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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Bits. 17, 20, 23. 1858. 371 be corrected, by extending the limits of that portion of the Cheboygan dis- b Tl`? W65E9B] trict which has been attached to the Detroit district, to the line dividing ,,,,(f,`§d,{gi§,,_ °` ranges two and three west, instead of one and two west, the former being the line intended by the department as the western boundary of the addition to the Detroit district. Approved, June 2, 1858. ` . . 'nt elution autborizi theArra ementandsa 0 blic Buildin s J¤¤¤ 3 1958· [No _17 ] Jot Res in of phgzddphiai Dzspo Z f Pu g _______J____ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Postmaster—General, and the Attorney-General be, and [they] are hereby, ;;;€*`Q‘g;;£&éu_ authorized to decide whether the custom-house at Philadelphia shall remain ml, and Attorin its present location, or whether public convenience and interests require §*=>’_dG°¤°€*1 *° that the location of the custom-house be changed to the ground and build- Qsés2t2t0a2ré ing purchased of the Bank of Pennsylvania, by authority of the law of disposal of custl1e second of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, for the purposes of g‘§mh°;;§· 5:;; a post-oflice, and the post-office be removed to the present custom-house; momé, and also, to decide whether it is best to sell the building and lot of ground 1854, cli. 188. now used for the purposes of the United States court, and establish court- VOL X' P‘ 88E' rooms in the building of the present custom-house, and [that] they be further authorized and empowered to so arrange the buildings for said offices and purpose[s] as may, in their judgment, best promote the public convenience: Provided, That the expenses incident to such change and arrangement P¤>ViS0· of the buildings shall not exceed the sum already appropriated for any or all of such purposes, and any additional sum that may be received for the building and ground herein authorized to be sold: And provided jurtber, F¤¤‘th¢1*p1‘0vi¤0· That should it be deemed best to sell the said colut-building and lot of ground, the President of the United States may cause the same to be sold after due public notice. Approved, June 3, 1858. [N o. 20.] Joint Resolution authorizing Commander M. E Maury to accept a Gold Medal June 6, 1858. awarded to him by the Emperor of Austria. —"*"` Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives q" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Commander M. F. Maury, of the FG19Jmm*¤d°’M· United States navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept the great agceyrlegialld gold medal of the arts and sciences recently presented to him by his medal ilom bin- Majcsty the Emperor of Austria. P°"°’ °f A““t“"·· Approved, June 5, 1858. o. . Resolut 'on autbarizi the creta 0 ar to d lz ’ ’ June 9, 1858. [Nnzadgrlulyiigmh, eibhteen bundrend and gejly-sig dlioysucb élldgel ly? tdepléfpblddlzyqz Q? .RL"L‘C1' as e may select. Ante, p. 25: Resolved by the Senate and House J Representatives of the United States l of America, in Congress assembled, That the appropriation of July eighth, _ The appropriaeightccn hundred and fifty-six, made for the improvement of St. Mm-y’s ;fQ;‘d;f‘,°‘§'nb§x:§j ltiver, in the State of Michigan, may be expended in excavating such vating channel. channel as, from the evidence which he may obtain, the Secretary of War shall deem best. Approved, June 9, 1858.