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 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rnsr 35, 38, 39. 1880. 307 tennial anniversary of the battle of Cowpens, fought near Cherokee Ford in Spartanburg Conmty, in said State, and to have completed before that day an imposing memorial column in honor of the victors in that important and decisive engagement; and Whereas the governors and peoples of the °‘old thirteen States " are to be identified with the observance of this centennial event: Therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as a mark of the appreciation of the whole country for this patriotic undertaking, and as a token of recognition by the American people of the signal service rendered to the cause of independence by the heroic men who took part in this battle, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to have made a bronze statue (heroic size and in the uniform of the ritle- eenomi Daniel man of the period) of General Daniel Morgan, the commander of the Morgan, bronze American forces in said battle, and cause the same to be delivered through ‘“‘“’“°· the governor of South Carolina to the Cowpens centennial committee in time to be placed in position upon said memorial column before the proposed commemoration; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, upon the warrant of the Secretary of War, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much of said sum as may be nee- Appropriation. essary, to carry into etfect the purpose of this resolution. Approved, May 26, 1880. [No. 38.] Joint resolution touching thewmaylof employees of the government in the May 31, 1880. city of as ington. """"—""‘; Whereas, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation Preamble. closing all departments in the city of Washington District of Columbia, Decoration dey. including the Government Printing Office, on aturday the twenty-ninth instant (decoration day); and Whereas, the Superintendent of the Government Printing Office has ordered, that said office be closed on said day, without pay to the employees; and · . Whereas, all employees of other departments are entitled to pay for said day: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerika in Congress assembkd, That all employees of the government Payment of em in the city of Washington, district of Columbia, be, and they are hereby £}°{$Sus*,?i;h°t°**Y declared to be entitled to payment for said twenty-ninth day of May, Dim,,,,, of @013,*;; anno Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty bia. Approved, May 31, 1880. [No. 39.] Joint resolution to print extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of June 1, 1880. Fish and Fisheries for the year eighteen hundre and seventy-nine. ·—————~——-—— Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives_ of the United States _ _ of Arnerwa in Congress assembled, That there be printed ten thousand _<'§¤mr31;_q1<in¤r of extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries Flgzagm 'S °“°“¢ for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine of which two thousand D,§},m;u,,,0,,_ shall be for the use of the Senate, six thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and iitteen hundred copies for the use of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries; the illustrations to be made by the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing and five hundred copies for sale by the_Publ1c Printer under such Belvregulations as the· Joint Committee on Printing may prescribe at a price equal to the additional cost of publication and ten per cent thereon added . Approved, June 1, 1880.