port of Bay City, on the twenty-first of April, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, said tax having been paid by said Hall at Chicago, on the sixteenth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Approved, July 20, 1868. [PRIVATE RESOLUTION-No. 17.] A RESOLUTION for the restoration of Commander Aaron K. Hughes, United States navy, to the active list from the retired list. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Commander Aaron K. Hughes to the active list of the navy, with the rank to which he may be entitled therein. Approved, July 23, 1868. [PRIVATE RESOLUTION-No. 18.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of Peter M. Carmichael, surveyor of the port of Albany. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized, in auditing and adjusting the accounts of Peter M. Carmichael, surveyor of the port of Albany, to admit and allow the charge of one thousand and eight dollars, the same having been paid by him to John Hastings, deputy surveyor and inspector of said port. Approved, July 23, 1868. [PRIVATE RESOLUTION-No. 19.] A RESOLUTION to construe an act entitled "An act to authorize the accounting officers of the treasury to settle the accounts of Andrew S. Core." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An act to authorize the accounting officers of the treasury to settle the accounts of Andrew S. Core," shall be so construed as to authorize and direct the said accounting officers to settle and close the said accounts by crediting the said Core with the amount of such uncollectable, or unaccounted for, tax lists or bills placed in his hands for collection as they may be satisfied have been lost or destroyed by reason of rebel raids, and have not been collected by him. Approved, July 27, 1868. [PRIVATE RESOLUTION-No. 20.] A RESOLUTION for the relief of Jonathan S. Turner. Whereas Jonathan S. Turner, of Fair Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, did obtain letters patent of the United States of America, 'for improvement in alarm clocks, dated July thirteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-two; and whereas the said Jonathan S. Turner did, on or about the twentyseventh day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, file in the Patent Office his petition or application for an extension of the term, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth section of the patent act, approved July four, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and complied with all the requirements of the rules and laws applicable thereto, except the inadvertent omission of one revenue stamp of the value of five cents, for which omission only the Acting Commissioner of Patents did, on the twelfth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixtysix, refuse to extend the said patent: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Patents be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend the term of the said patent to the said Jonathan S. Turner, for the term of seven years from and after the thirteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, which said patent, so extended, shall have the same validity, force, and effect, as though the extension had been allowed and certified by the said Commissioner of Patents, in accordance with the eighteenth section of the patent act, approved July four, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, before the expiration of the original term named in said patent. Approved, July 27, 1868. [PRIVATE RESOLUTION-NO. 21.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of Martha E. King. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite.l States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster General of the United States army be, and is hereby, directed to pay to Martha E. King, widow of Clinton King, late of the county of Carroll and State of Tennessee, deceased, a sum equal to the pay of a first lieutenant of cavalry from the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of the said Martha E. King on the pension roll, and she shall be entitled to the pension provided by law for the widow of a first lieutenant of cavalry who died in the military service of the United States of disease contracted while in such service and in the line of duty, since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, July 27, 1868. INDEX TO THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. A. Abandoned property, proceeds of sales of, to be paid into the treasury. Academy, Military- Appropriations for the Cadets not to be appointed from rebellious States Academy, Appropriations for the......... Department of steam-enginery at the.... Visitors to the, appropriation for the expenses of....... Accounts- Rectifiers', how to be kept... Tobacconists', how to be kept. Wholesale dealers', how to be kept.. Acknowledgments for rescuing citizens from shipwreck.. Acts, internal revenue, how to be construed.. Actual settlers upon the public lands. Act for the protection of.. Adjutant generals authorized to transmit testimonials free.. Advertising, public. Provisions concerning the.. African slave trade. Suppression of the.. Agricultural college lands. Location of.. Agriculture, Department of- Appropriations for the. Settlement of the accounts of the Alabama, State of- Admitted to representation in Congress. Establishment of post routes in the.. Alaska, district of, established.. Alphabetical list of private claims, appropriations for American citizens in foreign states. The rights of........ Apache Indians. Appropriations for the... Appeals from the Court of Claims. Act to provide for........... Prosecution of, by the United States.. Appropriations for the- Academy, Military. Academy, Naval. Aqueduct at Washington.. Agriculture, Department of.. Detection and punishment of persons violating internal revenue law. Collection of revenue.. Dakota, Territory of... Diplomatic expenses.. District of Columbia.. Page, 39 31 72 65, 144 39,78 34 36 84 80 210 209 62, 143 63, 64, 143 25 72 69 86 61,81 69 25 82,91 78 66 27 36 146 41 Tax commissioners for the, legislation concerning. 172 Arizona, Territory of- Appropriations for the..... Surveying the public lands in... Armories, appropriations for the- Army of the United States- Medical publications of the......... Officers dropped from the rolls for absence without leave. Additional compensation for Mrs. Ames's bust of Lincoln.... for soldiers' monument Associations for the statue of General Sedgwick Columns donated to cemeteries as monuments.. Victory, statue of, to be admitted free of duty.. Artificial limbs, to be furnished to certain officers needing them. Assessors of internal revenue, duties of. Assinaboine Indians, appropriations for the Assistant assessors, duties of.. Attorneys General, appointment of, authorized.. Asylum- National, for disabled volunteer soldiers, at Togus, Maine.. 71,87 3, 33, 72 244 35, 147 235 82 234 242 235 243 240 214 100, 106, 107, 110, 126, 127 99, 107, 126, 127, 132, 133 84 229 39 |