TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 6,7. 1838.

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No. 6. Joint Resolution in favor of the authorities of the city of Savannah , inthe State of Georgia .

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the authorities of thecity of Savannah, in the State of Georgia , be, and they are hereby, au-thorized to reopen Reynolds and Wright streets, where they were closedby the works of Fort Wayne ; and, also, to continue Bay street throughthe lands belonging to the United States in said city, and which formthe site of Fort Wayne .

Approved, June 18, 1838.

No. 7. A Resolution for the benefit of the widows of certain revolutionary officers

and soldiers.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits of thethird section of an act entitled “ An act granting half pay to widowsor orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds re-ceived in the military service of the United States in certain cases, andfor other purposes,” approved the fourth day of July, eighteen hundredand thirty-six, shall not be withheld from any widow whose husband hasdied since the passage of the said act, or who shall hereafter die, if saidwidow shall otherwise be entitled to the same.

Approved, July 7, 1838.

June 18,1838.

The city au-thorities of Sa-vannah author-ized to reopenReynolds andWright streets,and to continueBay street.

July 7, 1838.

The benefitsof 3d section ofact of 4th July,1836, ch. 362,extended to wi-dows whosehusbands havedied, or shalldie since thepassage of saidact.