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432 F ORTIETH CON GBESS. Sess. II. Ch. 50, 53, 57. 1868. ·Y¤l 8,186*% . . ’ t ie o Geor W Dol , a Gommanderfn the Uniud —·’¥~— *“° S"] " ”"°’“"°” ’"S.”;..Rz‘é.{,._,f.. .».’f.. ui. Resolved by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United G£:·;°‘Q,f Doty States of America in Oongreu assembled, That the name of George W. to be placed on Doty, commander United States navy, be placed upon the navy register ¤%"Y F°8l¤*°¤` as a commander, from the sixteenth day 0F July, eighteen hundred and E3; sixty-two, with the pay of such rank to the date of his commission. APPROVED, July 3, 1868. -711]}* 7, 1868- [N0. 53.] Joint Resolution for the R4elz'ey" of John Sedgwick, Collcclor of Internal Revenue, third District Calwmia. Be it resolved by the Senate and House ty Representatives of the United T }"°Y£g”° Wk States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ° n gmcTreasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to John Sedgwick, collector of internal revenue for the third district of California, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as the proper accounting officer shall, from satisfactory vouchers, determine necessary to secure him a salary of that amount for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in addition to the amount be [he] necessarily paid out, in currency, in the discharge of his official duties for said year. Armzovzn, July 7, 1868. July 18, 1868. [N0. 57.] Join! Resolution in Relation to the Settlement of the Accounts o/`certam Qjfeers “" " ‘" and Agents who have disbursed public Money under the Direction of tlae Chzey`qfEngzncers. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of ihc United Credits to be States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Qlfnvzzi 1;}.:;: Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in settlement of accounts of the accounts of Captain George W. Cullum, Captain James B. McPhrfmlcs B·CI‘f°·1 son, Captain Charles E. Blunt, and Lieutenant John C. Palfrey, of the E_ BT,?:;, IQ? °” corps of engineers, to allow to the credit of Captain Cullum the amount John C. Pulfrey, receipted for to him by Charles H. Bigelow; to the credit of Captain

3 '·l‘§0g;f;P:n%fof James B. McPherson and Captain C. E. Blunt the amounts receipted for

Jggn J, I]", to them respectively by Abiel W. Tinkham; and to the credit of Lieutenant John C. Palfrey the amount receipted for to him by John J. Lee; and to the credit of Mr. John J. Lee the amount receipted for to him by Proviw L. H. Eaton: Provided, That the said Charles H. Bigelow, Abiel W. Tinkham, John J. Lee, and L. H. Eaton, shall each be held to the same accountability to the United States for the amounts transferred to them, respectively, at the time of transfer, and for advances made to them from the treasury, as was at the time of transfer required by law and regula tions from officers of the corps of engineers: And provided further, That this authority shall have no furllmer application than to such accounts of [the] aforesaid persons as have been already examined and approved by the chief of engineers, and are found to contain a full and satisfactory accounting for all the public money which came into the hands of the aforesaid persons under the circumstances aforesaid, viz. C. H. Bigelow, thirty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-four cents ; J. J. Lee, three thousand five hundred and eight dollars and ninety- five cents; A. W. Tinkham, twelve thousand nine hundred and ten dollars and thirteen cents; L. H. Eaton, ninety dollars and eighty-five cents; all of which money having been expended upon the fortifications of the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Am-noviw, July 13, 1868.