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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 1 , 2, 3. 1835.

Jan. 27. 1835:

Ante, p. 744.

Road to becompleted underthe approval ofthe President.

Proviso.

Feb. 13,1835.

Gold medal tobe presented toCol. Croghan.

Swords to bepresented otherofficers*

Feb. 13, 3835.

President tocause the horsesto be sold, andto present thelion to some in-stitution.

RESOLUTIONS.

I. Whereas the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company havefound it impracticable to make the railroad through the grounds be-longing to the United States at Harper’s Ferry , agreeably to the exacttenor of the joint resolution passed for their benefit at the last sessionof Congress ,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the said Winchesterand Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to completesaid railroad, as now located through said grounds, on paying the valueof any improvements injured by the road, or giving authority to replacethem in other positions, should they be deemed by the President of suf-ficient importance to be paid for or removed: Provided, however, Thatthe road shall be constructed in such place, as far as it passes throughthe public grounds at Harper’s Ferry , as may be approved by thePresident.

Approved, January 27, 1835.

II. A Resolution presenting a gold medal to George Croghan , and a sword toeach of the officers under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct, inthe dfence of Fort Stephenson, in eighteen hundred and thirteen.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, withsuitable emblems and devices, and presented to Colonel Croghan, intestimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantryand good conduct in the defence of fort Stephenson, and that he pre-sent a sword to each of the following officers engaged in that affair;to Captain James Hunter, to the eldest male representative of Lieu-tenant Benjamin Johnston, and to Lieutenants Cyrus A. Baylor, JohnMeek, Ensign Joseph Duncan, and the nearest male representative ofEnsign Edmund Shipp, deceased.

Approved, February 13, 1835.

III. Resolution for the disposition of a lion and two horses, received as a pres-ent by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco .

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the two horsesreceived as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier ,from the Emperor of Morocco , to be sold in Washington city, bypublic auction, on the last Saturday of February, one thousand eighthundred and thirty-five, and to cause the proceeds thereof to be placedin the treasury of the United States , and that the lion, received in likemanner, be presented to such suitable institution, person, or personsas the President of the United States may designate.

Approved, February 13, 1835.