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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SEAS. I. Rus. 99, 100, 101, 102. 1866. 371 to limit the jurisdiction of the court of olaims," is hereby extended to the °f T°¤• loyal citizens of the State of Tennessee. ' Avrnovmn, July 28, 1866. [No. 100.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Transmission through the Mails, _/ree ry' Post- July 28, 1866- age, of certain Certificates, by the Aehutant- General of New Jersey. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the adjutant—general of Th° ”@1“*°¤*‘ . . . general of New New Jersey be authorized to transmit through the mails, free of postage, y,,,s,,y my ,,,,,,1 certain certificates of thanks awarded by the legislature to the soldiers of frcqby mail that State, under such regulations as the postmaster-general may direct. f,‘;2E;’“;"f,;%Gd APPROVED, July 28, 1866. tcp] thepoyléiiers of at a . |No. 101.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to settle with the Territory July 28, 1860. of Colorado jbr the Militia of said Territory emplgye in the Service of the United States in the Years eighteen hundred and srxtyjbur an eighteen hundred and szxlyjive. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be fghf T:,”l:°°;!° authorized to settle with the proper authorities of the Territory of Colora.— gcmgjnxifi, for do, for the services of the first regiment of Colorado mounted militia, the services of called into the service of the United States on the requisition of Colonel “‘“ "“h°‘“f°'°°“‘ Thomas Moonlight, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for the services of any other militia forces of the said Territory which were employed in the service of the United States on the call of the governor of the Territory in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, allowing in such settlement all amounts paid by the Territory to the said troops for pay, use of horses, clothing and other proper allowances during the time when they were so actually in service, and that he report the amount Amodutfound found to be justly due to said Territory on such account to Congress in December next. Approved, July 28, 1866. [No. 102.] Joint Resolution to prevent the further Enforcement of the Joint Resolution, July 28, 1866- $70. 7 7,) approved July 4, 1864, against Qgicers and Soldiers of the United States, who vebeen honorably discharged, so as to relieve them fiom the further Payment of the special Five Per Cent Income Tax imposed thereby. Wurtnsss by the Joint Resolution (No. 7 7) of Congress, approved July Preamble. fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, a special income tax of five per cent on all incomes exceeding six hundred dollars was directed to be assessed and collected and was enforced generally upon all citizens accessible to the revenue officers, but was not enforced against all our soldiers then in the field in the active service of the country; and whereas since the surrender of the insurrectionary armies, and the disbanding and return of the federal soldiers to their homes, said tax is being with manifest hardship assessed and collected of them in many parts of the country: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said special tax, so imposed, 5,,,,,,;,];,,,,0,,,, shall not be further enforced against officers or soldiers lately in the ser- fu ¤¤¤ to bv vice of tho United States, and who have been honorably discharged there- ggfggjfd from, and that the Secretary of the Treasury direct the proper observ- ohdcers and ance of this resolution by all revenue officers. ¤°1dl°¤· Approved, July 28, 1866.