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596 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 27 -30. 1871. 1866, ch- 298, act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the mgula. $0% gv P_ M8_ tions of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ferry-boat carrying passengers n and their personal baggage only, shall not be required to enter or clear, or to pay entrance or clearance fees; but such baggage shall, however, bg subject to the provisions of section forty-six of the act of March two, 1799,ch.22, § 46. seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and acts supplementary thereto: And ‘g’;;,£h°::& provided further, That enrolled or licensed vessels departing from 0;- 1;,,,,,,,,1 ,1,,,,;, arriving at s. port in one collection district to or from a port in another · touvhirqg Min- collection district, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports, shall t°"m°d‘°‘t° not thereb become liable to the payment of entry and clearance fees, 0;- forelgn ports. y , , tonnage tax, as 1f from or to foreign ports; but such vessels shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear. Approved, February 10, 1871. Feb. 10, 1871. [No. 28.] A Resolution authorizing the gse of a naval Vessel to transport Brcadstujktc UWB. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Naval vessels States of America in Oongresa assembled, That the President of the ggsbgrggf *° United States be, and is hereby, authorized to cause to be stationed at the pugggo the sg,- port of New York, and the ports of Boston and Philadelphia, if the same ¢¥*·i;=¤,&¤-p¤3Pi¤ can be done without injury to the public service, one or more of our auglffgu naval vessels, to be there held in readiness to receive on board for transportation such supplies as may be furnished by the people of the United States for the dlestitute and sufering people of France and Germany. Approved, ebruary 10, 1871. Feb. 10, 1871. No. 29. A Resolution u r riatin Mon to de ra the]] ses 0 h s - _°""`—°"" [ minds of the Senate appbiirgl to ingestzyag/aIlegJOZtrages Elie Sox5h;; billdzsf/vom Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated, Egfezfiggfggigéa out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of to gnvmggm twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray !U<;E¤·l ¤¤:£¤s¤¤ the expenses of the select committee of the Senate appointed to investi- §m;,f’°“ °"‘ gate alleged outrages in the southern States; the same to be expended by order of the committee upon vouchers of its chairman. APPROVED, February 10, 1871. Feb. 14, 1871. No. 30. A Resolution authurizi the Sale 0 th a- i ———————~— [ I eww., rm'.1’;a, it at ;£.utZwZ’§J’£"}?$3.“5Z?ZZZi,i” ” P'°’°”’y " Preamble. Wumnnas the United States on the Gfth da of October eighteen hundred and sixtydclve, did, in donsideration of tde sum of one hgndred and seventy-five thousand dollars, lease to John A. Spooner, of Plymouth, Massachusett , his legal representatives and assigns, all the property known as the United States military rolling-mill, in Chattanooga, State of Tennessee, and all the buildings, tools, machinery, fixtures, furniture, equéprpentf, and appurtenaéxces Ieonnected therewith, together with a railroa mc conpectin said mi with the Nashville and Chattanooea iilroad, for two year? from the date of said lease, with the further agrecement contained in said lease, that the United States would, upon the request of said John A. Spooner, his legal representatives or assigns, sell, transfer, and convey said mill, buildings, machinery, and other property Shngeby Igased, by pood anfl sufficient deed and absolute title, to the said o n . pooner, IS e a re resentatives and assi ns to his or their own use ; and whereas die said John A. Spooner mi [has] assigned his mterest in said lease to the Southwestern Iron Company, and the said Southwestern Iron Company have requested the United States to convey the said mill, buildings, machinery, and so forth, to the said Southwestern Iron Company: Therefore,