682 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 51-53. 1890. September 26·1B90· [N o. 5%.] dloigétlrgszoliutiolp to authorize the President to appoint an additional en- W sign in t ie ni a es Iavy. P"°‘““l’l°· Whereas Richard H. Jackson, a resident of Alabama, having passed all the examinations required for the grade of ensign in the Navy, was honorably discharged from the service by the operation of the ver 22,p.2ss. liw of Amgupt, eighteen hundrleld and eightytwo, which limits t e num er o a pointments to the Nav ; an ` Whereas the said Iiiichard H. Jackson dild, on the occasion of the wreck of the United States steamer Trenton at Samoa in March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, behave with conspicuous gallantry by leading the men into the mizzen rigging to form a sail, when this position in the rigging was one of great danger, as the mast was liable to be carried away and fall overboard when the ship struck, and did thereby contribute largely to the success of the maneuver which the captain of the Trenton, in his official report to the aélmiiral, says 'Isavedf the lives of four hundred men rom certain es ruction: here ore, Resolved by tbe Senate and House og Representatives of the United Ri¢¤¤¤‘dH·-Y¤ek¤¤¤- States of America in Congress assem led, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by _ Auamouaiemguu. and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an addi-
my b° °p` tional ensign on the active list of the Navy, to take position at the
foot of the officers of that grade, and the number of ensigns is hereby increased one for that purpose. · Approved, September 26, 1890. September 26, 1890. th[l*]o. Sgoint resoltiitiokposlpsthpiglgmlgrghe transfer of certain appropriations for —Y—;— cn n rvice,on e o e asury. _ _ Resolved by the Senate and Hou·se of Representatives g the United I“‘“"" D°*‘*“"'“‘“{*· States of America in Congress assembled, That the ecretary of ,,p'{)’:)’;_*lS,f,{,(§’If_ °°'°°*¤ Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer uipon the books of the Treasury the sum of one thousand seven hun red and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents, from appropriation “Telegraphing and Purchase of Indian Supplies, eighteen hundred and ninety-one/’ to appropriation “Telegrap iing an Purchase of Indian · Supp ies, eighteen hundred and ninety." Approved, September 26, 1890. ·sepwmber2?,1890. [No. 53.] Joint resolution to correct an error in the act entitled an act making MT 2£§¥£"’3“”i°"?hf.?t€€€}I“€£LSZ§1§3‘£€¤¥SSZ°€$dtH?uSf§Z$§é"’§2‘5t f€°’J3F “Z°..i-pal "°”" g` UDB V , l' Gl` GS, approved August 30. 1890. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _,m*Qf“'“’“ D- M“'°**‘ States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of the act Name eeneema in entitle an act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of Sunil]? mu bm` the Government for the fiscal ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and ilbr other purposes. approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, nm, p. ass. amended so that in the clause making appropriation for the iurchase of portraits under the Department of State the words “Dalton E. Marchant " shall read “Edward D. Marchant." Approved. September 27. 1890.
