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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Res. 1,2,3,4. 1844,
To enure totheir benefit se-verally.
Proviso.
March 4, 1844.
Preamble.
Sword andstaff accepted ;to be depositedin State Dep’t.
April 30, 1844.
April 30, 1844.
Camp chestaccepted, andto be depositedas a precious re-lic in the Dep’tof State.
April 30, 1844.
Settlements forsupplies furnish-ed militia under
or their legal representatives, specifying thereon the extent of their seve-ral claims by occupancy; and that when the said entry shall be made,the same shall enure to the benefit of such persons, severally, in theproportions and according to the quantities specified on said plat: Andprovided further, That this act shall not invalidate any rights whichany other person, not herein named, may be entitled to under any lawheretofore passed.
Approved, June 17, 1844.
RESOLUTIONS.
No. 1. A Joint Resolution accepting the sword of Washington and staff <ff
Franklin.
Whereas, by a joint resolution which passed both Houses of Congress during the third session of the twenty-seventh Congress , the swordof Washington and the staff of Franklin, presented to Congress bySamuel T. Washington, of Kenawha county, Virginia, were acceptedin the name of the nation, and the thanks of Congress were pre-sented therefor to the donor, and the President of the United States was directed to communicate to the said Samuel T. Washington acopy of said resolution. And whereas, said resolution did not reachthe President of the United States before the adjournment of Con-gress , and did not therefore receive his approval and signature. Andwhereas, the President of the United States did communicate to thesaid Samuel T. Washington a copy of said resolution : Therefore, inorder to vest the title to said relics in the United States ,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That said sword and staffare hereby accepted in the name of the Nation, and that they be de-posited in the Department of State of the United States for safe-keeping.Approved, March 4, 1844.
N o. 2. Joint Resolution of respect for the memory of the donor of the Camp Chestof General Washington.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Senate and Houseof Representatives take pleasure in recognising to the widow and familyof the late William Sydney Winder, their high sense of the value ofthe bequest contained in his will, and in expressing their respect for thememory of the donor.
Approved, April 30, 1844.
No. 3. Joint Resolution accepting the Camp Chest of General Washington.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Camp Chest ofGeneral George Washington , which he used during the revolutionary war,bequeathed, by the last will of the late William Sydney Winder, to theCongress of the United States , be and the same is hereby accepted, andthat the same be deposited, as a precious relic, to be preserved in theDepartment of State .
Approved, April 30, 1844.
No. 4. Joint Resolution respecting the application of certain appropriations hereto-fore made.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, in settling for suppliesfurnished to militia in the service of the United States under the act