interest at tbe rate of seven and ttvee
tenths per centum per oanum, and to be
redeemable within five yesrs from the
date of ia&uej The said certificates not
to be of less denomination than fifty dol
lars, and to be receivable lor taxes due
said corporation to such amount yeaily
as 8 id corporation may designate hy
Uw; uut, however, to exceed fifty per
centum of the Amount due by sny tax
payer. And said certificates shall be
uod for n other purpose than tbe pay
ment of the ascertained indebtedness ol
tbe corporation of Washington to (he
tilth day of June, eighteen hundred and
seventy.
Sec. 7. And bi it furlhtr enacted,. That
the Sergant-at-arnis of the Senate bB,
and be Is hereby ruthorieed and directed
to purchase two exhaust faas, one engine,
exhaust pipes, and so forth, fur the re
moval of the impure air of tbe Senate
chamber, and there is hereby appropriat
ed the- sum of five thousand dollars to
ttarucAse the same, or so much thereof aB
may be necessary : Provided, That the
improvements be made under th tuper
vision of tbe engineer of the Senate, and
that jhe Joint Committee on Ventilation
be directed to inxuire into the practica
cability and expense of making meh al
terations iu the Senate chamber and the
ball of ebe House of Representatives as
will bring said chamber and hall to the
exterior of the building.
Sic, 8. And be it further enacted, That
thaact approved March three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine, making- an ap
propriation for the completion of tbe
custom house, court house, and post-office
building is Keoxville, East Tenner
seee, was intended to inclnde and revive,
and thall be deemed and held to include
and revive all former unexpended appro
priations for the same object.
Ssc. 9. And be tt further entitled, That
the payment for transportation of public
stores, provided for in A resolution for
the relief ot John E. Reeside," passed
by the present Congress, shall be made
in accordance with the orders and de
csees ot tbe supreme court of the District
of Columbia.
Sec. 10. And be it further evicted. That
t the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby
' nnincriced and required to ascertain, or
' cause to be ascertained, tee amount ef
expenses necessarily incurred by tbe ter
ritorial authorities of Hoolana for arms
and supplies of the volunteer forces cal
led out to suppress Indian hostilities in
tbe territory of Montana ia the year
eighteen hundred and . sixty seven, acd
report to Congress at the next session
tbe n iiui-s of the persons entitled to relief,
together with a statement of tbe facts and
sums upou which such report may be
baaed.
SkC. II. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized 10" pay such persons as were
actually employed ia tbe insurrectionary
Staiesiu connection with the Treasury
Department, office I J of the United
States, duiiog the year eighteen hundred
and Sixty-five or eighteen hundred : and
ix;y six, iu connection with the reve
nues of the government, compensation at
the rates provided by law lor service ren
.-J a k. . . I .
suQicient fur that purpose is hereby ap
propriated out of any money not other
wise appropriated.
See. 12. And be it further enacted. That
two" hundred and 'twenty-five thousand
dollar;, or eo much thereof as may be ne
cessary, be, and the same ia hereby, ap
propriated to construct a good and sub
stantial pier ot Hone or iron in the Dela
ware buy, at or near Lewes, in Sussex
county, m the State cf Delaware, out of
ny money in tbe treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and te be expended under
the direction cf tbe Secretary of War.
Sec. 13. And bo it further enacted. That
ct may and snail be lawful for tbe presi
dent, directors, and company of tbe
Junction aod Breakwater railroad, in tbe
State of Delaware, to extend their rail
road upoo and over said pier, and freely
to use said pier in connection with their
said mad, subject to such regulations
and charges for maintenance and . repairs
as the Secreta-y of War rosy adopt.
Sic 11. And be it further enacted. That
the Secretary of the Interior is hereby
directed to wiihol patents for any portion
of the lauds know u as the Black Bob In
dian lands iu Kansas, and also to with
hold his approval of all transfers of said
lands, and to permit peaceable occupancy
by all settlers or Indiana now residing
thereon, omit further action of Congress
in relation thereto, without prejudice to
existing rights.
Approved, July 15, 1870.
Pcatic Wo. 185
AN" ACT making appropriations fur the
snpport of the army for the year ending
Jon thirty, eighteen baud red and seven
cy-oae, and fur other purposes;
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Iteprrtentalive of ttte y niteavtMe ofAmer
tea its Congrett Attembled, . .
That the lollowiog soma be, and tbe same
are hereby, appropriated oat of any moneys
in tbe treaxury not otherwise appropriated,
for the support of tbe army fur tbe year end
inu the thirtieth of J one, eighteen hundred
aud seventy -one i
For expenses of recruiting- and transporta
tion of recruita, for band red and seventy -two
thousand dollars.
For pay of the army, twelve million nine
hundred and thirty ij re thousand three hun
dred and ninety dollars.
Foe commutation in lie a of forage for offi
cer' where the ume are out furnished by the
(Jiiarteraiuatas- s Department, two thousand dot
lata. ,-,
' for 'payment's to discharged soldier for
cIcthiOK uut drawn, two hundred thousand
dollars. Aud Use proper accounting officers of
sue treasury arc hereby authorized aud re
quired to l rainier from any surplus ef the
or of the volunteers," not otherwise disposed
of by law, such sum as may be sufficient to
cover deficiencies iu tbe Oj-propriatieus for
payments to discharged soldiers for clothing
not drawn, " for the fiscal year ending Juno
tairueta, eighteen tisnorej ana Mventy. -
Kor subsistence in kind for regular troops
and employe es. four million thirteen thou
sand nine hundred and seventy-seven dol
lars and twenty-two eents.
For contingencies of the army, eighty thou
sand dollars.
For army medical museum, five thousand
dollars.
For medical and ether necessary works for
the library of Surgeon General a "ofHcei three
thousand dollars.
For expenses of Commanding General's
office, five thousand dollars.
For expenses of the signal service of the
army, live thousand dollars.
For reenlar rnpi'lioj of the Onartermaatar'a
department. t wits Kor the regular sap
plies of the Quartermaster's department, con
sisting of fuel fur officers, enlisted men,
guards; hospitals, storehouses, and offices; of
rorage in kiiiu t r tne noises, moles, and
oxen of the Qu .r term aster's department at the
several po la and stations, end with the armies
in the liel.i, fo the horses of the several rout
menu of cavalry, the batteries of artillery,
aud such companies ef infantry as may be
mounted, aud for tbe authorized number of
officers' horses when serving in the field, and
of the outposts, including bcddinir for the ani
mals ; fnuw for soldiers' bedding; and of
stationery, incl-.ilini blatikbtoks for the
Quartermaster's department, and fir printing
of division uiid department orders and reports,
four mill ou live hundred thousand dollar.
For the' general and iucideuat expenses of
tbe Q.turteriua.-ler's department, consisting of
postage on letters and packets received and
sent by officers of the army on pnblic service ;
expenses of courts-martial, military commis
sions, and courts of inquiry, including the ad
ditional compensation of judge advocates, re
corders, members, and witnesses while on that
service, under the act of March sixteen,
eighteen hundred and tw ; extra pay to sol
diers employed tmdar the direction of the
Quartermaster's department, iu the erection of
barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hospitals,
in the construct iou of roads, aud other con
stant labor, for periods ot uot loss than ten
days, under the acts ef MttrcSi two. eighteen
hundred and nineteen, and Augnst four, eigh
teen hnudred und HTty four, iuclnding tboae
employed at division and department head
quarters; expeuaes of expreesas to and from
the frontier posts and armies in the field ; of
escorts to paymueteis aad other disbursing
officers, and to trams where military escorts
cautiot be tarnished ; expenses of the inter
ment of officers killed in action, or who die
when on duty in the held, or at posts on the
frontiers, or at posts and other places when
ordered by the Secretary of War, and ot non
commissioned officers aud soldiers ; authoriz
ed office furnltdre : hire of laborers in the
Quartermaster's department,' iucludiug the
hire of interpreters, spies, aud guides for the
army ; compensation of clerks to officers of
tbe Quartermaster's department ; compensa
tion of torae and wagou masters, authorized
by the act of July five, eighteen hundred aud
thiity eight ; for the apprehension of desert
ers, and tbe expenses incident to their pur
suit; and for the following expenditures re
quired for the several regiments of cavalry,
the batteries of light artillery, aod such com
panies of iulautry as may he moauted, viz :
the purchase of travel ing fora, blacksmiths'
and ehoeiug loots, horse aud mule ahees aud
nails, irou and steel fot shoeing : hire ef
veterinary sorgeous, medicines for horse's and
mules, picket ropes, and for ohoeinK the boruei
of the corps named : also, generally, the pro
per aud authorized expensed for the move
ment aud operations of an army, not expre-s
ly assigned to any other department, eig'jt
hundred thousand dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance made to offi
eera of the army i lor the trauxportati.m of
themselves aud theie baggage, when travel
mg ou duty without iruops, escorts, or sup
piles, fifty thousand dollars
For tukiug meteorological observations and
giving notice oh northern lakes and seaboard
of approach ond force of storms, Buy thou
sand dollars.
For tbe transportation of the army, includ
ing baggage of the troops when muvi'ug either
by lond or water, of cloLbing, camp, and irar
risou equipage from the depots ot I'hiladel
pbia, Cincinnati, and New Vork jo tbe sev
oral posts and army depots, uad from thoe
depots to the troops ia the held ; and of sub
sisteuce stores ftom the places of purchase
and from the places of delivery under con
tract, to such places as the circumstances of
the service may require them to be seat ; of
ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms
from tne fouuderiea and armories to the
arsenals, fortifications, frontier pods and
army depots, freights, wbaiiae, tolls', and
ferriages ; the purchase and hire of horses
mule.-, oxen, aud harness, aud the purchase
aud repair of naifons, carts: aud di. .. ..f
ships and other sea going vessels, and boats
require u isr lue transportation of supplies and
lor garrison purposes ; for drapes aad cart
age at the several posts, hire of teamsters.
transportation ot funds lor the pay and other
disbursing eepartments, ths expense of sailing
pnblic transports on the various rivers, the
tJuif ol Mexico, and tbe Atlantic aud the Pa
cilU.; ljr procuring water at such posts as,
from their situation, require it to be brought
Irom a distance; aud lor clearing roads and
removuig obstructions from roads, harbors
and rivers to the extent which may be re
quired for the actual operations of the trsopi
u the held, five million dollars.
For hire or couimutaliou of quarters f r
officers on military duty, hhe of quarters for
troops. f storehouses lor the safe keeping of
military stores, aud of grounds lor summer
cantonments ; tor the const rue lion of tempo,
rary huts, hospitals, and stables; and for re
pairing public buildings at established posts, 1
ktcb uuuureu Mtm uuy tnuuaaud dollars
For tbe ordnance service required to defray
the current expenses at tbe arsenals, of re
ceiving stores aud issuing arms and other
ordnance supplies, of police and office duties,
of rents, tolls, feel, and lights; of stationery
and office furniture ; of tools and instruments
for use ; of public animals, forage; and ve
hicles ; incidental expenses of the ordnance
service, including those attending practical
trials aad tests of erdaanee, Small arms, and
other ordnance supplies, one hundred and
hfty thousand dollars: Provided, That no
money appropriated by this aet shall be used
to pay for any new cannon or small arms. :
For establishing and maintaining national
cemeteries, three hundred thousand dollars:
Provided, That twenty thousand dollars of
mis amount oa expended in planting and cul
tivating trees and shrubs in the several cemeteries.
Src. 2. And be it further enacted. That
the president be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed,, on or before tbe first day of
July, eighteen hundred ond seventy-one, to
reduce the number of enlisted men in tbe
army to thirty thousand, aod thereafter there
Shall he no more than thirty thou-and enlisted
men in the army, at any its time, unless
Otherwise authorized by law. ...
Bee. S. Ah J be ft further enacted. That
the President be, and be is hereby, author
ized, st his discretion, honorably to discharge
from the service of the United States oQiceri
of the army who may apply therefor on or be
fore the first ef Jaaaary next ; and snch of
ficers so discharged nndor the provisions of
this aet shall he entitled lo receive, in ad
dition to the pay ml allowances due them at
the date of their discharge, one years' pay
and allowances.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted. That
the President be, and be is hereby, authorized,
at his discretion, to place on the retired list of
tho army, on their own application, any com
missi ed officers who have been thirty years
in the service, and the officers who may be rc
.tircd by virtue of this scetion shall be en
titled to the same pay and emoluments as are
now allowed, or may be hereafter allowed, to
officers retired from aotive service.
Sac. 5. And be it further enacted. That
tho proviso of the sixteenth section of the act
approved August three, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, limiting the number of officers on
the rctirqyl list to seven per centum of tbe
whole number of existing officers, be, and the
some is horeby, repealed ; and hereafter the
number of officers who may be retired in ac
cordance with existing laws shall be in the dis
cretion of the President : Provided, That tho
whole number on the retired list shall at no
time exceed three hundred.
Sec 6. Aad be it further enacted. That
the offices of General and Lieutenant General
of the srary shall continue nntil a vaeancy
shall occur in the came, and no longer ; and
when such vacancy shall occur in either of
said offices, immediately thereupon all laws
snd parts of laws creating said office shall be
come inoperative, and shall, by virtue of this
act, from thenceforward ce held to he repealed.
S?EC. 7. Anii be it further enacted. That
no appoinfuient to tho grade of major gen
eral shall be made until the number of officers
of that grado is. reduced below three, after
which the number of major generals shall not
exceed three.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That
no appointment to the g'rade of brigadier gen
eral shall be made uutil the number of officers
of that grade is reduced below six ; after
which the number of brigadier generals shall
not exceed six.
Skc. 9. And be it further enacted. That
the grade of regimental commissary in the
several cavalry regiments U hereby abolished j
aud the lieutenants now holding tho appoint
ments of regimental commissary may be as
signed for duty to companies of their regi
ments, and shall fill the first vacancies that
may occur in their respective grades of first or
second lieutenant in the regiments to which
they now belong ; aud nothing herein con
tained shall scet their relative rank with
other lieatenants of their grade.
"Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That
the grades of regtiuents.1 commissary sergeant
and regimental hospital stewapd are hereby
abolished. The number of corporals in each
company of cavalry, arrillery, and infantry
shall be reduced to four ; and the said non
commissioned officers shall have the privilege
of receiving an honorable discharge, with full
pay and allowances to date thereof, if they
shall so elect, in preference to remaining -n
tbe service in such other grades as may be as
signed to them by tbe Secretary of War.
Sec 11. And be it further enacted. That
the Ueneral of the Army aad commanding of
ficers of the several military departments of
tbe army, shall, as soon as practicable alter
the passage of this act, forward to the secre
tary of Var a list of officers serving in their
respective commands deemed by them unfit
for the proper discharge of their duties from
any cause except injuries incurred or disease
contrasted in tbe line of their duty, setting
forth speeifieatly ia each case the cause of
such uubtness. the c-ecrctary ot War is here
by authorized and directed to eonstitute
board to consist of one major jreneral, one
brigadier general, and three colonels, three of
said officers to be selected from among those
appointed to tbe regular army on account of
distinguished services m the volunteer loree
during tbe late war, aud on recommendation
of such board the President shall muster .out
of the service any of the said officers so re
ported, with one year's-psy ; but snch muster
out shall not be ordered witaeut allowing snen
offiacr a hearing before snch board to show
cause against at.
Skc. li And be it fnrther enacted. That
tho President is hereby authorized to transfer
oijjcers from the regiments or cavalry, artil
lery, and infantry to tbe list of snpernumera
r:cs ; acd all vacancies now existing, or wbieh
may occur prior to the first day of January
next, in the cavalry, artillery, or infantry, by
reason of such transfer, or from other causes,
shall be filled in due proportion by the super
numerary officers, having xeference to rank
seniority, and fitness, as provided ia existing
law regulating promotions in tbe army.' And
if any supernumerary officers shall remain af
ter the first Jay of January next, they shall
be honorably murtered out of the service with
one year's pay and allowances: Provided,
That vacancies now exi.-ting in the grade of
second lieutenants, or which may occur prior
to said date, may be filled by tbe assignment
of supernumerary first lieutenants; or officer?
of higher grades, who, when so assigned shall
rank as second lieutenants, promoting I pro v id
ed such officers (ball prefer to be s assigned
instead of being mustered out under the pro
visions of this section ; and officers so assign
ed shall take rank from the date of their orig
inal entry into the service : And provided fur
ther. That chaplain be appointed to posts or
regiments until those on waiting orders are as
signed.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That
the professors of the United States Military
Academy, whose service ia the army acd ae
the academy exceeds thirty-fire years, shall
have tbe pay ef colonel, and these whose dike
set vice is less than thirty-five, bet exceeds
twenty-five years, shall have the par or 1m
tenant colonel ; and all other professors shall
have tbe pay of major ; and hereafter there
shall be allowed end paid to said professors
ten per eentum of their eurren yearly pay for
each and every term of five years continuous
service : Provided, That' such addition shall
in no ease exceed forty per eoatont ef said
yearly oav : and said pro Tests rs tarn bereey
placed upon the same footing as regards re
tirement from adtire service as officers in the
army. - .'
Sao. 14 And be if farther enacted- That
tbe pay and allowances of tbe enlisted men of
tne aJmy suau remain as now hin uj w u
til tbe thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
eevedty-one; and it shall be unrawfol for any
officer to one anv enlisted man as a sevvaat ia
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted. That
taction two or ta act entitled V An act aiaa
ing appropriations for- the support of the ar
my for the year ending June thirty,-eighteen
' hundred and sixty-eight," and for other Mr
poses,'.' approved Match two, t igbteea hundred
and sixty-seven, ire, ma tus tsan wmuj
Skc 16. Artd be it further sujsjctej. That
eeraafUir no officer shall be entitled to wear
r white on duty any uniform ether than that of
bis actual rank, 'on aooouut of navratc Ween
bre vetted i nor shall be be addressed ia eveWre
orifficial communications by aay title other
tbati that of his actual rank.
j Sec. 17. And -be it further nseetetf, That
the President T the United uuuea state s,
and he is hereby, anthorizd to drop from the
rolls ot tne army torcetertion any omrer who
is novr, or who may hereafter be, absent from
dutv three month without leave ; aud any of
ficer so dropped shall forfeit all pay and allow
ances due or to become due, aud shall uot be
eligible for reappointment.
Sc. 18. And be it farther enacted. That
it shall not be lawful for any officer of the ar
my of the United States on the active list to
hold any civil office, whether by election or
appointment, and any such officer accepting or
exercising thefunctious of a civil office shall
at once cease to be an officer of the army, aud
ins commisstou suau tie vacated tbereoy.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted. That
nothing in this act shall be construed to pie
em ma sniguiueui iu uulj, hb uuuaiuimi sec
ind lieutenants of tbe graduates of the Milita
ry Academy.
Sec 20. And be it fnrther enacted. That
the Secretary of War shall prepare a system
of general regulations far the administration
of the affairs of the army, which, when ap
proved by Congress, shall ho in iorce and
obeyed uutil altered or revoked by the same
authority ; and said regulations shall be re
ported to Congress at its next session : Pro
vided, That said regulations shall not be in
consistent with the laws of the United States.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted. That
the Secretaries of War and Navy be, and they
are hereby, authorized and directed so to ar
range the course of studies and the order of
recitations at the Military aad Naval Acad
emies that the students in said institutions
will not be required to pursue their studies on
Sunday.
Sec. 22. Aad be it farther enacted, Tbat
from aud after the passage of this act the Sec
retary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized
t ) permit one or more trading establishments
to be maintained at any- military post on the
frontier not in the vicinity of any city or
town, when, in his judgment, such establish
ment is needed for the accommodation of em-
rants, freighters, and other citizens ; and
tho persons to maintain such trading estab
lishment shall be appointed by him ; Provid
ed,. That such traders shall be andcr protec.
lion and military control as camp followers.
The joint resolution approved -March thirty,
eighteen hundred aad sixty-seven, to author
ize the eommaading ueneral of tbe Army to
permit traders to remain at certain military
posts is hereby repealed.
Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, Thit
any retired officer may, on bis own application,
be detailed to serve as protessor in any col
lege ; but while so serving such officer shall
be allowed no additional compensation.
Sec. 21. And be it' further enacted. That
the pay of the officers of the army shall be as
follow Tbe pay of tbe Geneial shall be '
thirteen thousand five huudred dollars a year ;
Lieutenaut Ueneral shall be eleven thousand
lollard a year ; tbe pay of major general shall
be seven thousand five hundred dollars ; the
pay of brigadier general shall be five theu
saud five hundred dollars ; tbe pay of colonel
shall be three thousand five huudred dollars;
the pay of lieutenant colonel shall be three
thousand dollars; the pay of major shall be
two thousand five hundred dollars ; tbe pay of
captain, mounted, shall be two thousand dol
lars; tbe pay of captain, not mounted, shall
be eighteen hundred dollars ; the pay of ad
jutant shall ba eighteen hundred dollars ; tbe
pay of first lieutenant, mounted, snail be six
teen hundred dollars ; the pay ot first lieuten
ant, not mounted, shall be nfteen hundred
dollars; the pay of second lieutenant, mount
ed, shall be fifteen hundred dollars ; the pay
of second lieutenant, not mounted, shall be
fourteen hundred dollars; the pay of chap
lain shail be fifteen hundred dollars ; the pay
of aid de-eamp te major general shall bo two
hundred dollars per annum in addition to pay
of bis rank ; the pay of aid-de-camp to brig
adier general shall be one hundred and n.ty
dollars per annum in addition U pay of his
rank ; the pay of acting assistant commissary
shall be one hundred dollars in addition to par
of his rank ; and there shall b allowed and
paid to each and every commissioned, officer
below tne run a or origauwr general, mciuu
ine chaplains and others having assimilated
rank or pay, ten per centum of their current
yearly pay for each and every term of five
years or service: Provided, mat tne -total
amount of such inorease for length of service .
shall in no case exceed forty per eentum on
the yearly pay of his grade as established by
this act: And provided further. That the pay
of a colonel shall in no ease exceed four thou
sand firehun.lred dollars per annum, nor the
pay of a lieutenant eolonel four thousand dol
lars ner annum, -and these sums shall be in
foil of alt commutation of quarters, fuel, for-
aee, servants wages and clothing, longevity
rations, and all allowances of every name and
nature whatever, and seall be paid inontbly
by the paymaster : Provided, That fuel , quar
ters, and forage in kind may be inraisbed to
officers by tbe Quartermaster's department, as
now allowed by law and regulations : And
provided further, That when any officer shall
travel under orders, and.shall not be furnish
ed transportation by the Quartermaster's de
partment, or on a conveyance belonging to or
chartered by the United States, he shall be al
lowed ten cents per mile, and no more, for
each mile actually by him traveled under such
order, distances to be calculated according to
tbe nearest post routes ; and no payment shall
be made to any .officer except by, a paymaster
of tbe army. . Officers retired from active ser
vice shall receive seventy-five per centum of
the- pay. ef the rank upoo which they are re
tired. ' . . - , ,
See. "l5. And be fnrther tmaeird,' That
every private soldier and effieer who faas serv-v
ed in the army of the United States daring
the rebellion, for ninety days, aad remained
loyal to the government, and evsry seaman,
marine, and officer, or ether pers-in, who has
served fa the nary of the United States, or in
f-tfae marine corps or revenue marine, during
the rebellion, for ninety days, and remained
loyal to the government, shall, on payment of
the fee or commission to any regis or receiver
of aay land office required by law, be entitled
to enter one quarter section of land, not min
eral, of the alternate reserved sections of pub
lie lands along the lines of any one ef the
railroads er ether public works in the United
Btateav wherever public lands have been er
may be granted by acts of Congress, and Ce
rcooive a patent therefor under and by virtae
of the provisions of the aet to secure home
tends to actaai settlers en the pnbtie domain
Sad tho acts amundatory theoeef, and oa tbe
terms aud eoBditsons therein prescribed ; aad
alt the provisions or said acts, except as here
in modified, shall extend aad he applicable to
entries under this act, aad the Commissioner
ef the Geaeral Inad Office ia hereby author
hied Is prescribe the necessary rules aad re (re
lations te carry this section into efiet, and -de-termioe
all fasts necessary therefor.
i Approved, July 1, 1870.
fa oiio Kssoiution No. 91 A
JOIST RESOLUTION giving condemned
cannon to decorate the Soldiers' Burial
Plot at White Plains, New York.
Beit enacted resolved by the Senate and
Uouee of Representative of the United Slate
of America in Congrtes Attembled
That the Secretary of War bo, and he here
by is, authorized to donate four condemned
cannon and twenty-eight balls to tbe "White
Plains Veteran Association," "to decorate mo
Soldiers' Plot at tbat place.
Approved, July 15, 1870.
rptrsuc EssoLBTioa No. 83. .
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary
of War to take charge of tbe Gettysburg
and Antietam national cemetries.
Resolved by the Senate and floute of Jier-
retentativea of the United States of America
in Congret attembled:
That tbe Secretary of War be, and is hereby,
directed to accept and take charge of the Sol
diers' National cemetery at Gettysburg, Penn
sylvania, and the Antietam National ccmetry
at Sharpsburg, Maryland, whenever the com
missioners and trustees having charge of said
cemetries are ready to transfer their care to
the eeneral government. That when the
Tiforc-mentioncd cemetries are placed under
tbe control of the Secretary of w ar, that they
be taken care of and maintained fn accord
ance with the provisions of tho act of Con
gress entitled "An act to establish and protect
national . cemeteries," approved February
twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven. Approved, July It, 1870.
Public ptfecrottoc So. S2 J
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the dona
tion of certain property of the United
States, in the city of Galveston, State of
Texas, to said city.
Resolved by the Senate and ITovse of Repre
sentatives of the United States of Americss'
in Congress assembled.
That the buildings, barracks, fences, sheds,
cisterns, and so forth, the property of the
United States, in the city of Galveston, State
of Texas, now abandoned by the United'
States troops, and ordered to be sold at publia
auction, under tbe direction of the Quarter
master's department, be, and . the same aro
hereby, donated as hereinafter provided to
said city of Galvestov, for the purpose of aid
ing the oity in holding agricultural, mechani
cal and horticultural fairs, and in developing
tbe agricultural and mechanical resources ef
said State; or for such other public uses as
may seem good to the authorities of said eity
of Galveston: Provided That this resolution -shall
not be construed to convey any title in
the grounds whereon the said buildings, bar
raeks, fauces, sheds, cisterns, and so forth,
are situated, or any authority to demolish or
destroy the same, but to be held to be returned
to the United States whenever required for
any purpose for the nse of the government. .
Approved, July 15, 1870.
Public Resolution No. 84.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs to appoint guardians
or trustees for minor Indian children who
may be entitled to pensions or bounties un
der thoexisting laws. 1(u
Whereas sundry Indians served in the fed
eral army, some of whom died in the service
snd others since, leaving minor heirs;, and
whereas there is no provision of law for said
minor Indians to obtain bounties, backpay, or
other benefits to which their ancestor was en
titled: Therefore,
Be U resolved bv ths Benats and House- ef Hep
rissntatives f Ms United States of America m
Congress attembled : . ,
That the Commissioner of Indian affairs is
hereby anthorized and empowered to appoint
guardians or trustees of any of said minors;
and to take bond and security for the perform
ance of snch duties: and such guardian. r
trustee shall be anthorized to collect from the
government all such back pay, bounties, and
pensions te which said minors may be entitled,
and to expend tbe same for the use and benefit
of such minors, with the consent snd under
the direction of any eoart of record f the
United Slates or of any Territory having Ju
lisdietion at the where such minors may re
side: Pi orided, Thst the terms of . the loreg -ing
resolution shall not apply to the Chero
kee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, oi Seminole
nations of Indians, or eooflict in any manner
with tbe provisions of the treaties of eighteen
hundred and sixty-six with tnose nations: Pro
vided further. That the provisions of this re
solution shall extend only to Indians serving
in the ninth regiment of Kansas cavalry.
Approved, July 14, 1870.
Public Resolution No. ! 9.
JOINT RESOLUTION granting condemned
cannon for tbe erection of soldiers' monu
ments! .
SetdetM by the Senate and Bouse of Reprmm .
lativtt of the United States of America tm Oses-
greet attesmetei t
That the- Secretary of War is hereby an-'
thorized and directed to deliver to the Ladies
Soldiers, Monument Association ef the city of
Bridgeport, Connecticut, eight pieces ef con
demned iron ennnon, to be osed in the erec
tion of a monument on Sea Side Park, in said-,
city of Bridgeport, to the memory of the sol
diers who fell in the war of the rebellion. ,
See. S. And be it further resolved. That,
the Secretary of War be, and he hereby ia, 41- -rested
to deliver four condemned pieces of iron -ordnancelo
each of the following places, vis:..
Quinsy, Illinois; Morristowa, Morris county.
New Jersey; Eastford, Connecticut; Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania; Jersey City, New Jersey;
Gardiner, Maine; lleightstown. New Jersey;
the Ladies Monument Association of Peoria,
Illinois; the National Soldiers' Cemetery, at .
Grafton, West Virginia; the Franklin County
Monumental Association, - Chambers burg,
Pennsylvania; to be used In the erection ef
soldiers' monuments, or in the ernsmcntaticn
ef the same: Provided, that no expense he in
curred by the government for the transporta
tion of the same. . . ' - .
; Bee, 3.. And, be it further resolved, .Tart
the Secretary of War be and be is hereby, an- .
thorised to place at the disposal of the Lin
coln Monumest Association, incorporated Jby
act of Congress, so much damaged and cap-
tared bronze and brass ordnance as may be
necessary out of which to east the principal
figures of said monument, from time to tuna
as the models are aoiapleted. . '
Approved, July 15,1870.
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