RESOLUTIONS.

1847, March 2. Res. 5. Resolutions giving the thanks of Congress to Major-

General Taylor and the officers and men under his command in the late

military operations at Monterey.....

"March 3. Res. 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......

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389

389

THIRTIETH CONGRESS, First Session.-6 Dec. 1847-14 Aug. 1848.

1848, January 26. Chap. 6. An act to provide clothing for volunteers in the

service of the United States................

"February 2. Chap. 8. An act making further provisions for surviving

widows of the soldiers of the revolution.............

May 27. Chap. 49. An act explanatory of an act entitled "An act to

raise for a limited time an additional military force, and for other pur-

poses," approved the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight

hundred and forty-seven.............................

389

390

391

"June 2. Chap. 60. An act to refund money for expenses incurred, sub-

sistence or transportation furnished, for the use of volunteers, during

the present war, before being mustered into the service of the United

States
391

"June 26. Chap. 71. An act making appropriations for the payment of

revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the year

ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and

forty-nine........

66

392

"July 10. Chap. 99. An act to extend the provisions of existing pension

laws to enlisted men of the ordnance corps of the United States army... 392

July 19. Chap. 104. An act to amend an act entitled "An act supple-

mental to an act entitled 'An act providing for the prosecution of the

existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico,""

and for other purposes..........

July 21. Chap. 108. An act amending the act entitled "An act granting

half pay to widows or orphans where their husbands and fathers have

died of wounds received in the military service of the United States,"

in case of deceased officers and soldiers of the militia and volunteers,

passed the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-

six........

393

394

August 12. Chap. 168. An act concerning the pay department of the

army

July 29. Chap. 120. An act for the relief of certain surviving widows of

officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army...
395

396

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August 14. Chap. 173. An act making appropriations for the support of

the army for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand

eight hundred and forty-nine................

397

August 14. Chap. 180. An act in relation to military land warrants........ 397

RESOLUTIONS.

1848, March 9. Res. 2. Joint resolution expressive of the thanks of Congress

to Major-General Winfield Scott, and the troops under his command, for

their distinguished gallantry and good conduct in the campaign of

eighteen hundred and forty-seven

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398

March 24. Res. 4. Joint resolution relative to the evidence which shall be

considered satisfactory in applications for bounty land.... .......
398

May 9.
Res. 7. Joint resolution of thanks to Major-General Taylor....... 398

June 16. Res. 8. Joint resolution in relation to transportation and dis-

charge of the military forces of the United States at the close of the

war with Mexico...........

399

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June 16. Res. 9. Joint resolution providing for the payment of the regi-

ment of Texas mounted troops called into the service of the United

States, under the requisition of Colonel Curtis, in the year eighteen

hundred and forty-seven, and for other purposes.....

"July 1. Res. 13. A joint resolution relative to evidence in application for

pensions...........

399

400

"July 29. Res. 20. A resolution for the speedy payment of the three

months' extra pay to the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians,

and privates who have served in the late war with Mexico, allowed

by the act of July nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-

eight.............

" August 10. Res. 24. Joint resolution concerning certain portions of the

marine and ordnance corps...............................

THIRTIETH CONGRESS, Second Session.-4 Dec. 1848-3 March, 1849.

1849, February 22. Chap. 62. An act granting five years' half pay to certain

widows and orphans of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and

privates, both regulars and volunteers......

66

66 March 2. Chap. 80.

66

66

400

400

401

401

March 2. Chap. 79. An act to allow subsistence to certain Arkansas and

other volunteers who have been prisoners of war in Mexico.............

An act concerning the pay department of the army... 402

March 2. Chap. 83. An act to provide for an increase of the medical staff,

and for an additional number of chaplains of the army of the United

States.......

March 3. Chap. 101. An act making appropriations for the support of the

army for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty......

.........

....... 402

........ 403

66 March 3. Chap. 126. An act to provide for the settlement of the accounts

of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from

military contributions, or otherwise, in Mexico............

March 3. Chap. 129. An act to provide for the payment of horses and

other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United

States

404

RESOLUTIONS.

1849, March 2. Res. 12. A resolution authorizing the secretary of war to fur-

nish arms and ammunition to persons emigrating to the Territories of

Oregon, California, and New Mexico..........

1849, March 3. Res. 14. Joint resolution relative to evidence in applications

for pensions by widows of deceased soldiers, under the act of July

twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight............

THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, First Session.-3 Dec. 1849-30 Sept. 1850.

1850, June 17. Chap. 20. An act to increase the rank and file of the army,

and to encourage enlistments.......

"Sept. 16. Chap. 54. An act making appropriations for the support of the

military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-one.....

An act to increase the commissariat of the United

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407

408

409

"Sept. 26. Chap. 70.

States army..

409

"Sept. 28. Chap. 78. An act making appropriations for the support of the

army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-one.....

410

"Sept. 28. Chap. 85. An act granting bounty land to certain officers and

soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United

States

411

RESOLUTIONS.

1850, July 29. Res. 9. A resolution for restoring the settlement of the "three

months' extra pay" claims to the accounting officers of the treasury...... 413

"Sept. 28. Res. 20. Joint resolution explanatory of certain acts therein

mentioned................................................................

THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, Second Session.-2 Dec. 1850-3 March, 1851.

1851, March 3. Chap. 22. An act making appropriations for the support of the

military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-two.............

"March 3. Chap. 25. An act to found a military asylum for the relief and

support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the army of the United

States........

March 3. Chap. 33. An act making appropriations for the support of the

army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-two..........................................................................................................................

"March 3. Chap. 37. An act making appropriations for light-houses, light-

boats, buoys, &c.. and providing for the erection and establishment of

the same, and for other purposes.....

414

414

415

418

418

RESOLUTION.

1851, March 3. Res. 6. Joint resolution explaining the acts of July seventh,

one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, March third, one thousand

eight hundred and forty-three, and June seventeenth, one thousand

eight hundred and forty-four.........

419

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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, First Session.-1 Dec. 1851-31 Aug. 1852.

1852, March 22. Chap. 19. An act to make land warrants assignable, and for

other purposes.....
..... 420

66

" August 6. Chap. 81. An act making appropriations for the support of the
military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and for other purposes............ 42]

August 31. Chap. 108. An act making appropriations for the civil and

diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth

June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and for other purposes... 422

"August 31. Chap. 110. An act making appropriations for the support of

the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty three............

422

THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, Second Session.-6 Dec. 1852-3 March, 1853.

1853, Feb. 3. Chap. 42. An act to continue half pay to certain widows and

March 3. Chap. 97. An act making appropriations for the civil and

diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of

June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.........
429

March 3. Chap. 98. An act making appropriations for the support of

the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-four.........

429

March 3. Chap. 104. An act making appropriations for the current and

contingent expenses of the Indian department, &c. for the year ending

the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.......... 431

THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, First Session.-5 Dec. 1853-7 Aug. 1854.

1854, May 10. Chap. 54. An act making appropriations for the support of the

military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-five..........

431

"May 31. Chap. 60. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for

the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-four, and for other purposes...

"August 4. Chap. 247. An act to increase the pay of the rank and file of

the army, and to encourage enlistments.....

"August 4. Chap. 248. An act to repeal the first proviso of the fourth

section of the act entitled "An act granting bounty land to certain

officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of

the United States," approved September twenty-eighth, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty..........

431

432

66

August 5. Chap. 267. An act making appropriations for the support of

the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-five.........

433

434

RESOLUTION.

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1854, Jan. 14. Res. 1. Joint resolution of thanks to General John E. Wool... 435

435

THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Second Session.-4 Dec. 1854-3 March, 1855.

1855, March 3. Chap. 169. An act making appropriations for the support of the

army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-six, and for other purposes.....................

"March 3. Chap. 175. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplo-

matic expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of

June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and for other purposes... 436

"March 3. Chap. 199. An act to organize an institution for the insane of

the army and navy, and of the District of Columbia, in the said

District........

"March 3. Chap. 207. An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty

land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the mili-

tary service of the United States..............................................................

"March 3. Chap. 208. An act making appropriations for the support of
the military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six..........

RESOLUTION.

1855, Feb. 15. Res. 9. A resolution authorizing the President of the United

States to confer the title of lieutenant-general by brevet, for eminent

services........

437

439

............... 441

THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, First Session.-3 Dec. 1855-18 Aug. 1856.

1856, April 5. Chap. 14. An act making appropriations for the payment of

invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the

thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven............ 441

May 14. Chap. 26. An act to amend the act in addition to certain acts

granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been

engaged in the military service of the United States, approved March

third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.............

66

442

August 16. Chap. 125. An act providing for a necessary increase and

better organization of the medical and hospital department of the army... 444

August 18. Chap. 162. An act making appropriations for the legislative,

executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending

the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven...... 444

THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, Third Session.-1 Dec. 1856-3 March, 1857.

1857, Feb. 7. Chap. 36. An act supplementary to an act to organize an institu-

tion for the insane of the army and navy, and of the District of Columbia,

in the said District, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred

and fifty-five..........

445

"Feb. 16. Chap. 45. An act making appropriations for the support of the

military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-eight............

447

"Feb. 21. Chap. 55. An act to increase the pay of the officers of the army...447