Resolved, That the President of the United States be fur- Swords to be to ther requested to cause swords, with suitable devices, to be presented Generals Butpresented to Major General Butler, Major General Hender- ler, Henderson, son, and to Brigadier General Twiggs, Brigadier General Twiggs, Worth, Worth, and Brigadier General Quitman, in testimony of the and Quitman. high sense entertained by Congress of their gallantry and good conduct in storming Monterey. nearest male Resolved, That the President of the United States be fur- A sword to be ther requested to present a sword, with suitable devices, to presented to the the nearest male relative of Brigadier General Hamer, and to relative of Gencommunicate to him the deep regret which Congress feels eral Hamer. for the loss of a gallant man, whose name ought to live in the recollection and affection of a grateful country. Resolved, That the President be requested to cause the foregoing resolutions to be communicated to General Taylor, and, through him, to the army under his command. Approved, March 2, 1847. [No. 6.]-JOINT RESOLUTION for the settlement of the accounts of Purser G. R. Barry. certain items Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That His accounts to the accounting officers of the Treasury be authorized to set- be settled, and tle the accounts of the United States ship Boston, Captain charged to him Pendergrast, and pass to the credit of the purser, G. R. credited. Barry, the items charged to him in the reconciling statement of his accounts. Approved, March 2, 1847. [No. 7.]-A RESOLUTION to refund money to the States which have supplied volunteers and furnished them transportation during the present war before being mustered and received into the service of the United States. and Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Expenses inSecretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and re- curred by States quired to cause to be refunded to the several States, or to or individuals in individuals for services rendered acting under the authority sisting, organizing, subof any States, the amount of expenses incurred by them in transporting organizing, subsisting, and transporting volunteers previous volunteers to be to their being mustered and received into the service of the United States for the present war, and for subsisting troops in the service of the United States, without waiting for deductions to be made from the pay of said volunteers. Approved, March 3, 1847. [No. 8.]-A RESOLUTION for lighting with gas the Capitol and Capitol grounds. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Contract for Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Repthe resentatives be authorized and directed to contract with with James Crutchett for lighting up the Capitol and the Capitol gas anthorized. grounds with the solar gas light: Provided, That such con lighting Capitol grounds Proviso. and tract can be made upon terms deemed reasonable by the said [No. 9.]—A RESOLUTION concerning the purchase of additional lands for the use of the United States armories at Harper's Ferry and Springfield. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the The purchase of assent of Congress be, and is hereby, given to the purchase additional lands of additional lands for the use of the United States armories authorized. at disposal of. at Harper's Ferry and Springfield, and to the application for that purpose of so much of the sums appropriated for repairs, improvements, and new machinery at Harper's Ferry and Springfield armories by the act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, as the estimates show to have been intended for the purchase of lands and buildings for said armories. Approved, March 3, 1847. [No. 10.]—A RESOLUTION authorizing the employment of the United States ships Macedonian and Jamestown in transporting provisions for the famishing poor of Ireland and Scotland. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That U. S. ship Ma- the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized cedonian placed to place at the disposal of Captain George C. De Kay, of Capt. George C.New Jersey, the United States ship Macedonian, for the purDe Kay, & sloop pose of transporting to the famishing poor of Ireland and of war James Scotland such contributions as may be made for their relief; town placed at disposal of Capt and that the said Secretary be also authorized to place at the R. B. Forbes. disposal of Captain Robert B. Forbes, of Boston, the United States sloop-of-war the Jamestown, for the like purpose; or if the Secretary shall be of opinion that the public interest will be better subserved thereby, he is authorized to despatch said vessels upon the service aforesaid as public ships. Approved, March 3, 1847, [No. 11.]-A JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the preparation and piesentation of medals to certain French, British, and Spanish officers. to Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Suitable gold & the President of the United States is hereby authorized and silver medals to requested to cause suitable gold and silver medals to be be prepared and pre- presented pared and presented to the officers and men belonging or at- certain British, tached to the French, British, and Spanish ships-of-war in French & Spanthe harbor of Vera Cruz, who so gallantly, and at the imminent peril of their lives, aided in rescuing from a watery grave many of the officers and crew of the United States brig Somers. Approved, March 3, 1847. ish officers. [No. 12.]-JOINT RESOLUTION to prohibit the sale at private entry of certain lands in Cincinnati, Ohio. bited. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed Sale of certain to report to the next session of Congress all the facts in re- lands in Cincinnati, O., probilation to the title to the unsold parts, if any there be, of the reserved fractional section number eleven, of fractional township number four, of fractional range number one, in J. C. Symme's Purchase, State of Ohio, together with the opinion. of the Attorney General thereon, and that he suspend all further proceedings in relation thereto, until the end of the next session of Congress. Approved, March 3, 1847. [No. 13.]-JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnson, deceased. ceiver of L. Of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Register & Reof the United States of America in Congress assembled, fice at Sandusky That the Commissioner of the General Land Office cause to receive a certificate granted the register and receiver at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to re- them under the ceive a certificate of the heirs of Stephen Johnson, granted act for their reto them under "An act for the relief of the heirs of Stephen lief, of July 20, 1840, in payJohnson, deceased," approved July twentieth, eighteen hun- ment for any dred and forty, in payment for any half section of land in the sec. of vacant Wyandot reserve not otherwise appropriated: Provided, the land in the Wyminimum price of said half section shall not exceed two dol- Proviso. lars and fifty cents per acre. Approved, March 3, 1847. andott reserve. [No. 14.]-JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of William B. Stokes, surviving partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives P. M. Gen'l of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to pay him such the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to pay compensation as shall be an to William B. Stokes, surviving partner of John N. C. adequate remu- Stockton and Company, for carrying the mail in the year rying the mail eighteen hundred and thirty-six, on the lower or Florida in Florida in route, in consequence of the interruption of the mail by the the years 1835 Creek hostilities on the upper route, such compensation as neration for car and 1836. shall be established to be an adequate remuneration for the same, taking into consideration the value of the services performed, and the loss to the said contractors by the exclusion of passengers, as directed by the then Postmaster General; and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to pay the amount so allowed out of the current appropriation for mail transportation. Approved, March 3, 1847. tled. [No. 15.]-JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of M. A. Price and E. A. White. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives Their accounts of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for mail trans- the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized and portation to be directed to cause the account of M. A. Price and E. A. audited and setWhite, of the State of Tennessee, for mail transportation, to be audited and settled; and to pay to the said Price and they shall be White, out of the fund appropriated for mail transportation, paid. the same rate of compensation from the first day of January to the first day of February, eighteen hundred and thirtyseven, as was allowed and paid them from the first of June to the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty Rate at which seven. Approved, March 3, 1847. APPENDIX. 1847. TREATIES. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 24, 1845. By the President of the United States of America: Whereas an additional article to the Convention for the sur- Preamble. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. The crime of robbery, defining the same to be the felonious and forcible taking from the person of another, of goods or money to any value, by violence, or putting him in fear; and the crime of burglary, defining the same to be, breaking and entering by night into a mansion house of another, with intent to commit felony; and the corresponding crimes included under the French law in the words vol qualifié crime, not being embraced in the second ARTICLE ADDITIONEL delivered up in Le crime de robbery, con- Persons charged sistant dans l'enlèvement with the crimes forcé et criminel, effectué sur glary, &c. shall of robbery, burla personne d'autrui, d'argent, be respectively ou d'effets d'une valeur quel- conformity with conque, a l'aide de violence 1st article of ou d'intimidation; et le crime convention. de burglary, consistant dans l'action de s'introduire nuitamment, et avec effraction. ou escalade, dans l'habitation d'autrui, avec une intention criminelle; et les crimes correspondants prévus et punis par la loi française, sous la qualification de vols commis |