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664 FORTY··FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 38, 44, 45, 46, 51. 1870. ¤>*l¤¤ ¤‘¤$l¤*¤¤‘ land claims in the Territory of New Mexic0,"’ as requires that deriva- '"d '°°°"°'* five claimants under Vigil and St. Vraiu shall establish their claims to me satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district: within one year from the passage of said act, shall be so construed as to authorize the presentation of such derivative claims within one year from the completion and approval of the subdivisions] surveys contemplated by said act of twenty—i:ifth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. for Bling de- Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That all settlers entitled by said act ggwgfmgg to the rights of pre-emptiou or homestead shall have the further time of entry. thirty days, after notice in their favor of their respective claims, to tile their declaratory statements as pre-empbors or to make entry under the homestead laws, as they may select. Approved, April 28, 1870. _}hy 4, 1870. [N0. 44.] Joint Resolution for the Rélgfzffjilgeogge S. Atkinson, late Assistant-Quaker. "*-‘ ma o un em. _ Be it resolved by the Smale and House of Representatives of the United Cmd1f *<> M States of America m Uongress assembled, That the proper accounting ·§l]'m‘fgn?:;°§° oflieers of the Treasury Department, in adjusting the accounts of George settlement ofhis S. Atkinson, late assistant-quartermasher of volunteers, credit and allow

  • °°°““*°· him the sum of two thousand forty-three dollars and one cent, the proper

vouchers for which sum were lost and destroyed at Mobile, Alabama, in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by the burning and destruction of the government gessel "8K8.te Dale." Approved, ay 4, 1 7 . May 4, 1870. [N0. 45.] Joint Resolution to enable the Churt cy? Ofaims to hear and determine the Claim """"""” of E. Diekelman, a Subject of the King of Prussia. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United D;-§¤;Ea<:'\§· States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of E. Diekelman, {8m,d to thea subject of the King of Prussia, for damages for an alleged detention of com of claims. the ship “Essex " by the military authorities of the United States, at New Orleans, in the month of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be, and is hereby, referred to the court of claims, for its decision in accordance with law, and to award such damages as may be just in the premises, if he may be found to be entitled to any damages. Approved, May 4, 1870. May 4, 1870. [No. 46.] Join: Resolmion yer me Rdiqg James L. Ridge! , Collector of internal ""'""`—"""` Revenue for the second islrict of Bc it resolved by the Senate and Abuse of Representatives of the United mgxfggtjgnllgs States of America in_O’on_qress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- L_ Ridgdy in th, ury, and the accountnng officers thereof, be, and they are hereby, authorsettlement of his ized in the settlement of the accounts of James L. Ridgely, collector of ‘°°°“““‘ internal revenue for the second district of Maryland, to credit him with the sum of sixteen hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents, internal revenue stamps stolen from his office, if it shall appear that said loslwns withouga faul; or ;;§ligence 0n his part. 1>1>1z0vE1>, ay , 1 .

 [N0. 51.] A Resolution az:¢]{e@ng}:hée`gssue of joégathing m certain enlisted Men of lhe

ourteent {ment 0 rg/`anhy. Resolved by me Smale and Hbuse 0 R rescntatives 0 the United States i¤€m“isg§;g' of America in Congress assembled, 'lllxatefhe Secremryjef War be, and he toeulisted mon is hereby, authorized to issue clothing in lieu of and equal in value t0 °*`“’°f°“'*°°¤*h that lost by those enlisted men of the fourteenth regiment of infantry whose quarters in Ash Barracks, Nashville, Tennessee, were destroyed