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 RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Joint resolution extending the time hxed for thegoint commission appointed ·Dece1nber 18, 1884. under the mud? civil set approved July seventh, eig teen hundred and eighty- rrr four, to submit therr report. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint commission appointed -70iP* ¤¤¤¤¤i¤!i°¤ under the act of Congress approved July seventh, eighteen hundred ‘é’;£;g‘?é‘;,S°‘é2::é and eighty-four, to consider the present organizations of the Signal ,,,,,1 Gilmekic gu,. Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydro- veys and Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department, with the view to secure greater §¤¤Pl¤i<= UWM efkiciency and economy of administration of the public service in said ti:Q,YfI3f§°“;;‘t°:;j bureaus, shall report on the first Monday in January, anno Domini t,,,,d,,d_ eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or as soon thereafter as practicable, _ Am p. 21:;. in lieu of the third Monday in December, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, as required by said act. Approved, December 18th, 1884. [No. 2.] Joint resolution in relation to the ceremonies to be authorized upon the December 1z3,1$4. , completion of the Washington Monument. -—-——-——— Resolved by the Senate and House rgBepresentatiees of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the Treasury Wa nin gran is hereby directed to cause to be executed in the Bureau of Engraving M¥,’;;':P“*· mh f and Printing such suitable cardsof invitation as may be prescribed im,,,,m:',f‘].,,,_ ° by the commission appointed by the joint resolution of May thirteenth, Ani; P. éyz eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to make arrangement for suitable ceremonies upon the completion of the Washington Monument, and the C. to Public Printer is directed to printsuch necessary programmes and ,,,k,,°;f,';`:‘}.£;:,m_ cards as may be required by said commission. And the ceremonies pro· ary 21, mss. vided for by said commission shall take place on the twenty-tirst day A<i•li¢i9¤¤1 ¤v· of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five.’ And to P“’P""‘“'°”· , deiray the expenses incurred under the provisions of said joint resolution the additional sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 18th, 1884. No. 3. Joint resolution to a he odlcers and em l es of the na use m _ [ oi' Rgpreeeutatives their regpgctive salaries for thz (south of Dggemtlluulggittsen hundred and eighty-four, on the twentieth day of said month ` Resolved by the Senate and Houseéif Representatives of the United States afAmer£ca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and Time xm- payment the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, an- <>f *{m¤¤¤ ¤¤<l amthorized and instructed to pay the officers and employes of the Sen- $:36;, :2 EZ"'}: are and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of p,},,.,,,. mouth of December eighteen hundred and eighty-four, on the twenti. rm. resi. cth day of said month. Approved, December 18th, 1884. (515)