R E S O LU TI 0 N S [No. 1.] A Resolution in Relation to a Site fn a Building for the State Department. Dec, 14, 1869. Resdved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Stats, Commission the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the architect of ;°?f$$°’°°}?m’ f°" the Capitol extension, the supervising architect of the Treasury De- Sgtelgzpgaew partment, and the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, be, mmand they are hereby, appointed a commission to select a site for the erection of 2. building for a new State Department, subject to the approval 0f Congress; to cause plans to be made for the same, with an estimate. Plum Md wiof [the:] probable cost thereof; and also to examine as to the propriety mgiau . _ gemcuts of making some arrangements for the War Department: Prozgzded, That for War Departthe commission should reach the conclusion that the present site of that m‘§‘t·if·&°b department is the most suitable for the State Depa.rtmcr1t,_and report to g,e,,;?°r“° Om Congress on the first day of next session. APPROVED, December 14, 1869. [N0. 2.] A Resolution appointing General Hamm Osborn a Maawger J the nalimuxl Dec. 14, 1869. Asglumfrr disabled Soldiers. "'_""‘“‘ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That General Thomas Osborn, G¤¤¤1‘¤¥Th¢¤¤- 0f Illinois, ba, and he is hereby, appointed a. manager of the National ;f’)i3€f;;°£§;_ Asylum {br Disabled Soldiers, in the place of Richard J. Oglcsby, rc- agar ofNatioua1 Signed. Ajyyg {gr DW APPROVED, December 14, 1869. ab B 0 1m' [No. 3.] Joint Resolution disapproving ay' a Contract _;%r leasing the Custowhouse Block Dec. 22, 1869. in San Francisco. Be it resolved by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Thai; the certain agreement made Cpnmct for the eleventh day of February, eighteen hundred and sixtymine, between §f£;‘;gbfg';l;"$’ the United States acting by Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, sw Francisco of the one part, and John R. Buckbea and Henry F. Williams, of thé ¤¤¤¤uBdother part, for the leasing of the 101: in San Francisco, California, known as the custom-house block, for the period of twentyéive years, for certain considerations therein named, be hereby disapproved and annulled. APPROVED, December 22, 1869. [N0. 4.] A Resolution suspending existing Provisions of Law jbr taking the Census. Dec. 22, 1869. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all existing provisions of law Exisyinglaws relating to taking the census required by the Constitution of the United £‘;';1;;l;‘;§S’1;‘; d_ States be, and the same are hereby, suspended and postponed until the ed,u¤m,§c_ first day of February, anno Dcmini eighteen hundred and seventy. Approved, December 22, 1869.
