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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 8, 12, 13, 15, 16. 1870. 369 examining applications for passports, is hereby authorized and empowered ¤¤9*1*'¤*Y *d· to receive and attest, but without charge to the ailiant, all oaths, aihdavits, 2§"°°r °°th°’ or affirmations which are or may be required by law, or by the rules of the Department of State, to be made before granting such passport or passports ; and such oaths, afiidavits, or afirmations shall be deemed to be made under the pains and penalties of perjury. _ APPROVED, February 3, 1870. P°’¢l“’Y· [N0. 12.] Joint Resolution taauthorize the Secreta1y<y" War to provide for taking me- Feb. 9, 1870. teorolagical Observations at the military Stations and other Paints in the Interior of the ';'“`“'—" Ccmlinmt, and for giving Notice on the northern Lakes and Seaboard of the Approach and Force of Smrnw. Be it resolved the Senate and House of Resentatives o the United States of Amerie];/in Congress assembled, jTha(i.pt·he Secretaryf of War be, wg,-°°•?;:?v5?£, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteo- *`°¤‘ mkiiig m6- rological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent, §;°,,£§§;i”;:g`m and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States, and give notice of the for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the sea-coast, by magnetic ?£_l;;°;·,Yl:,:gL telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms. Se, ,4,,;,, P_ g6_ APPROVED, February 9, 1870. o.1s. AMelu¢iond¤•nat€ to the ieSeIwoIsa Washin ,Dim~ie¢¤ , . 6_ _ [NH4, ting Frame Budding loud:; at the Corn; Qf T wegrfgjneewnd Str{etC0]l;;t and I Street Norm, in said City. Resolved by the Senate and lkuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be donated to the Building given city of Washington, for the use of the public schools of said city, the $°V!l*“hl"8°';,¤ frame building now in the possession of the Freedmerfs Bureau, located tg; p:b`E,° ° on the southeast corner of Twenty-second Street west and I Street north, schoolsaud that the commissioner of said bureau be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to tum over said building to the mayor of Washington for the purpose stated, the transfer to take effect from December one, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Armovmn, February 12, 1870. . 15. aint Resolution authorizi the Secr 0 War to lace atthe Di Z0 _ g [Nc "Brlidgg' Bqtmy .Asscciu1ion," :¢gClzicugo, cert.a£n cdivturezl Ordnanhpeisa f Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the (Ported States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of War be, Bridgssj Batand he is hereby, authorized and directed to place at the disposal of the wawgm " Bridges’ Battery Association," at Chicago, Illinois, ten captured twelve- (,,,1,;,,,,,,; md. pounder guns of obsolete patterns, now condemned and in store at the p¤¤£ placed at Bock Island Arsenal, to be placed around a large and beautiful lot in "S P°”1‘ Rosehill Cemetery, at Chicago, Illinois. APPROVED, February 21, 1870. {N0. 16.] Joint Resolution to sell or exchange the Site of Cixstom-Muse in the of Feb. 24, 1870. Nashville, Tennessee, that a more suitable Location may be obtained. —_`_-"" Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the T£::'°*¤*'Y:F Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell at public auction, ,,,,1 OFQGTJF to the highest and best bidder therefor, the present site for a custom-house the site of cusiu the city of Nashville, Tennessee, or to exchange the same for a new *1’f,’;’;§;‘;],':’°.}.”m_ and more eligible site, as directed in the following section. mms, Sec. 2. And be itfurtlzor resolved, That out of the proceeds of the said New site may sale, or by such exchange, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and b° P*°°¤¤d· vcr.. xv:. PUB.—24