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386 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 102, 103, 104, 105. 1870. rfb? giéreb existing ut the time, there could have been no lawful muster into service

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muster. Approved, July 11, 1870. July 11, 1870. [N0. 103.] Joint Resolution mulcing an Appropriation to y the Government of Great Britain and Ireland m Accordance wet/2 the Aurard of the ommzsszoners appoznted under the Treaty of Juyjirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-tinu, to settle the Claims of the Hud~ s0n's Bay ‘ompzm_y and of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. Preamble. Wmmms, by the award made on the tenth day of September, eigh. V°]‘ "m‘ P‘ °51' teen hundred and sixty-nine, by the commissioners under the treaty of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, between her Britannic Mujesty and the United States of America, it was determined that, in full satisfaction of ull the possessory rights and claims of the Hudson’s Bay Company and of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, there should be paid by the government of the United States to the government of Great Britain and Ireland the sum of six hundred und fifty thousand dollars in gold coin, in tire annual instalments, the first to be paid within twelve months after and the second within twenty-four months after the date of the said award: therefore, R Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of epresentatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, T hat the sum of three hundred ?;ul:,Y[:“"° °f and twentyyfive thousand dollars in gold coin be, and the same is hereby, Great Britain. appropriated for the payment of [to] the government of Great Britain and Ireland of the sum by the sold nwurd determined to be due on the tenth day of September next, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, July 11, 1870. July 1I, 1870. [No. 1042]] Joint Resolution authorizing the Improvement of the Grounds owned by the nitcd States in t/to City q]`Bag§`al0, New York, known as Fort Porter. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Milled k The grounds States of America in Congress assembled, That permission be, and is 1,':QQ;$;“Bl$Q° hereby, granted to the city of Buffalo, in the State of New York, through into. N. Y. may its park commissioners, to improve and beautify the grounds known as b°$mP"°V°d- Fort Porter, situated in said city, and belonging to the United States, in connection with n. public park to be laid out on land adjoining the said grounds, the plans for the same to be approved by the Secretary of N¤1fi*=\?<>& WVur: Provided, That this resolution shall not be construed to pass any PMS °r° y' °' title in the said grounds, but that the ownership and control of the said grounds shall remain entirely in the United States, and shall be suhicct to such changes und uses for military purposes as the Secretary of War may direct. Arrnov1c¤,July 11, 1870.

 {N0. 105.] Joint Resolution concerning Arsenal Grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri.

Be it resolved dy the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y" the United Portion of the States ry" America in Congress assenibled, That the acts of twenty-eiglith

‘;*§2“Lg;3;‘"§;' July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eiglit, and third March, eighteen hun-

,,, i,,, 0c,,,,,,;,,,; dred and sixtymine, in relation to the sale of Saint Louis arsenal, bc, and 1“org¤0¤¤m¤¤¤ are hereby, so tar amended that the portion of ground to be granted for to (renews.! · { _ X · - . . _ t _ Lyow the erection o 4 monumtnt in memory of the late Brigadiei-(xeneial ` Nathaniel Lyon, shull embrace all the ground lying between Curondolet Avenue and Fourth Street, us lztid down on the plat of the ground now t_¤¤;>th:¤‘ wr- in the ordinance office; that all the ground und buildings thereon lying axes: ° "` between Second Street ond the river to be reserved for such use as the the rest to be interest of the army muy require; und that the remainder of the ground,

  • °ld°*“°“°¤· lying between Second and Fourth streets, be sold at public auction, in

the manner prescribed b· the above-cited act of twenty-ci¤hth Jul , Y as Y