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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 7, 32, 33. 1895. 1049 now on file in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury be referred to the Court of Claims with the right of appeal to either party to the Supreme Court for examination and the allowance of the amount of damages actually sustained by said claimant by reason of said loss, the judgment rendered by said court to be paid out of the appropriations duly made to pay judgments rendered by said court: Provided, That grvwvrthe said damages shall only include the actual value of said canal m°°"°’ barge at the time she sustained the injuries aforesaid: And provided further, That said Court shall find whether or not said injuries to said m,,bm,,._ barge resulted from any fault or negligence of the owner of said barge or of his employees, and that said Court, before determining the question of damages, shall determine the question of liability of the Government Received by the President, January 15, 1895. [NoTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by himto the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] [No. 32.] Joint Resolution Authorizing Second Lieutenant F. D. Rockenbach, MUNI?. 1896- of the Tenth Cavalry, United States Army, to accept the position of commandant of W cadets at the Virginia Military Academy, Lexington, Virginia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Second Lieutenant F. D. Rock- UQ Q R°°““"°°*‘~ enbach, of the Tenth Cavalry, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, May pcccpcpqeiuon permitted to accept the position of commandant of cadets at the Vir- XL[§{§‘,§§’,_M‘ "'"Y ginia Military Academy at Lexington, Virginia, and the emolument pertaining thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of War may, in his {QQ7b duty_ discretion, at any time when in his opinion the interests of the service require it, order him upon duty. Approved, March 2, 1895. [1No. 33.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to correct the M"°h2· lmmi itary record of Captain Edward Wheeler, Fifty-sixth New York Volunteers. Whereas Captain Edward Wheeler, Fifty- sixth New York Volunteers, P*°°¤bl°· was dismissed from the military service of the United States by an erroneous order dated September fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, while absent from his command sick, and reinstated December twentyfourth, eighteen hundred and sixtytwo, upon the discovery that an error had been committed: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and £}diH¤r•1Y;ié;•;]¤¤· he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke said order dismissing °°° said officer and to correct his military record to show a continuous service covering said period. Approved, March 2, 1895.