification block number two, in the first ward of said city, to construct wharves in front of said lots, seventy feet in width, and extending northerly so that the north end of said wharves may be on a line with the north line of the Ontario elevator pier, but not less than two hundred and fifty feet distant from the nearest point of the United States pier, which wharves will extend into the navigable waters of said harbor: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of the United States be, and the same is hereby, given, so far as Congress has power to give the same, to the owners of the lots above mentioned, to construct said wharves in accordance with the terms of said resolutions, subject, however, to the approval of the engineer department of the army.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 63.]

A RESOLUTION to drop from the rolls of the army certain officers absent without authority from their commands.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following named officers of the army reported by the Secretary of War absent from their commands without authority, be, and they are hereby, dropped from the rolls, with loss of all pay and allowances, viz: First Lieutenant D. H. Weiland, sixth infantry; First Lieutenant H. H. Lanty, fourth infantry; First Lieutenant A. J. McDonald, fifth artillery; First Lieutenant Richard Wilson, third artillery; Second Lieutenant J. W. Godsixth infantry; Second Lieutenant Guy Morrison, tenth infantry. This resolution to take effect from the dates at which they absented themselves from their regiments.

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Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION—No. 64.]

A RESOLUTION joint resolution appealing to the Turkish government in behalf of the people of Crete.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the people of the United States renew the expression of their sympathy with the suffering people of Crete, to whom they are bound by the ties of a common religion and by the gratitude due to the Greek race, of which the Cretans are a part; that they rejoice to believe that the sufferings of this interesting people may be happily terminated by a policy of forbearance on the part of the Turkish government, and they hereby declare their earnest hope that the Turkish government will listen kindly to this repre

sentation, and will speedily adopt such generous steps as will secure to Creto the much-desired blessings of peace and the advantages of autonomic govern

ment.

SEC. [2] And be it further resolved, That religion, civilization, and humanity require that the existing contest in Crete should be brought to a close, and to accomplish this result the civilized powers of the world should unite in friendly influence with the government of Turkey.

SEC. [3.] And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Presi dent to instruct the minister of the United States at Constantinople to co-operate with the ministers of other powers in all good offices to terminate the sufferings of the people of Crete; and that it shall be the further duty of the President to communicate a copy of this resolution to the government of Turkey. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 65.]

JOINT RESOLUTION to aid in relieving from peonage women and children of the Navajo

Indians.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Lieutenant General W. T. Sherman be, and is hereby, authorized and requested to use the most efficient means his judgment will approve to reclaim from peonage the women and children of the Navajo Indians, now held in slavery in the territory adjacent to their homes and the reservation on which the Navajo Indians have been confined. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 66.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the pay of the chief clerk in the office of the Sergeant-atarms of the House.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Clerk is directed to pay from the contingent fund of the House to the chief clerk in the office of the Sergeant-atarms the difference between his present pay and the amount voted him by a resolution of the House, passed June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixtysix, thereby fixing the salary of the clerk in the office of the Sergeant-at-arms at twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.

Approved, July 27, 1868.