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380 FORTY·—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Bus. 70, 72, 73, 75. 1870. “l§?l 0g" can register to the British bark Live Oak, owned by citizens of New $°Ag,,f.. P Bedford, Massachusetts, and to the ship Agra, of Boston, owned by Thomas B. Wales and Company. Armtovnv, June 7, 1870. June 9, 1870. [N0. 72.] A Resolution in Relation to the Compensation tf assistan¢Mar•haLs frr taking "";"""' the Census of 1870. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m,·g*;!*;p¤::¤€¤¤ States of America in Oongreasassembled, That the Secretary of the In- 5,,,,, }0f,¤k’§';;` terior be, and be is hereby, authorized to increase the compensation uf the ceususpf assistant marshals in taking the census of eighteen hundred and seventy,

5;:8;*5 **:1;*; whenever, in his judgment, such increase shall be necessary: Provided,

5; , ’ ’ That in no case shall such increase exceed fifty per ceutum of the amount; ci’¤>Vi·¤¤· of compensation now allowed by law, and no such additional allowance shall be made except when by reason of the sparceness of the population 18l¥°g’;°l*;‘r 8 the compensation heretofore allowed by law is not sufficient, nor shall the pop, IQ_ 61;.3entire compensation be more than eight dollars per day, exclusive of mileage, for the time actually employed. .Ar1>1z0vm>, June 9, 1870. ·l¤¤¤ 9.1870- [N0. 73.] A. Besolutnlm appointing Managers of the National Asylum pr Disabled Volunteer Soldners. La _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Gungsglga States of America in Congress assembled, Thet the follewing persons be, Cooke md {,;,,1 and they are hereby, appomted managers of the National Asylum for Sai?::?;:; ¤p· Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, under the provisions of the second section of Egmox-Nmlmu the act approved March twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and Asylum for Dis- snxty-six: Lewis B. Gunckel, of Ohio; Jay Cooke, of Pennsylvania; and §gl§°Y£l“”*“°' John S. Cnveuder, of Missouri; whose terms expire on the twenty-first dam? April, mfbe ygaigpg thousand eight hundred and seventy. PROVED, une , . A June 21, 1870. [N0. 75.] Joint Resolution I0 enable the Secretavy of the Treasurieto collect wrecked and abandoned Property, derelzct Olarms, and Dem belonging to t United States. Be it resolved the Senate and Irlbuse of Representatives of the United Qmwug States of irimenca m Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,,011,,0, wmked Treasury is hereby authorized to make such contracts and provisions as and nbpndpned he may deem most advantageous for the interests of the government, for R;Ql’§;l>;1s‘°":h the preservation, sale, or collection of any property, or the proceeds thereaus, beponggng of, which mgyheve been wrecked, abandoned, or become derelict, being fézéppaliriited within the Jurisdxction of the United States, and which ought to come t0 ’ the United States, or any moneys, dues, and other mterests lately in the possession of or_due to the so-called Confederate States, or their agents, and now belonging to the United States, which are now withheld or remnipd by} any person, corporation, or municipality whatever, and which oug it to ieve come imo the 0ssess'on d t d f b ll t d pam? #$:1 or received by, the United Sletes ; landmin grill) chnchiagls meglllgwcsfugh gggiuigzporma. ;¤°¤H*€¤S¤U0¤ to 3S)' EGFSOH gving information} thereof, or who shall aetion, e, uu y preserve, co ec surren er, or pay over tie same as the Secretary of the- Treasury may deem just and reasonable : Provilfea', That no cost { N° Wt *·¤_b¢ or iclaim, of whatever name or nature, shall become chargeable to the ncurrcd which U d S . . . . _ _ _ mm mt humid mlte rates in so obtaining, preservmg, collecting, receivmg, or making gplmopggperty uvmlable property, debts, dues, or interests, which shall not be paid from · puehdmongys as lphall pie realized and received from the property so colece un er sac speci c avreement. Arimovmn, June 21, 187l).