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 520 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. BES. 21-25. 1881, seven thousand copies thereof for the use of the Senate, twenty thousand nine hundred and seven for the use of the House, and two thousand and ninety-three for the Interior Department. Approved, February 26, 1881. Much L 1g3i_ [No. 22.] Joint resolution in redhaithogfg ghéeliiiggiiplazgioual exhibition of eighteen him. Resolved by the Senate and House of Remresentatioes of the United States Internationa1Ex- of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President shall hibition of 1883. deem the preparations which shall have been made therefor adequate, he is hereby authorized and requested, in the name of the United States, to invite all foreign governments to be represented at and take part in the international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine to be held under the direction of the United States International Commission at the city of New York, in the State of New York, Promo. in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three: Provided, however, That the United States shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any of the expenses attending such exhibition, or by reason of the invitation hereby authorized. . Approved, March 1, 1881. March 1, 1881. [N0. 23.] Joint resolution in relation to the barge W. J. Spicer. Resolved b the Senate and House o R resentatives of the United States . 9/ 6P. . Barge W. J. spi- of America in Congress assembled, That the barge W. J. Spicer, built in M- r Canada but bought by an American citizen and brought into the United {,Y£&,f11{é,°‘*·cd States, on payment of duties on the materials entering into her construc- 1,,, SHS_ 46,;, 00,,1 tion be admitted tocthe privileges extended to barges of American build gross, 44. and ownership by An act relating to vessels not propelled by sail or internal motive power of their own, and for other purposes/’ approved June thirtietn, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Approved, March 1, 1881. Mme]; 2, 1331, [No. 24.] Joint resolution relative to printing the Agricultural Report for the year? ——-———— eighteen hundred and eighty. Resolved  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Agricultural ne. of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed three hundred 1><>¤‘¤Q9* 1880. i>¤¤+·— thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculing ° · ture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty; two hundred and fourteen thousand copies for the use of members of the House of Representatives, fifty six thousand copies for the use of members of the Senate, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture. Approved, March 2, 1881. March 3, 1881. [No. 25.] Joint resolution directin the Secretary of War to investigate the claim of —-——~—--———— the State of Florida against the Ugnited States for expenditures made in suppressing £:1;.:2:.£°s:kts.m.;e“.s:;¤isiru rar agian stem rd ‘i‘**’·‘1K°¤“.€1. , O 1‘Gp0I‘ 0 PCSU 0 BHC `l11V9S 1g8i 10D ‘ gross. d Floriida war in- Whereas the Indian trust fund of the United States holds a large mm ·Y· i I amount of the bonds of the State of Florida ; and in<1 an hosulr- _ Whereas the State of Florida claims from the United States to be re- “°“· imbursed for expenditures made by said State in suppressing Indian hostilities in said State: Therefore secretary 0;-tv,,,, Resolved  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Siam' tomake mvestiga- of America on Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he