No. 10. A Resolution respecting receipts issued by the Treasurer of the United States, in payment for public lands.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Treasurer’s certificates of deposites for the purchase of lands under act of April 24, 1820, ch. 51, when assigned, to be received in payment for public lands. That any certificates which have been issued by the Treasurer of the United States, in favor of individuals who have deposited moneys at the Treasury in payment for lands intended by them to be purchased under the act of Congress, approved April the twenty-fourth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, entitled “An act making further provision for the sale of public lands,” and which certificates have been assigned, may be received in payment for public lands purchased at public sale or by private entry; and any receiver of public moneys who may have received such certificates in payment, as aforesaid, may be credited with the amount thereof, upon delivering them duly transferred to the Treasury.
Approved, June 12, 1844.
No. 11. A Resolution suspending the joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Suspended till next session of Congress.
Ante, p. 717. That the resolution “providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents,” shall be suspended and take effect only from the commencement of the next session of Congress.
Approved, June 12, 1844.
No. 12. A Resolution to continue two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Continued till otherwise directed by Congress.
Ante, p. 583. That the authority given to the Secretary of War by the joint resolution, approved May eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, to continue for two years the employment of two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties, is hereby extended and continued till otherwise directed by Congress.
Approved, June 12, 1844.
No. 14. A Joint Resolution in relation to the transmission of the British mail between Boston and Canada, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Postmaster Gen’l to make arrangements with British government for transmission of the mails between Boston and Canada.
Arrangements to be made for transmission of the mail betw’n the U. s. and Europe.
Ports of Bremen, Havre, and others, to be secured, &c. That the Postmaster General be and he is hereby authorized to make such arrangements as may be deemed expedient with the Post Office Department of the British government for the transmission of the British mail in its unbroken state or condition between Boston and Canada.
