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402 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 11, 12, 14, 15. 1864. h P*’°¤*d°{***° States be requested to cause a. gold medal to be struck, which shall fitly Jem? ,g:,gk1&c_ embody an attestatiou of the nation’s gratitude for this gift; which medal and present ic. ’ shall be forwarded to Cornelius Vanderbilt, a copy of it being made and [Appropriation, deposited for preservation in the library of congress. P°’°* P' M2'] APPROVED, January 28, 1864. Feb, 3, ]864_ [No. 11.] A Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing. _~ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lSYatea Seven hundred of Amer£ca in Congress asscmoled, That the second section of the joint g;H‘°§U;’ff§"€$ resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, prigifgdg and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the superintendent of public R¢1>¢¤l<>ff¤r‘m¤r printing be directed to print hereafter seven hundred copies of every bill lv;} X-- 826 or joint resolution ordered or required to be printed by either the Senate . XL P. . _ , or the House of Representatives, under any rule of either house, unless some other number be specially required by the House ordering the same. Approved, February 3, 1864. Feb. 19, 1864. [No. 12.] Joint Resolutzbn tendering htgema Thanks of Congress to Major-General W. 11 ··-*·—····· n. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The fh¤¤k¤ vf States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress f§Q€p;‘°fs,:'}g °f and of the people of the United Slates are due, and that the same are nisjor-(genera hereby tendered, to Major-General W. T. Sherman, commander of the ?g§_;*;°*;·ugi;1en department and army of ‘the Tennessee, and the officers and soldiers who served under him, for their gallant and arduous services in marching to the relief of the army of the Cumberland, and for their gallantry and heroism in the battle of Chattanooga, which contributed in a great degree to the success of our arms in that glorious victory. Anrnovnn, February 19, 1864. __E§’·22s 1864* [N0. 14.] Joint Resolution making Ap for the Payment of Taxes on ccrtam Lands ownedpliyvthe United Sta/tes. Be it resolved by the Senate and .Hbusc of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, That., to pay taxes on lands {Zuni1V0f;;;; *;*1 owned by the United States, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so the Umm, y much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated Smes. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to report to congress upon what lands such taxes may be paid, and the amount so paid. Approved, Feb. 22, 1864. Feb. 24, 1864. [No. 15.] A Resolution relative to the Transfer of Persons in the Militavy Service to the -—-—-—-—— Naval Service. Resolved Qythe Senate and 1%:ese of Representatives af the United States Eulistmentinto of America in Congress assembled, First: That the Provost-Marshal Gen-

lé;“:aH;:i”’§;‘;° eral be, and is hereby, directed to enlist such persons as may desire to

1862, 0h_ j_gg_ enter into the naval service of the United States, under such directions as AM. p·119·) may be given by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, which enlistments shall be credited to the appropriate district: Provided nevertheless, That inasmuch as persons enlisted in the naval service renotm receive ceive prize money, persons so enlisting shall not he entitled to receive any P““ m°°°Y· bounty upon their enlistment. Second: That the President of the United States may, whenever in his judgment the public service requires, author- Transfer ize and direct the transfer of persons who have been employed in sea ““°h°““d‘ service, and are now enlisted in regiments for land service, from such