RESOLUTIONS
I. Whereas the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company have found it impracticable to make the railroad through the grounds belonging to the United States at Harper’s Ferry, agreeably to the exact tenor of the joint resolution passed for their benefit at the last session of Congress,
Road to be completed under the approval of the President.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to complete said railroad, as now located through said grounds, on paying the value of any improvements injured by the road, or giving authority to replace them in other positions, should they be deemed by the President of sufficient important to be paid or removed:Proviso. Provided, however, That the road shall be constructed in such place, as far as it passes through the public grounds at Harper’s Ferry, as may be approved by the President.
Approved, January 27, 1835.
II. Resolution presenting a gold medal to George Croghan, and a sword to each of the officers under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct, in the defense of Fort Stephenson, in eighteen hundred and thirteen.
Gold medal to be presented to Col. Croghan.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and presented to Colonel Croghan, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the defence of fort Stephenson, and that he present a sword to each of the following officers engaged in that affair; to Captain James Hunter, to the eldest male representative of Lieutenant Benjamin Johnston, and to Lieutenants Cyrus A. Baylor, John Meek, Ensign Joseph Duncan, and the nearest male representative of Ensign Edmund Shipp, deceased.
Approved, February 13, 1835.
III. Resolution for the disposition of a lion and two horses, received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco.
President to cause the horses to be sold, and to present the lion to some institution.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the two horses received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco, to be sold in Washington city, by public auction, on the last Saturday of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the treasury of the United States, and that the lion, received in like manner, be presented to such suitable institution, person, or persons as the President of the United States may designate.
Approved, February 13, 1835.
