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212 FORTYPOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Bus. 4, 6, 8, 9. 1876. repealed; and all compensation allowed to said Board of Audit for their — services under the provisions of said act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and the acts amendatory thereof, shall cease; and after the expiration of thirty days from the approval of this joint Papers of beard resolution, all books, papers, and records of the said Board of Audit °f *’·“dl*· shall be turned over to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia _ or their successors in office. d {’);°°:g*? ,,*.°t" Sec. 2. That there shall be no increase of the present amount of the . ,fb6'QDcf;,;2’d_" total indebtedness of the District of Columbia; and any ofdcer or person who shall knowingly increase, or aid or abet in increasing, such total indebtedness, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, p8,,,,],, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding ten years, and by line not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Approved, March 14, 1876. _ APTU 6, 1876- [No. 6.] Joint resolution for the relief of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians. , Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States · Expenses of Tar- of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, W M°,;**}“‘·l¤ FMP` and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of the funds appropriated for §;°;,:,d° °g“t'°“ °° the support of the Indian Bureau, a sufficient amount to pay the board ` bill, while in Washington, and transportation to their home, of the delegation of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, consisting of “Little Shell," the chief of said band, and three Head men, all Indians, P¤‘°ViS°· and one interpreter: Provided, That said amount shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. Approved, April 6, 1876. APN} T-0· 1876 [No. 8.] Joint Resolution declaring the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight '”"""*"’” hundred and seventy-six, a holiday. Preamble. Whereas, on the fourteenth day of April next a statue, secured by the “ · contributions of the freedmen of the country to the memory of Abraham Lincoln late President of the United States will be unveiled, with gpproplriate ceiemouies, in Lincoln Park, Washington City, District of 0 um 1a; an Whereas all persons desiring to do so should be given the opportunity of attending such exercises, thus, by their presence honoring the memory of our martyred President: Therefore, . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States April 14, i876,_a of America in Congress assembled, That all persons employed in the vari- §Q¤¤¤i¤l hglgley ¤¤ ous Departments of the Government situated in the District of Columb,;"’“°”° ° ‘““‘ bia be granted a general holiday on said fourteenth day of April one ' thousand eight hundred and seventysix. Approved, April 10, 1876. April 27, 1876- [No. 9.] Joint resolution to authorize the Secrets of War to issue certain arms to the ""‘*""‘; Washington Light Infantry of Charleston Soulib Carolina and the Clinch Rifles of Augusta Georgia. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Arm to issue to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be cgfltegtlieggglézzg and he hereby is authorized to issue to the Washington Light Infantry of fjmgum and Gem Charleston South Carolina and the Clinch Riiles of Augusta Georgia gm three hundred and twenty improved breech loading rifles or such number thereof as shall be necessary to fully arm and equip the said above named organizations in order that they may participate in, and form a part of, the Centennial Legion of the original Thirteen States of the