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THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Bus. 29, 30, 31. 1863. 827 and documents as are embraced in any existing order for the distribution thereof among the members of either house of Congress. Avrnovmn, March 3, 1863. 1%.29. A1{¢80l1l•lll!7fI ivi theneankso Con essto a' -" , . . [ m,,,,, LM tt a,m’m"’Me. M hieafmnd, ,%’&t2Gt°C$Z57a°f,,,i'fi%€d’$é’3.$- duct in the Balt e of Mutfreesborough, Tennessee. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omzgress assemblenl That. the thanks of Congress The thanks of be, and they are hereby, presented to Major~General William S. Rose- c°“€¥°”(§'“’°° emma, and, through him, to the officers and men under his command, for their distinguished gullautry and good conduct at the battle of Murfrees- crews, his offccrs, borough, Tennessee, where they achieved a signal victory for our arms. '"ld m"' SEO. 2. And be lt further resolved, That the President of the United This resolution States be requested to cause the foregoing resolution to be communicated ";tbf,Q‘;““,&';E‘;Q’ to Major-General Rosecrans, in such terms as he may deem best ealcu- (éuimi Rui,- lated to give effect thereto. cmns, &c. APPROVED, March 3, 1863. [No. 30.] Joint Resolution in Relation tc Telegraph Companies in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1863. [Be it resolved] by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Independent Telegraphoom- Line of Telegraph, a corporation organized under the laws of the State $*;*2:; QQ gf of New York, for the purpose, and with the intention, of constructing a Digtriqgt; of., line of telegraph from Portland, Maine, to Washington city, or any other G°l¤¤l>i¤· corporation or company organized according to law, to construct a line of telegraph, be permitted to use any of the highways, roads, streets, or grounds in the District of Columbia in the extension and operation of their line to, in, and through the city of Washington, and other parts of the District: Provided, however, That the location and construction of any Wfimm *‘P· such line of telegraph within the said District shall not be carried into aw;}?;?? effect. without the written approval of the Secretary of the Interior and terior, &q., to be commissioner of public buildings and grounds first obtained as to the 6‘“ °b“““°d· proper route and course of said line to be followed within the said District of Columbia.: And provided, further, That the use of said highways, tPr;>p¤§z¤S¢ Of; streets, roads, and grounds hereby granted for telegrephio purposes shall isi? zbstiuggd not obstruct the use_ and convenient occupancy of said highways, streets, thereby. roads, and grounds for public or other purposes, as the same are at present used. And all acts heretofore passed and now in force in the District of _ Siieh telegraph Columbia for the protection of telegraph-poles, wires, and corporations, if b° P’°‘ shall be extended to any such line of telegraph. A1>1>n0v1·:1>, March 3, 1863. [No. 31.] A Resolulian to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to oblafn the Tilk l0 certain March 3, 1863. Property in the City of Denver, Colorado Territory, fr; the Purposes of the Branch ""i‘—" Mint located in said Place. Whereas, The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, in order to Preamble. carry into eflect an act entitled "An act to establish a branch mint at 1862, eh. 59. Denver, in the Territory of Colorado," approved April twenty-first, A""» P·38`2· eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has purchased of Messrs. Clarke, Gruber, and Company, the pi-eém[p]tors and occupants thereof, certain city lots in said town of Denver, together with all the valuable improvements thereon: And whereas the said Clarke, Gruber, and Company have not, and caul10f at an early day, perfect their title to said lots by entry of the same at the district land-oilioe, for the sole reason that no such office is yet established in said district: