JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS, JOINT RESOLUTION For the Relief of James S. Gibson. Be it resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the sum of twenty-five dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of the territorial treasury, to be paid to James S. Gibson, for making out a complete list and description of all the territorial warrants of this Territory, bonded, said work having been done at the request of the committee appointed by the House of Representatives and the Council to examine and report upon the number, amount and description of territorial warrants bonded for this Territory and cancelled. And the territorial auditor is hereby authorized and directed to issue territorial warrants, for said amount, payable to said James S. Gibson. Approved February 15, 1864. JOINT RESOLUTION For the Payment of Extra Enrolling Clerks. Resolved, by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the auditor is hereby instructed to draw warrants upon the territorial treasurer, upon the order of the Chairman of the committees on enrolled and engrossed bills, in the Council and House of Representatives, in favor of such persons as have been employed by said chairman, as extra enrolling clerks, at the rate of four dollars per day, each, for each extra clerk so employed, not to exceed sixty dollars in all. Approved February 15, 1864. JOINT RESOLUTION. Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the Governor be, and is hereby requested to obtain from the Secretary's office, all of the papers connected with the claims heretofore paid by the Territory of Nebraska, (to) Lacey & McCormick, George Clayes, King & Wood, and others, for supplies, &c., furnished to the expedition against the Pawnee Indians, in the summer of 1859, and that the Governor be instructed to prepare a claim against the General Government for the recovery of the amounts paid by the Territory on account of such claims; and that the Governor be authorized to employ competent attorneys in the City of Washington, if necessary, to prosecute said claims before the proper departments; Provided, that no fees shall be paid such attorneys, or for services connected with the prosecution of such claims, unless such attorneys and agents succeed in recovering said amounts or some portion thereof. Approved February 6, 1864. JOINT RESOLUTION For the Payment of Translating the Governor's Message, and accompanying Documents into the German Language. Be it resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the territorial auditor be, and the same is hereby instructed to issue warrants in favor of Francis A. Hoffman, for the sum of fifty dollars as compensation for translating the Governor's Message and accompanying documents, into the German language. Approved January 25, 1864. JOINT RESOLUTION Of thanks to our Soldiers in the Field. Whereas, a wicked and uncalled for rebellion now devastates a large portion of our beloved country, threatening its very existence, and Whereas, Our brave men have, at their country's call, gone to fight her battles and preserve the institutions of our fathers, therefore, Be it resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the thanks of the people of this Territory are due, and are hereby tendered through their legislative assembly, to the brave men who have gone from our Territory to battle for the preservation of our country. That we look with pride and satisfaction upon the record our soldiers have made since the war of the rebellion was inaugurated, and that their unsurpassed bravery on every battle field, from Fort Donelson, where the blood of Nebraska first mingled with the crimson tide of the brave of other States, who consecrated with their lives, the first great victory of the war, down to the heroic defence of Cape Giradeau, where the sons of our Territory, almost unaided, achieved one of the most brilliant and decisive victories that will adorn the annals of the present struggle, a record which commands the admiration of the world, and places us under a debt of gratitude to those brave men which we never can repay. Resolved, That our warm and earnest sympathies are extended to the friends and relatives of the gallant dead of our Territory, who gave up their lives that their country might live. Resolved, That the Govornor of the Territory be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to General John M. Thayer, and also a copy to Colonel Robert R. Livingston, to be by him communicated to the officers and soldiers under his command, and also a copy to Lieut. Colonel M. T. Patrick, to be communicated to the officers and soldiers under his command. Approved January 25, 1864. JOINT RESOLUTION. Whereas, The President of the United States did on the first day of January A. D. 1863, issue a proclamation emancipating the slaves of States in rebellion against the United States, a paper which has caused a greater sensation than any other since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the fathers of the Revolution, and which in a moral and political point of view, is of greater moment than any other issued in the United States; and whereas, it is the duty of patriots every where, individually and collectively to do all within their power to hold up the hands of our President in his efforts to suppress the rebellion: Therefore be it Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That we heartily endorse the general policy of the administration, and especially the President's Emancipation Proclamation, and the arming of the negroes, measures imperatively demanded to aid in the suppression of the rebellion, and which have been wisely followed by the President's Amnesty Proclamation, a paper, statesmanlike in its views and humane in its provisions, and which creates in those portions of our land so terribly cursed and devastated with rebellion, a neucleus around which, the true and loyal may speedily rally to bring back to allegiance their native State, free from the taint of treason and of slavery, a sure guarantee of a lasting peace and the harbinger of that day when our beloved country shall become a monument of universal liberty, a nation without a traitor and without a slave. Approved February 15, 1864. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to State Government in Nebraska. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: The Legislative assembly of the Territory of Nebraska would respectfully represent to your honorable body in congress assembled, that in the judgment of your memorialists, the people of said Territory desire the formation of a State government, and to that end they respectfully pray your honorable body to make such legislation, as in your wisdom shall be deemed necessary and appropriate to attain that object. They further pray that your honorable body would make the usual provisions for the future State of Nebraska, by the donation of lands for schools, universities and colleges, the erection of public buildings, and the construction of railroads and other public improvements. And they would further pray that the regular appropriation for the expenses of the legislative assembly of said Territory, for the fiscal year ending July 1st, 1865, may be set apart to defray the expenses of the constitutional convention, through the secretary of the Territory, under the same rules and regulations which govern the expenditures for the legislative assembly. |