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sent over sea from and to the United States, to and from any part of France and of the States comprehended within the German Customs Union, and of those countries on the continent, between which and France and of the said German States there exists a continued arrangement of the like kind, may be paid at the place where they are respectively mailed or received.

Approved, June 15, 1844.



June 15, 1844.

No. 15. A Resolution for the relief of certain claimants under the Cherokee treaty of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Certificates issued or allowed by commissioners under Cherokee treaty, to be paid. That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pay, or cause to be paid, the several sums found due to claimants under the Cherokee treaty of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, upon the certificates issued by the board of commissioners appointed in pursuance of the seventeenth article of said treaty, out of the unexpended balance of appropriations made for the payment of such claims, upon the presentation of said certificates.

Approved, June 15, 1844.



June 15, 1844.

No. 16. A Joint Resolution authorizing the transfer of certain clerks in the Treasury Department.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Sec. of Treas. may transfer three clerks to arrange statistical information, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby authorized to transfer from any office or offices of the Treasury Department from which their services may, in his opinion, be dispensed with, three or more clerks to be employed under his direction in collecting, arranging and classifying such statistical information as may be procured, showing or tending to show each year the condition of the agriculture, manufactures, domestic trade, currency and banks of the several States and Territories of the United States.Clerks to receive same pay as before. The clerks which may be transferred and employed under this authority shall receive the same salaries as at present―and a report containing the results of the information obtained upon the before mentioned subjects, shall be annually made to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the first Monday of January.

Approved, June 15, 1844.



June 17, 1844.

No. 17. A Resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the armories at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Sec. of War may alter the boundaries, so as to allow the laying out, &c. of streets. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to alter, establish and settle the boundary lines between the United States’ lands at the Springfield armory and the contiguous lands belonging to the town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts, and to individual citizens, in such a way as may be best calculated to allow the laying out and altering of streets and highways for the mutual convenience and advantage of all parties; and for this purpose he is further authorized to exchange and convey,May exchange, convey, or receive land for that purpose. and to receive from the corporate authorities of Springfield, or to and from individual proprietors, such fractional parts of land as may be necessary for the accommodation and convenience of the town of Springfield in running its public streets and highways, and of the armory in securing the safety of, and free access to its workshops, arsenals, and other public buildings; and to grant on the part of the United States, and receive from the corporative authorities of Springfield, or from individual proprie-