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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Res. 18. 1844.
June 17,1844.
President tocommunicate tothem the highsense of Con-gress of theirzeal displayedon the burningof the Missouri .
tors, deeds and titles for the lands so exchanged and disposed of to es-tablish convenient boundaries.
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of War be,and he is hereby authorized and empowered to ratify and confirm anexchange of land at Harper’s Ferry, in the State of Virginia , which hasbeen made between the United States and the Wager family for the pur-pose of securing a more convenient access to the workshops of theUnited States armory at that place, and to give and receive deeds to andfrom the persons lawfully holding the land thus obtained from the UnitedStates , and the legal owners 9l the land, the occupancy of which wastransferred to the United States in exchange therefor.
Approved, June 17, 1844.
No. 18. Joint Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to the British authori-ties at Gibraltar , and the commander, officers, and crew of her Britannic Mar-jesty’s ship Malabar.
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 communicate to the British Government,in such manner as he may deem proper, the high sense entertained byCongress of the generous zeal displayed by the British authorities atGibraltar , and the commander, officers and crew of her Britannic Ma-jesty’s ship Malabar, in endeavoring to save from destruction the Ame-rican steam frigate Missouri , and in preserving the lives of her officersand crew, as well as of the kindness and hospitality which characterizedtheir treatment of the ship’s company of that vessel, after her unfortu-nate destruction by fire.
Approved, June 17, 1844.