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406 THIRTY—·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 29,30, 31. 186L ' ’ `nti 0 cial rtso the ationso ———-—-—“""“" 1°“* *N°‘ 2**] A “°""‘°”‘°"'3.'Z"’.1’l."?.§”°.§’,»1;ii'§ o%.‘2is€Zt... R"”° f °"" f Resolved by tlw Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Omcial reports of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and °:.`;£° he is hereby, directed to furnish the superintendent of public printing {swiss, ailhedocu. with copies of all such correspondence, by telegraph or otherwise, reports ¤¤¤¤¤ ¥¤l§ti¤s *0 of commanding officers, and documents of every description in relation to {,1;°,;.‘°f,‘Qg£” t° the existing rebellion, to be found in the archives of his department since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty, to the present time, and during the continuance of said rebellion, which may be, in his opinion, proper to be published, [which] said correspondence, reports, and documents shall be arranged in their proper chronological order. Numberof _ Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the superintendent of public §‘:1Ig§f;:',;‘£_£;m‘ printing shall cause to be printed and bound (in addition to the usual ` number) ten thousand copies of such correspondence, reports, and documents, in volumes of not exceeding (as near as may be) eight hundred octavo pages each, which shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Senate as follows, to wit: ive hundred copies to the War Department; one complete copy to each state library of every state in the Union, and five complete copies to public libraries in each congressional district of the United States, to be designated by the representatives of the present congress from such district; and of the remaining copies three thousand shall be for the use of members of the present Senate and six thousand for the use of members of the present House of Representatives. Complete Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That it shall also be the duty of Eggsé *0 b° P"' the Secretary of War to cause a complete index of the matter contained Pin each volume to be prepared and inserted therein. Resolutions of Sec. 4. And be it further resolved, That all resolutions adopted by ®t¤:;¤¤:l=;i:¢;l¤ either house of congress, at its present session, directing the printing of P,m,,,gg,m,,,d_ any of the correspondence, reports, or documents, as above contemplated, ed. be, and the same are hereby, rescinded. Approved, May 19, 1864. May 19, 1864- [No. 30.] A Resolution _/hr the Phgygoepg of incurred by the Joint Committee on """"""" t act 0 ar. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Appropriation of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dolginfgxxitgc lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, onthe conduct of appropriated, to pay the expenses of the joint committee of congress the W¤· appointed to inquire into the conduct and expenditures of the war; and Howtobe that said sum shall be drawn from the treasury, upon the order of the d¥¤W'¤r &°· secretary of the Senate, as the same shall be required from time to time by the committee having such investigation in charge; and any portion of the amount hereby appropriated that shall be allowed by the said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or to persons employed in its service, for per diem, travelling, or other necessary expenses, and paid by the secretary of the Senate in pursuance of the order of that joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. Approved, May 19, 1864. May 20, 1864. [No. 81.] Joint Resolution relative to Pay of Staf Officers of the .hieulenanl-General. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mlgghgséog States of America in Congress assembled, That the staff officers on the an ueuumuz staff of the lieutenant-general shall be entitled to receive the same pay, general. emolumeuts, and allowances as staif officens of the same grade on the