Officers in charge of diviswhat rank and ions to have pay. Distribution shall not apply to steamboats or other vessels in military service on the western rivers; but such river steamboats or vessels shall be so inspected by competent builders, to be designated for that purpose. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the officers placed in charge of the several divisions provided for by the first section of this act, shall, during the time they remain in such charge, each have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel in the quartermaster's department: Provided, That the quartermaster-general may, with the approval of the Secretary of duties may be of War, from time to time, and according to the necessities of the public service, change the distribution of duties among them; and all such changes shall be forthwith published in general orders of the War Department. changed. Inspectors of the quartermas ter's department. Chief quarter master of army corps, &c., Division quartermaster. Provisos. Two thirds of officers of each grade provided for under this act SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of the present rebellion, the Secretary of War may assign to duty, as inspectors of the quartermaster's department, six officers, to be selected from the regular and volunteer officers of that staff corps, who have served not less than one year, who shall have, while so assigned and acting, the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of the quartermaster's department; and also, when in his judgment it is necessary, may assign to each army in the field, consisting of more than one army corps, and to each military department and to each principal depot, not exceeding ten in number at any one time, of the quartermaster's department, an officer to act as chief or senior quartermaster of said army, military department, or depot, who shall have while so assigned the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of the quartermaster's department; and also to assign to each division of two or more brigades, a quartermaster, as division quartermaster, who, while so assigned and acting, shall have the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of a major of the quartermaster's department: Provided, That when any of said officers is relieved from such duty, his temporary rank, pay, and emoluments shall cease, and he shall return to his lineal rank in the department: And provided, further, That when within the limits of any military department there shall be not more than one army corps, then the chief quartermaster of the army corps shall perform also the duties of the department quartermaster. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That, at least two thirds of all the officers of each grade or assigned rank provided for under the provisions of this act shall be selected from among quartermasters of the volunteer to be from volun- service. teer service. Repeal of inconsistent provisions. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. APPROVED, July 4, 1864. RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Joint Resolution of Thanks to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, and the Offi- Dec. 17, 1863. cers and Soldiers who have fought under his Command during this Rebellion; and providing that the President of the United States shall cause a Medal to be struck, to be presented to Major-General Grant in the name of the People of the United States of America. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress be, The thanks of and they hereby are, presented to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, and congress to through him to the officers and soldiers who have fought under his com- Grant, his offiMajor-General mand during this rebellion, for their gallantry and good conduct in the cers, and soldiers. battles in which they have been engaged; and that the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be presented to Major-General Grant. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That when the said medal shall have been struck, the President shall cause a copy of this joint resolution to be engrossed on parchment, and shall transmit the same, together with the said medal, to Major-General Grant, to be presented to him in the name of the People of the United States of America. Gold medal for General Grant. Copy of resolu tion to be given with medal. SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That a sufficient sum of money to Appropriation. carry this resolution into effect is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, December 17, 1863. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain John Rodgers, of Dec. 23, 1863. the United States Navy, for eminent Skill and Zeal in the Discharge of his Duties. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in pursuance of the recommendation of the President of the United States, and to enable him to advance Captain Rodgers one grade, in pursuance of the ninth section of the act of congress of sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the thanks of congress be, and they are hereby, tendered to Captain John Rodgers, "for the eminent skill and gallantry exhibited by him in the engagement with the rebel armed iron-clad steamer' Fingal,' alias Atlanta,' whilst in command of the United States iron-clad steamer Weehawken,' which led to her capture on June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixtythree; and also for the zeal, bravery, and general good conduct shown by this officer on many occasions." APPROVED, December 23, 1863. [No. 8.] Joint Resolution to supply, in Part, Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Public Printing, and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Bounties to Volunteers. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to supply deficiencies, in Thanks of congress to Cap tain John Dec. 23, 1863. Appropriation part, in the appropriations for the public printing, the sum of fifty thoufor deficiency in sand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in public printing; the treasury not otherwise appropriated. for bounties and advance pay of volunteers. Proviso. See Post, Nos. 5, 17. Commutation money paid by those drafted, to be paid into treasury, &c. 1863, ch. 75, 13. Vol. xii. p. 733. See No. 6, post. That the sum of twenty millions of dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the payment of bounties and advance pay: Provided, That no bounties, except such as are now provided by law, shall be paid to any persons enlisted after the fifth day of January next. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the money paid by drafted persons under the "Act for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes," approved third March, eighteen hundred and sixtythree, shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and shall be drawn out on requisitions, as in the case of other public moneys, and the money so paid shall be kept in the treasury as a special deposit, applicable only to the expenses of draft and for the procuration of substitutes; for these purposes it is hereby appropriated. APPROVED, December 23, 1863. January 13, 1864. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution to provide for the Printing annually of the Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Report of comternal revenue to missioner of in be printed. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the public printing annually to print, for the use of the commissioner of internal revenue, one thousand copies of his report to the Secretary of the Treasury. APPROVED, January 13, 1864. January 13, 1864. Bounties to to be continued [No. 5.] Joint Resolution to continue the Bounties heretofore paid. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the bounties heretofore paid, men enlisting to under regulations and orders from the War Department, to men enlisting until, &c. in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States for three years or during the war, shall continue to be paid from the fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, until the first day of March next, anything in the act [joint resolution] approved December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the contrary notwithstanding. This resolution to be in force from and after its passage. Ante, p. 144. APPROVED, January 13, 1864. January 16, 1864. [No. 6.] A Resolution amendatory of the Joint Resolution "to supply, in Part, Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Public Printing, and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Bounties to Volunteers." Money paid by drafted persons, how to be applied. 1863, ch. 75, § 13, Vol. xii. p. 733. See No. 3, ante. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the money paid by drafted persons under the act for calling out the national forces and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or that may be paid under any act for like purposes, shall be paid into the treas"ry of the United States, and shall be drawn out on requisitions, as are other public moneys, for the expenses of the draft and for the procuration of substitutes, for which purposes the money so paid in is hereby appropriated. APPROVED, January 16, 1864. [No. 7.] A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Nathaniel January 28, 1864. P. Banks and the Officers and Soldiers under his Command at Port Hudson. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress are The thanks of hereby tendered to Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks and the officers congress to MajorGeneral Banks, and soldiers under his command for the skill, courage, and endurance which his officers, and compelled the surrender of Port Hudson, and thus removed the last ob- men at Port struction to the free navigation of the Mississippi River. APPROVED, January 28, 1864. Hudson. [No. 8.] A Resolution of Thanks to Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside and the Officers January 28, 1804. and Men who fought under his Command. The thanks of congress to Major-General Burnside, his officers, and men. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress be, and they hereby are, presented to Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside, and through him to the officers and men who have fought under his command, for their gallantry, good conduct, and soldierlike endurance. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause the foregoing resolution to be communicated communicate this to Major-General Burnside in such terms as he may deem best calculated to give effect thereto. President to resolution. APPROVED, January 28, 1864. [No. 9.1 A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Joseph January 28, 1864. Hooker, Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Oliver Ó. Howard, and the Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac. The thanks of Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That that the gratitude of the American people and the thanks of their representatives in congress are due, and congress and of the people to are hereby tendered, to Major-General Joseph Hooker and the officers Major-Generals and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, for the skill, energy, and en- Hooker, Meade, durance which first covered Washington and Baltimore from the meditated and Howard, their officers, and blow of the advancing and powerful army of rebels led by General Robert men. E. Lee; and to Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Oliver O. Howard, and the officers and soldiers of that army, for the skill and heroic valor which at Gettysburg repulsed, defeated, and drove back, broken and dispirited, beyond the Rappahannock, the veteran army of the rebellion. APPROVED, January 28, 1864. [No. 10.] A Resolution presenting the Thanks of Congress to Cornelius Vanderbilt for a January 28, 1864 Gift of the Steamship Vanderbilt. nelius Vander WHEREAS Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, did, during the spring The thanks of of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, make a free gift to his imperilled coun- congress to Cortry of his new and staunch steamship "Vanderbilt," of five thousand tons bilt. burthen, built by him with the greatest care, of the best material, at a cost of eight hundred thousand dollars, which steamship has ever since been actively employed in the service of the republic against the rebel devastations of her commerce; and whereas the said Cornelius Vanderbilt has in no manner sought any requital of this magnificent gift, nor any official recognition thereof: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress be presented to Cornelius Vanderbilt for this unique manifestation of a fervid and large-souled patriotism. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United President to have a gold States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, which shall fitly medal struck, &c., embody an attestation of the nation's gratitude for this gift; which medal shall be forwarded to Cornelius Vanderbilt, a copy of it being made and [Appropriation, deposited for preservation in the library of congress. and present it. Post, p. 462.] Feb. 3, 1864. copies of each APPROVED, January 28, 1864. [No. 11.] A Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Seven hundred of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the superintendent of public printing be directed to print hereafter seven hundred copies of every bill or joint resolution ordered or required to be printed by either the Senate or the House of Representatives, under any rule of either house, unless some other number be specially required by the House ordering the same. APPROVED, February 3, 1864. law. 826. Feb. 19, 1864. [No. 12.] Joint Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Major-General W. T. Sherman. The thanks of congress and of the people to Major-General Sherman, his officers, and men. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress and of the people of the United Slates are due, and that the same are hereby tendered, to Major-General W. T. Sherman, commander of the department and army of the Tennessee, and the officers and soldiers who served under him, for their gallant and arduous services in marching to the relief of the army of the Cumberland, and for their gallantry and heroism in the battle of Chattanooga, which contributed in a great degree to the success of our arms in that glorious victory. APPROVED, February 19, 1864. Feb. 22, 1864. [No. 14.] Joint Resolution making Appropriation for the Payment of Taxes on certain Lands owned by the United States. Appropriation to pay taxes on lands owned by the United States. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, to pay taxes on lands owned by the United States, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to report to congress upon what lands such taxes may be paid, and the amount so paid. APPROVED, Feb. 22, 1864. Feb. 24, 1864. [No. 15.] A Resolution relative to the Transfer of Persons in the Military Service to the Naval Service. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Enlistment into of America in Congress assembled, First: That the Provost-Marshal Genthe naval service. eral be, and is hereby, directed to enlist such persons as may desire to (Repealed. See 1864, ch. 108. enter into the naval service of the United States, under such directions as Ante, p. 119.) may be given by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, which enlistments shall be credited to the appropriate district: Provided, nevertheless, That inasmuch as persons enlisted in the naval service receive prize money, persons so enlisting shall not be entitled to receive any bounty upon their enlistment. Second: That the President of the United States may, whenever in his judgment the public service requires, authorize and direct the transfer of persons who have been employed in sea service, and are now enlisted in regiments for land service, from such Not to receive prize money. Transfer authorized. |