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FOB/].`Y—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rus. 59, 60, 62. 1870. 377 [N0. 59.] Joint Resolution donating Cannon to the McPherson Monument MAY ll. 1870. 8BOC? · Be it resolved by the Senate and Himsa of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, C°“d°'””°d and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the McPherson xngdgrgggsfog Monument Association such number of condemned bronze guns as may Monumentabe required by said association to be used in the erection or ornamen- “°°mi°"· tatgm of a monnpienti to megate Major—General James B. McPherson. PPROVED, ay , . [N0. 60.] .kintResolu1iun to amend the Act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy. _May 11, 1870. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first proviso in the act First proviw approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, which pre- °f1§‘E% h 56 scribes the conditions under which the disbursement of the appropria- Arita;;.-89,, tions therein contained, for defmying expenses incurred in carrying into ¤°* *9 **PPlY *•° gifect the is to préovidle {pr the) mgred eiiicient government of the rebel °'°` rates,' s a e ma e, s a not e e to a to accounts for services rendered, or for supplies furnished, under regxiilaltions or orders issued by the respective commanders of the several military districts under the authority of the seventh section of the act of March twenty-third, eighteen my Cb_ 6 §·;_ hundred and sixty-seven, and which accounts shall have been duly certi- Vol; xv. 4. fied and audited and have been approved, and the payment ordered by said commanders. Approved, May 11, 187t- [N0. 62.]W_J0ini lksolutionfor the Belle/`qf Helen Lincoln and Heloise Lincoln, dml for May 15, 1870. the ithholding of Money: Tribes of Indians holding American Captive:. 'i"""*‘ WHEREAS, The Kiowa Indians, on or about the fifth day of January, Preamble. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, captured in Cook county, in the State of Texas, two female children, whose family name is unknown, aged about three and five years, after having murdered the parents and all the known relatives of said children; and whereas said children have recently been recovered from said Indians, and are now in the care of J. H. Leavenworth, aud are without any means of support ; therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oangress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- TW0 ¤¤°¤S¤¤d rior is hereby directed to reserve from any annuities due or to become due EQ; ggggfgl ggb to said Kiowa Indians the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars for reseryed from each one of said children, and cause the same to be placed to their credit *E::£_’;:£;m on the books of the treasury of the United States, to bear interest at the fo, Hem md rate of five per centum per annum, and use from time to time the income Heloise Li¤¢°l¤· from the same in such manner as he may deem expedient for their maintenance, education, and support, during their lifetime, until they attain the age of twenty-One years, when the principal shall be paid them ; and the elder of said children shall be hereafter known as Helen Lincoln, and the younger as Heloise Lincoln. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That if either said Helen Lincoln Provisions or said Heloise Lincoln should die without issue, the eniire amount due gI*}Sgigg’° *1***** the decedent shall revert to the United States, and should both die without issue, the whole sum shall revert to the United States; but if either said Helen Lincoln or said Heloise Lincoln, or both, have lawful issue, then at the death of either parent the amount due to her in her own right shall become the inheritance of her issue. Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior M<>¤{g1¤*;}E_ be authorized and required to withhold from any tribe of Indians who glgglwzghoxd may hold American captives any moneys due them from the United States American c¤p—