TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 1,2, 3, 4. 1832.
for the state of Alabama to alter the plan for the improvement on theTennessee river below Florence, by canalling instead of sluicing, so asto accomplish the object which Congress had in view in making the ap-propriation : Provided , That not more than one hundred and fifty thousanddollars, including the sum already expended on that part of the river,shall be expended below the said town of Florence.
Approved, July 16, 1832.
RESOLUTIONS.
I. Resolution empowering the Secretary of the Navy to settle certain contracts,and to relinquish certain forfeitures.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statesof America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy beempowered to relinquish and pay all forfeitures on contracts made by theboard of navy commissioners, when said forfeitures have arisen by theextension of the contracts, or where the contracts have been completedby the approbation of the board of navy commissioners, without anyinjury to the public service; and the Secretary of the Navy is empoweredto fulfil all outstanding contracts where the time for their performancehas been extended, or where the completion of said contracts has beenprevented by unavoidable accident, and the public service has sustainedno injury.
Approved, February 10, 1832.
II. Resolution concerning the recording of patents for useful inventions.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statesof America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State, out ofthe proceeds arising from the fees on patents for useful inventions, dis-coveries, and improvements, procure the necessary books, stationery, andother accommodations for recording the patents issued and unrecorded,as well as those hereafter to be issued, and that he employ, and pay at arate not exceeding twelve and a half cents for every hundred words, somany clerks as may be requisite, with convenient despatch, to record thesame.
Approved, March 7, 1832.
III. Resolution respecting the pay of the marine corps .
Resolved by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statesof America, in Congress assembled, That the pay, subsistence, emoluments,and allowances of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and pri-vates of the United States marine corps, shall be the same as they werepreviously to the first of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and shall so continue until they shall be altered by law.
Approved, May 25,1832.
IV. Resolution transferring certain duties, relating to pensions, from the Trea-sury to the War Department .
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statesof America, in Congress assembled, That all the duties which devolve uponthe Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of an act, approved the seventh ofJune, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled “ An act sup-plementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiersof the army of the revolution,” be, and the same are hereby, transferredto the Secretary of War.
Approved, June 28, 1832.
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Feb. 10, 1832.
Contracts to besettled.
Outstandingcontracts to befulfilled.
March 7, 1832.
Patents to berecorded.
May 25, 1832.
The pay of themarines to con-tinue as previ-ous to April 1,1829.
June 28, 1832.