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702- TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 1, 2, 3. 1835. RESOLUTIONS.
= I. Whereas the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company have
found it impracticable to make the railroad through the grounds belonging to the United States at Harper’s Ferry, agreeably to the exact Ame 744- tenor of the joint resolution passed for their benefit at the last session i P- of Con ress, Rm ,0 be Reszdved by the Senate and House of Representativesvf the United cqmplgmd under States of America, in Congress assembled, That the said Winchester the ppp:-oval of and Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to complete nw ’°°ld°“t‘ said railroad, as now located through said grounds, on paying the value of any improvements injured by the road, or giving authority to replace them in other positions, should they be deemed by the President of sufi Pmmm iicient importance to be paid for or removed: Provided, however, That the road shall be constructed in such place, as far as it passes through tihe ptpblic grounds at Harper’s Ferry, as may be approved by the resident. Ammovnn, January 27, 1835. I1. A Rzsonurioiv resenti a old medal to Gear e Cro han, and a sword to
each of the oficerspunder corérimand, for their galiantrygiznd good conduct, in
the defence of Fort Stephenson, in eighteen hundred and thirteen. Gold medal to Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United be presented to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the C°1‘ C"°gh""· United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and presented to Colonel Croghan, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the defence of fort Stephenson, and that he pre- Swords ,0 be sent a sword to each of the following officers engaged in that affair; presented ether to Captain James Hunter, to the eldest male representative of Lieu- °f5°€*¤— tenant Benjamin Johnston, and to Lieutenants Cyrus A. Baylor, John Meek, Ensign Joseph Duncan, and the nearest male representative of Ensign Edmund Shipp, deceased. Approved, February 13, 1835. III. RESOLUTION for the disposition of as lion and two horses, received as a pres- F€l>· 13» ]835· ent by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco. President ,0 Resolved by the Senate and House if Representatives if the United muse me he,-eee States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the W be wld, *;:6 United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the two horses {§,,,l¥:S;;`,:,,, ini received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, stimtion. from the Emperor of Morocco, to be sold in Washington city, by public auction, on the last Saturday of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-tive, and to cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the treasury of the United States, and that the lion, received in like manner, be dpreserpted to such suitable institution, person, or persons as the President o the United States may desi nate. Arpnovnn, February 13, 1835. g
