The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC RESOLUTION-NO. 21.] JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary of War to build dredge-boats for use at the mouth of the Mississippi river. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized, on the recommendation of the Engineer Department, to build and operate two dredge-boats for the purpose of deepening and keeping open the channel of one or more of the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi, and to expend for that purpose so much as may be necessary of the appropriation for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi river, provided for in the "Act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Approved, March 29, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 48. Washington, April 9, 1867. The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC RESOLUTION-NO. 22.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Second Auditor to settle the accounts of officers of the army in certain cases. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Second Auditor be, and is hereby, authorized and instructed to audit and settle the accounts of line officers of the army to the extent of their pay for their services as such, due them from the United States, in all cases where such Auditor shall be satisfied, by affidavit of such line officer or otherwise, of their inability to make their monthly report or returns by reason of their having been prisoners in the hands of the enemy, or any accident or casualty of war they have been unable to account for property in their possession. Approved, March 29, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General, |