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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 72, 73, 74, 75. 1868. 261 and whenever he shall be so directed by the Joint Committee on the Library, one hundred copies additional of all documents ordered to be printed, in excess of the usual number; said fifty or one hundred copies to be delivered to the librarian of Congress, to be exchanged, under direction of the joint committee on the library, as provided by. joint resolution approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Sac; 2. And be it further resolved, That fifty copies of each publica- FWY °?Pi€¤ of tion printed under direction of any department or bureau of the govern- axtggbggtgn ment, whether at the Congressional Printing Office or elsewhere, shall be he at disposal of placed at the disposal of the joint committee on the library to carry out thi JOM °1?m‘ the provisions of said resolution. Egg? °° ` Approved, July 25, 1868. N0. 73. A Resolution rantin Permiss'0 to O rs an ` [ 1 the Cgps in hhich they sferved `gtifhng thelgaeblgihgzfo wear me Badge of ···———···Juiy 25, 1868. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all who served as officers, Omcers and non-eommissioned officers, privates, or other enlisted men in the regular Q;’;g;°;;;“€g:i 6 army, volunteer, or militia forces of the United States, during the war of of mm Mmyg the rebellion, and have been honorably discharged from the service or corpsremain still in the same, shall be entitled to wear, on occasions of ceremany, the distinctive army badge ordered for or adopted by the army corps and division, respectively, in which they served. Approved, July 25, 1868. [No. 74.] A Resolution to admit certain Persons to the naval Academy. July 27, 1868. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Six persons, be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive for instruction at the Naval d¤¤ig¤¤¤¤d by Academy, Annapolis, not exceeding-six persons, to be designated by the 3}°}§;;;r§f;’$”{e government of the empire of Japan: Provided, That no expense shall received at xiathereby accrue to the United States: And provided further, That the Va},**°¤}i°mY· Secretary of the Navy may, in the case of the said persons, modify or r°m°' dispense with any provisions of the rules and regulations of the said academy which circumstances may, in his opinion, render necessary or desirable. Arpnoven, July 27, 1868. [N0. 75.] A Resolution relative to Lighting the Streets of Washington City, District of July 27, 1868. Columbia. ""‘;*‘ NVHEREAS, the municipal authorities of the city of Washington have Preamble. failed to carry out the arrangements for lighting the streets of said city, V;*:66»_°h· 2%% in accordance with the provisions of an act; entitled "An act making ap- `xw` p' ' ipropriatibns for sundry civil expenses of the government," approved July twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the mayor and city coun- 'Ijex to be cils of the city of Washington be, and they are hereby, authorized and {f‘m3];°S5‘;5ét;°* directed to levy and collect a, tax from the property holders of the city of with g§S_ Wasliington sufficient to defray the expenses of lighting the avenue and street lamps of said city with six-feel: burners, twenty-one nights in each month, from dark until daylight, and keep said lamps so lighted each year. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the mayor and city councils Contractmzxy of the city of \Vushington be, and they are hereby, authorized to contract QL$u';*&‘;° Qxh with the \Vashiugton Gas Light Company for the term of one year, and Gas {jgé', C0m_ so from year to year until otherwise provided by law, at such rates as pany for gas. may be agreed upon not exceeding the maximum uow fixed by law, for