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4186541United States Statutes at Large, Volume 5 — Public Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress, Second Session, Resolution No. 9United States Congress


​March 3, 1845.

No. 9. A Resolution directing an examination of Putnam’s ploughing and dredging machine.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Machine to be examined and tested. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to examine a machine invented by, and patented to the late Dr. James R. Putnam of New Orleans, called a Ploughing and Dredging Machine for the removal of obstructions and bars in Rivers and Harbors, &c., and to appoint a Board of three officers to test the practical utility of said machine.

Approved, March 3, 1845.

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