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 50 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. BES. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10. 1879. any t the u oses hereof as commissioners or otherwise which regorts (Shall bepprfrgmred and arranged with a view to conc1se’statement and convenient reference. _ Approved, June 10, 1879. I June 14, 1879. [No. 5.] Joint resolution direc(t§n(g6%1rgig1=;Vu;;m;;c(l;;i erected to mark the `birth-place Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A,,,,,,,,,m,tg,m_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated out or any money in the Treasury M0,,,,,,,,,,,, to not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of erecting a monument at, George Washing- and to mark, the birth-place of George Washmgton, which said sum wu. shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, who shall have the management and control of the erection of said monument. Approved, June 14., 1879. June 14, 1879. [No. 6.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to place vessels and --——-———-—— hulks at the disposal of commissioners of quarantine or other proper persons at the ports of the United States. Be it resolved by the Senate and House [pf Representatives of the United Vessels for qmn- States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy ¤·¤¤i¤¤- be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, at the request of the National Board of Health, to place gratuitously, at the disposal of the commissioners of quarantine, or the proper authorities at any of the ports of the United States, to be used by them temporarily for quarantine purposes, such vessels or hulks belonging to the United States as are not required for other uses of the national government subject to such restrictions and regulations as the said Secretary may deem necessary to impose for the preservation thereof Approved, J imc 14, 1879. June 19, 1879. [No. 9.] Joint resolution accepting from Professor Edward Fontaine, of Louisiana, ——---——-—-~— - certain maps, drawings, and explanations of the same. Preamble. Whereas Professor Edward Fontaine has exhibited certain maps and drawmgs, with full explanations of the same, of his improved methods of hydraulic engineering and controlling water-currents, which are believed to be valuable, which he proposes to present to the Government of the United States, on condition that they be printed: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States F<>ut¤·in¤’p by- of America in Congress assembled, That the maps and drawings, with the gp Pof hydrauhc en grneering and controlling water-currents, which Professor Edward Fontaine proposes to give to the Government of the United Statesgucn condition that they be printed, be, and the same hereby are, _ _ accep. . P¤¤*=¤¤g- Sec. 2. That the regular number of these maps and drawings, with the explanations be printed in quarto form; and that one hundred additional copies be printed for the use of Professor Fontaine. Approved, June 19, 1879. Juno 20, 1879. [No. Joint resolution to print five thousand copies of the Final Reports of the "*"·——······ Unite States Centennial Commission upon the International Exhibition and Cen- - tonnial Celebration of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. _ Resobaed  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 9<z¤f¤1§m¤·1 gow- of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed and bound, under '”‘”"‘°” °P° “· the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, Eve thousand copies
 * °“1,::’mg2£”,f•f,{‘ explanations thereof, of Professor Edward Fontaine’s improved methods