rected to place the name of Ellen M. Whipple, widow of the late Major General Amiel W. Whipple, of the United States army, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, from the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for and during her widowhood.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT granting a pension to the widow of the late Major General Hiram G. Berry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Eliza Berry, widow of Major General Hiram G. Berry, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, from the third day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to continue during her widowhood.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT granting a pension to Ezekiel Darling.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Ezekiel Darling on the pension rolls, at the rate of four dollars per month, during his natural life, said pension to commence from the passage of the act.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT for the relief of Jean M. Lander, widow of F. W. Lander, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle the account of Brigadier General F. W. Lander, deceased, for services rendered and expenses incurred by him in making a reconnoissance for a railroad from Puget's sound to the Mississippi river, in eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the amount the said Secretary shall find to be justly due shall be paid to the widow of the deceased, to wit, Jean M. Lander, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The same shall not exceed the sum of four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, and it shall be in full consideration for said services and expenses.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT granting a pension to Thomas Bootle.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Thomas Bootle on the invalid pension roll of the United States, at the rate of four dollars per month, from the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty, and to continue during his natural life.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Leppien.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Elizabeth B. Leppien on the list of pensioners, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, to commence on the twentyfourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and continue during her widowhood.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT granting a pension to Rachel Mills, widow of Peter Mills, deceased, late a major in the United States army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to place upon the pension roll of the United States the name of Rachel Mills, of Binghamton, New York, widow of Peter Mills, late a major in the United States army, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, from the date of April first, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin Vreeland, surgeon in the navy of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Benjamin Vreeland, surgeon in the navy of the United States, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and forty-nine dollars and seven cents, being the difference of compensation to an assistant surgeon and a passed assistant surgeon, from the ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, to the thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Approved March 3, 1865.

PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS.

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to expend a portion of the contingent fund for enlarging the Navy Department building.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to expend so much of the contingent fund heretofore appropriated as may be necessary for the enlargement of the Navy Department building to meet the wants of the department.

Approved December 15, 1864.

JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain John A. Winslow, United States navy, and to the officers and men under his command, on board the United States steamer Kearsarge, in her conflict with the piratical craft the Alabama, in compliance with the President's recommendation to Congress of the fifth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Captain John A. Winslow, of the United States navy, and to the officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines of the United States steamer Kearsarge, for the skill and gallantry exhibited by him and the officers and men under his command in the brilliant action on the nineteenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, between that ship and the piratical craft Alabama, a vessel superior to his own in tonnage, in guns, and in the number of her crew.

Approved December 20, 1864.

JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of Congress to Lieutenant William B. Cushing, of the United States navy, and to the officers and men who assisted him in his gallant and perilous achievement in destroying the rebel steamer Albemarle, in compliance with the President's recommendation to Congress of the fifth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Lieutenant William B. Cushing, of the United States navy, and to the officers and men under his command, for the skill and gallantry exhibited by them in the destruction of the rebel iron-clad steamer Albemarle, at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of the twenty-seventh of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Approved December 20, 1864.

JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of the people and of Congress to Major General William T. Sherman, and the officers and soldiers of his command, for their gallant conduct in their late brilliant movement through Georgia.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of the people and of the Congress of the United States are hereby tendered to Major General

William T. Sherman, and through him to the officers and men under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in their late campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and the triumphal march thence through Georgia to Savannah, terminating in the capture and occupation of that city; and that the President cause a copy of this joint resolution to be engrossed and forwarded to Major General Sherman.

Approved January 10, 1865.

JOINT RESOLUTION providing for the termination of the reciprocity treaty of fifth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, between the United States and Great Britain.

Whereas it is provided in the reciprocity treaty concluded at Washington, the fifth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, between the United States of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the other part, that this treaty "shall remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into operation, and further until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same;" and whereas it appears, by a proclamation of the President of the United States, bearing date sixteenth March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, that the treaty came into operation on that day; and whereas, further, it is no longer for the interests of the United States to continue the same in force: Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notice be given of the termination of the reciprocity treaty, according to the provision therein contained for the termination of the same; and the President of the United States is hereby charged with the communication of such notice to the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Approved January 18, 1865.

JOINT RESOLUTION to present the thanks of Congress to Brevet Major General Alfred H. Terry, and the officers and men under his command.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress are hereby presented to Brevet Major General Alfred H. Terry, and to the officers and men under his command, for the unsurpassed gallantry and skill exhibited by them in the attack upon Fort Fisher, and the brilliant and decisive victory by which that important work has been captured from the rebel forces and placed in the possession and under the authority of the United States, and for their long and faithful services and unwavering devotion to the cause of the country in the midst of the greatest difficulties and dangers.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, requested to communicate this resolution to General Terry, and through him to the officers and soldiers under his command.

Approved January 24, 1865.

JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of Congress to Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, and to the officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the recent capture of Fort Fisher.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress are hereby presented to Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, and to the officers, petty officers, sea

men, and marines under his command, for the unsurpassed gallantry and skill exhibited by them in the attacks upon Fort Fisher, and the brilliant and decisive victory by which that important work has been captured from the rebel forces and placed in the possession and under the authority of the United States, and for their long and faithful services and unwavering devotion to the cause of the country in the midst of the greatest difficulties and dangers.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate this resolution to Admiral Porter, and through him to the officers, seamen, and marines under his command.

Approved January 24, 1865.

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to give the necessary notice stipulated pending the intention of the United States to purchase the building known as Merchants' Exchange," New York city, now used for custom-house purposes.

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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to give notice to the owners of the building in New York city, known as the "Merchants' Exchange," and occupied as a custom-house, of the intention of the United States to purchase the same for the sum of one million dollars, in accordance with the terms stipulated in the existing lease of the property to the government.

Approved January 25, 1865.

JOINT RESOLUTION reserving mineral lands from the operation of all acts passed at the first session of the thirty-eighth Congress, granting lands, or extending the time of former grants.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no act passed at the first session of the thirty-eighth Congress granting lands to States or corporations, to aid in the construction of roads, or for other purposes, or to extend the time of grants heretofore made, shall be so construed as to embrace mineral lands, which in all cases shall be, and are, reserved exclusively to the United States, unless otherwise specially provided in the act or acts making the grant.

Approved January 30, 1865.

JOINT RESOLUTION submitting to the legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution, namely:

ARTICLE XIII.

SEC. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Approved February 1, 1865.