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THlRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 32, 34, 35. 1862. 619 State of Wisconsin, an additional quantity of public lands subject to private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre equal to the quantity entered by them at two dollars and fifty cents an acre, so that the lands originally entered by them shall thus be reduced to the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Sec. 4. And be it further resolved, That the even sections of public Even sections lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of June third, °f 1“"d* P“°° °£ eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally located route of railroad north of the said town of Appleton, and along which no railroad has been constructed, shall hereafter be sold at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Approved, April 25, 1862. [No. 32.] Joint Resolution relating to the Time of holding the second Session of the Legis- May`?]. 1862- lative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado. W Resolved ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second session of the _ Time of h¤Id· Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado, now fixed by law for Qfnsggiggigfgf the first Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, shall five assembly be postponed by proclamation of the Governor of said Territory until the °f C°l°”d°· Erst Monday in July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. APPROVED, May 21, 1862. 'No. 84.] A Joint Resolution authorizing the Payment of certain Mmzeys hereto/bre ap- J“"° 14» 186% propriatedybr the Completion of the Washz'ngton Aqueduct. WHEREAS by act of Congress, approved June twenty-five, eighteen hun- 1862 °b· 2]]- dred and sixty, there was appropriated for the completion of the Wash- Ame' P' 106` ington Aqueduct five hundred thousand dollars, to be expended according to the plans and estimates of Captain Meigs and under his superintendence; and whereas, while the work was in progress and before it was completed, Captain Meigs was removed from such superintendencc, and certain parties have claims for work done and materials furnished to and for the completion of said aqueduct which have not been paid: Therefore, Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives tf the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the superintendent of the Payment to Washington Aqueduct be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Robert £$“:;th§s°I“°Y" McIntyre and others, according to the amount of their respective claims, l for work done and materials furnished for the Washington Aqueduct, under the direction of Captain H. W. Benham and Lieutenant James St. C. Morton, such sum of money as may be necessary, not to exceed five thousand six hundred and six dollars and sixty cents, out of the sum of money heretofore appropriated as aforesaid: Provided, That no sum or Prvvim sums of money shall be paid under this resolution except such as shall be certified to be just and equitable by General M. C. Meigs. Approved, June 14, 1862. 'N0. 35.] Joint Resolution to change the Name <y" the Barque “Quebec" to the "General J“¤° 17. 1862- Burnside."' Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives eg` the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of the barque The name of "Quebec," late of Kingston, Canada, be changed to that of “General gl;:P}‘;g::Lg“f,; Burnside," of Clayton, New York, and that the Secretary of the Treas- the ·· Gqnggal ury be authorized to issue a register therefor. B“'¤¤id°·" Approved, June 17, 1862.