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256 FJRTY-FI FTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 39, 40, 41, 42. 1878. tee of Accounts upon proper certification by the chairmen of the respective committees named in said resolutions, whether said clerks were sworn or not, at the time they were respectively employed. Approved, June 19, 1878. June 19, 1878. [No. 40.] Joint resolution to pay certain contested election expenses. Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United App,.,p5m,,¤,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- _c ontested-elee nry be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any

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the following sums to the parties herein named on account and in part of the amounts due them for expenses of contest for seats in the House of Representatives, Forty fifth Congress of the United States: J. J. Finley, second district Florida., one thousand dollars. Jere Haralson, fourth district Alabama, one thousand dollars. John S. Richardson, iirst district South Carolina one thousand dollars. G. D. Tilman ufth district South Carolina, one thousand dollars. Peter D. Wigginton, fourth district California, one thousand dollars. R. Pacheco, fourth district California, one thousand dollars. Thomas M. Patterson, Colorado, one thousand dollars. James B. Belford Colorado, one thousand dollars. J. H. Acklen third district Louisiana one thousand dollars. Chester B. Darrall third district Louisiana one thousand dollars. John R. Lynch sixth district Mississippi, five hundred dollars; and to M. P. OConnor sixth district South Carolina the sum of Eve hundred dollars in full for all his expenses of contest Approved, June 19, 1878. ' June 20, 1878. [N0. 41.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over to the Gov- —-——-—~——-———- ernor of West Virginia such tents, poles, and pins us he may require for the use of the milign. and volunteer organizations of the State at their summer and fall encamp- IDGD Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States West Virginia. of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he T°¤*¤» cw-· **2* is hereby, directed to deliver to the Governor of West Virginia such f5f:"‘Pm°“t °f““' tents, poles, and pins, and camp and garrison equipage, as he may ' require, and as may be in the Quartermaster’s Department, and can, in the _ opinion of the Secretary of War, be spared for such purpose. The Quar- Bond for return. termaster shall take a good and snilicicnt bond for the return of such Proviso. property in good condition after such use of the same: Provided, The Secretary of War approve thereof. Approved, June 20, 1878. June 20, 1878. [No. 42.] Joint resolution to amend the act entitled "An act making appropriations for · ···•‘v··;· the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, and for other purposes." Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United First A¤Si¤¤=¤¤6 States of America in Congress assembled, That “Au act making approprim“*“"*“‘°’ ‘ G°“°' ations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the governdm.,,,,,,,,,,,,,- Bp_ ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtietb, eighteen hundred and propriation for of- seventy-nine, and for other purposes, approved June nineteenth eighteen ico 0F- hundred and seventy-eigh t, be amended so as to make the footing of the LBJ; chbiggv paragraph making appropriations for the office of the First Assistant '“ ’p'Postmaster-General read seventy thousand one hundred and forty dollars instead of seventeen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Approved, June 20, 1878.