such property, by lawful authority, for the legitimate purposes of the United States.

APPROVED, June 30, 1864.

[No. 57.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian June 30, 1864.

Regiments.

to be paid.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Claims of officers of the treasury are hereby directed to adjudicate and settle the officers of certain Indian regiments claims of those officers of the fourth and fifth Indian regiments who were commissioned by the War Department, and accepted their appointments, for such time as they, or either of them, were actually performing duty other than that of recruiting for said regiments, and to pay such claims out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, Proviso. however, That no compensation shall be allowed beyond the pay and emoluments incident to the respective rank of the several officers; nor shall any claim be considered or allowed except accompanied by the official certificates or orders of the commanding officer of the regular or volunteer officers of the U. S. army assigning them to such duty. APPROVED, June 30, 1864.

July 1, 1864.

charged with the

to the Milwaukie

to be credited with what.

[No. 59.] A Resolution for the Relief of the State of Wisconsin. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Wisconsin to be Department of the Interior shall, in adjusting the amount due the State proceeds of sales of Wisconsin, under existing laws, as five per centum of the net proceeds of land granted of sales of the public lands within her limits, estimate and charge against and Rock River her the value of the one hundred and twenty-five thousand four hundred canal; and thirty-one and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of land granted to the Territory of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of the Milwaukie and Rock River Canal which have been sold by said territory or said state, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and as much more as the territory and state received upon the same upon sales of any part thereof at a higher price, and shall credit said state with the amount that has been legally and properly applied by said state or territory towards the cost of selling said land and towards the construction of said canal. And the said secretary shall also settle and allow to the Milwaukie and Rock River Canal Company such sums of money as have been properly expended by said company in the survey and location of said canal, in the construction thereof, as far as the same has been constructed, together with dams, locks, and slack-water navigation, and in the management and keeping the same in repair; and the same shall be paid to the said canal company out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding in amount, however, the balance charged against the State of Wisconsin upon the sales of said canal lands, as above required, after deducting the sum allowed said state for money paid by her out of the same fund. The same to be received by said canal company in full payment and satisfaction of all claims of said company against the State of Wisconsin and of the United States on account of said canal land grant, or on account of any action of the Territory or State of Wisconsin, or of the United States, in relation thereto.

Allowance to

the canal company.

Commissioner

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the commissioner of the general land-office be, and he is hereby, appointed commissioner to adjust of general landthe accounts herein provided for, under the supervision of the Secretary office to adjust of the Interior, and to determine what sum shall be charged to said State the accounts. of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the construction of said canal; and what sums shall be credited, respectively, to said state and said com

July 1, 1864.

pany for the moneys expended by them in the construction of said locks and canal as herein provided.

APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

[No. 60.] A Resolution explanatory of the Tenth Section of "An Act to reduce the Expenses of the Survey and Sale of the Public Lands in the United States, approved, May 30, 1862.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tenth section of an act entitled "An act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States," approved the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, providing for the deposit of money in a proper United States depository to pay for the survey of public lands, shall be construed to be an appropriation of the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated in the said tenth section, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the sums deposited under the said section to be placed to the credit of the proper appropriations for the surveying service: Provided, That any excesses in the sums so deposited, over and above the actual cost of the surveys, comprising all expenses incident thereto, for which they were severally deposited, shall be repaid to the depositors respectively.

APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

[No. 61.] A Resolution to authorize the Acquisition of certain Land for the Use of the Government Hospital for the Insane.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to deed to John Perkins a portion of the extreme south point or angle of the farm of the government hospital for the insane, in exchange for two acres of land, more or less, now owned and occupied by the said Perkins, and situated near the middle of that side of the hospital farm which fronts upon the public roads: Provided, That not more than three acres is given for one contained in the last-described piece of land belonging to the said Perkins: And provided, further, That the said Perkins is able to give, and does give, to the United States a good and sufficient title to the piece of land now owned and occupied by him.

[SEC. 2.] And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to defray the expense of moving the dwellinghouse on the present Perkins' tract to the tract exchanged for it, and of digging and walling a well, out of any appropriation already made, or that may be made, for inclosing the grounds of the hospital. APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

[No. 62.] A Resolution regulating the Investment of the Naval-Pension Fund. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy, Moneys belong- as trustee of the naval pension fund, be, and he is hereby, authorized and ing to the naval directed to cause to be invested in the registered securities of the United pension fund States, on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, how to be invested. so much of the said fund then in the treasury of the United States as may not be required for the payment of naval pensions for the then current fiscal year; and upon the requisition of the said secretary, so much of the said fund as may not be required for such payment of pensions accruing dur ing the current fiscal year, shall be held in the treasury on the days aforesaid in each year, subject to his order for the purpose of such immediate investment; and the interest payable in coin upon the said securities in

which the said fund shall be invested, shall be so paid, when due, to the order of the Secretary of the Navy, and he is hereby authorized and directed to exchange the amount of such interest when paid in coin, for so much of the legal currency of the United States as may be obtained therefor at the current rates of premium on gold, and to deposit the said interest so converted in the treasury to the credit of the said naval pension fund; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the payment of naval pensions under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, as now regulated by law.

APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

July 1, 1864.

Preamble.

[No. 63.] Joint Resolution to grant additional Rooms to the Agricultural Department. WHEREAS the space assigned to the department of agriculture in the patent-office building, included between the central crypt and the west wing in the first story on the south front, is entirely inadequate to the necessities of the department, two of the rooms within these limits being used as furnace-rooms for the patent-office, one as a chemical laboratory, and another having recently been taken for the use of the land-office, [Repealed, Ante, leaving but five rooms, with one small storeroom, for the business of the p. 381.] department: and whereas, additional rooms are indispensably necessary for the convenience of the commissioner, for the accommodation of clerks engaged in the collection and compilation of statistics, and in other official duties; for the better accommodation of the operations of the chemist in making agricultural tests, analyses, and experiments, and for the arrangement and exhibition of pomological, entomological, and agricultural specimens, models, and paintings: Therefore,

Additional

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the rooms rooms for the now occupied by the department of agriculture, there shall be, and hereby agricultural deis, assigned to the said department the suite of rooms upon the first floor partment. included between the southwest corner and the western entrance of the patent-office building.

APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

[No. 66.] A Resolution requesting the President to appoint a Day for National Humilia- July 2, 1864. tion and Prayer.

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 requested to appoint a day for humiliation and prayer by the people of the United States; that he request his constitutional advisers at the head of the executive departments to unite with him as the chief magistrate of the nation, at the city of Washington, and the members of congress, and all magistrates, all civil, military, and naval officers, all soldiers, sailors, and marines, with all loyal and law-abiding people, to convene at their usual places of worship, or wherever they may be, to confess and to repent of their manifold sins; to implore the compassion and forgiveness of the Almighty, that, if consistent with His will, the existing rebellion may be speedily suppressed, and the supremacy of the constitution and laws of the United States may be established throughout all the states; to implore Him, as the Supreme Ruler of the world, not to destroy us as a people, nor suffer us to be destroyed by the hostility or connivance of other nations, or by obstinate adhesion to our own counsels, which may be in conflict with His eternal purposes, and to implore Him to enlighten the mind of the nation to know and do His will; humbly believing that it is in accordance with His will that our place should be maintained as a united people among the family of nations; to implore Him to grant to

The President requested to appoint a day for fasting, &c.

July 4, 1864.

our armed defenders and the masses of the people that courage, power of resistance, and endurance necessary to secure that result; to implore Him in His infinite goodness to soften the hearts, enlighten the minds, and quicken the consciences of those in rebellion, that they may lay down their arms, and speedily return to their allegiance to the United States, that they may not be utterly destroyed, that the effusion of blood may be stayed, and that unity and fraternity may be restored, and peace established throughout all our borders.

APPROVED, July 2, 1864.

[No. 67.] Joint Resolution in Relation to the Professors of the Military Academy at West Point.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thirty-first section of the act, entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or the eleventh section of " An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not be construed to abridge the privileges usually allowed to the professors of the military academy, of being absent during the suspension of the ordinary academic studies of that institution.

APPROVED, July 2, 1864.

[No. 68.] A Resolution explanatory of an Act entitled "An Act to increase the Pay of Soldiers in the United States Army, and for other Purposes," approved, June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the word "musicians" in the first section of an act entitled "An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is not to be construed to include musicians, (other than leaders,) employed as members of brigade and regimental bands; but such members of bands shall be paid as heretofore, one fourth of the members of each band thirty-four dollars per month, one fourth of them twenty dollars per month, and the remaining half of them seventeen dollars per month.

APPROVED, July 2, 1864.

[No. 75.] A Resolution to increase the Compensation of Matrons in the Hospitals. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Pay of hospi- of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, hospital matrons shall be entitled to and shall receive ten dollars per month and one ration. APPROVED, July 4, 1864.

tal matrons to be increased.

July 4, 1864.

Appropriation for the relief of the sufferers by the accident at

the Washington

arsenal.

[No. 76.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Sufferers by a late Accident at the U. S. Arsenal in Washington, D. C.

WHEREAS nearly thirty persons, mostly females, were terribly injured, nineteen of them fatally, by an explosion in the cartridge factory at the United States arsenal in Washington, D. C., on the seventeenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and whereas all of the wounded are poor, and dependent upon daily labor for bread, who by this calamity have been deprived of the power to earn their living, and are without the

means to procure the care and comforts necessary to their recovery; Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of the victims of such explosion, said money to be distributed under the direction of Major Benton, commanding at said arsenal, and in such manner as shall most conduce to the comfort and relief of said sufferers, according to their necessities respectively, and that he report to this house. APPROVED, July 4, 1864.

[No. 77.] Joint Resolution imposing a special Income Duty.

July 4, 1864.

Additional income duty for the year ending December 31, 1863.

When to be

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the income duty already imposed by law, there shall be levied, assessed, and collected on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, a special income duty upon the gains, profits, or income for the year ending the thirty-first day of December next preceding the time herein named, by levying, assessing, and collecting said duty of all persons residing within the United States, or of citizens of the United States residing abroad, at the rate of five per centum on all sums exceeding six hundred dollars, and the same shall be levied, assessed, estimated, and collected, except as to the rate, according to the provisions of existing laws for the collec- levied, collected, tion of an income duty, annually, where not inapplicable hereto; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as to time and mode, or other matters, to enforce the collection of the special income duty herein provided for, as may be necessary: Provided, That in estimating the annual gains, profits, or income, as aforesaid, for the foregoing special income duty, no deductions shall be made for dividends or interest received from any association, corporation, or company, nor shall any deduction be made for any salary or pay received. APPROVED, July 4, 1864.

[No. 78.] Joint Resolution explanatory of a Joint Resolution relative to Pay of Staff Officers of the Lieutenant-General.

&c.

_ July 4, 1864. See Ante, No. 31. p. 406.

officers of the

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution relative to pay of staff officers of the lieutenant-general, approved May Pay of staff twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be so construed as to lieutenantentitle all the staff officers on the staff of the lieutenant-general to general. receive the pay, emoluments, and allowances of cavalry officers of the same grade.

APPROVED, July 4, 1864.