566 THIRTY-—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 14, 15, 16, 17. 1867. curators of sci· pomted or chartered scientific institutions to withdraw alcohol in specified "“°m°l“‘m“' uantities from bond without a ment of the internal revenue tax on the tidns without q . . P .y . . pq-men; of in. same, or on the spmts from whxeh the alcohol has been distilled for the
- °*'¤¤lt¤ fm'- sole and exclusive u ose of reservin s ecimens of anatom h si.
&°_“P°n giving _ P_l'P P _ B_ P_ _ _ _ _Y¤P Y bond, M_ ology,.or of natural hxstory belonging to said mstntutions. Provzded, That the send curators; on applyrng for such permit, mall tile a hlond for doubt; t e amount 0 the tax on the a 00 0 to e wit rawn, wit two goo an _ sulhcieut sureties who shall not be officers of the institution makinv aipb°S_?*m°¤* °*` plication ; said hond and sureties to be approved by the eommissioder of internal revenue; and conditioned that the whole quantity of alcohol so withdrawn from bond shall be used for the purpose above specified and for no other, and that the curators shall comply with such other requirements and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. _!;¢1{¤ify for And if any alcohol so obtained shall be used by any curator or other vl° °"l°" °f °°“" ofllcer of said institution for any purpose other than that above specified, ditions of bond. _ . _ then the said curators, ofiicers or sureties, shall s. the tax on the whole P 7 amount of alcohol withdrawn from bond, together with a like amount as a penalty in addition thereto. Arenovnn, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18, 1867. [N0. 15.] A Resolution in Rehlion to Ocean Mail Se·rvz`ce between San Francisco, in """'j"""' Calgfbrnia, and Portland, in Oregon. Resolved Fg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Oqun mail States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be,
- g’;*g;*;f,f§j¤ and he is hereby, authorized to employ ocean mail service between San
and roygiaud, Francisco, m California, and Portland, m Oregon, not less than three 0¤S°¤· times per month, in continuation of the service from New York, via Cost not to Panama, to San Francisco: Provided, That the cost of said service shall °‘f,§gg·md com not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. And it is hereby www made the duty of the Postmaster·General, after the passage of tlus resolution, to advertise for bids for the performance of the service herein provided for for at least thirty days in at least one newspaper published at San Frarlcisco and one paper published at Portland, Oregon, and to contract therefor with the lowest responsible bidder. Approved, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18, 1867. [No. 16.] Joint Resolution in Rdationstadthe Pmsians of Widows of Revolutionary o ters. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United fcusicns of States of America in Congress assembled, That the pensions of widows of
- l,?3;;;’g0§?°°‘ revolutionary soldiers whose. names are now Iupon the pension rolls, and
dierg to bg sn. who were marmed to revolutionary soldiers pmor to January first, eighteen g*¤*¤dL¤{¤g W hundred, be, and the same are hereby, increased to and shall be paid at mw 8 athe same rate as the deceased soldiers would be entitled under existing laws, if now living; such increase and payment to be made from the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-Eve. APPROVED, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18, `186'l. [N0. 17.] Joint Resolution for the Purchase of David’s Island, New York Harbor. Bc it resolved (gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United David'; Island States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be,
- °l’° P“*'°h¤*°d· and he is hereby authorized and directed to purchase, for the government
of the United States, David’s Island, in Long Island Sound, at the sum of thirty-eight thousand Eve hundred dollars, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the lease of Simeon Leland, dated April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and renewed March thirtieth, eighteen hgmdredsand sixtyéthree, by which the said island was leased to the — nited tates, and is now occupied by the same Armtovnn, February 18, 1867.
