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RESOLUTIONS.

, [No. 10.] A Resolution for the Relief of Richard P. Hammond. Jan. 23, 1871.

» Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

V of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is Credit tabs

V hereby authorized and directed to credit upon the judgment obtained gL”;";d °¥‘ QMS' by the United States against Richard P. Hammond, or against L. May- prxgcapgiugnd nard and the estate of the late J. S. Folsom, deceased, as surities on the $“’“l°’ “P°“ ofiicial bond of Richard P. Hammond, late collector of customs at San lp?ng,°g,£Q?d?id Francisco, in the circuit court of the United States for the tenth circuit,

” the sum of eighty-six thousand seven hundred and ninety-three dollars

· and nine cents; and that said credit be allowed and computed as of the » date of the expenditures thereof by said Hammond, the corresponding credits being allowed said sureties For interest as may have been charged ` against them in the judgment; and also to take and state on account as ` between the said sureties and the United States: Provided, That the sum Provlso. ‘ allowed shall be applied first towards the indebtedness of said principal not i secured by the bond of said sureties, and any balance may be applied

 upon the sum thus secured.

. Approved, January 23, 1871. [No. 11.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Charles P. Elgin. Jan. 28, 1871. Be it resolved by the Senate and [muse of Representatives of the United ” States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Payment t0_ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to draw his warrant upon the Clm °* P‘ El€"" treasurer of the United States for such an amount as may be found due to Charles P. Elgin, late assistant assessor of internal revenue for the i fifteenth division of the third district of Mississippi, upon the adjustment of his accounts by the accounting officers of the treasury, without regard to his omission to qualify according to law for the duties of his appointk ment. APPROVED, January 23, 1871. [No. 12.] Joint Resoluti¢i;1j1>ro]¤idinq for the_Payment_ of James T. Elliott, late a Private Jan. 24, 1871. ¢y"the eleventh ichzgan Infantry, far Services as extra Duty Clerk. Be it resolved by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the quartermastengen- J Psyngicrglfptt eral be, and hereby is, directed to audit and allow the claim of James T. “‘“°" ‘ ‘° ‘ Elliott, late a private in the eleventh Michigan infantry, for pay as extra duty clerk from March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, at forty cents per day. Approved, January 24, 1871.