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 RESOLI l’l'ION S. [No. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the mnt of the salaries December2a, 1887. of the officers and employees of Congress for the month of mber eighteen hun- *7** dred and eighty-seven. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the neeembersmanesor Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they g,T,§§”‘,;,°,,“§·· °?dC{’,'gj are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and em- wnberzz. Mgt ployees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December eighteen hundred and eighty- seven, on the twenty-second day of said month. Approved, December 22, 1887. [No. 2.] Relating to the invitation of the British Government to the Government February 1,1$8. of the United States to participate in the international exhibition at Melbourne to _?; celebrate the founding of New South Wales. ` \Vhereas, the British Government has extended to the Government Preamble. of the United States an invitation to participate in the international exhibition which is to be held at Me bourne, beginning on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, to celebrate the centenary of the founding of New South Wales: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House o Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is ac- Aceepuugmvamnon cepted, and that there be, and there hereby is, appropriated, out of {f,,}’,.‘§§§,*}’hP,*,’j},§'g¤l‘°" any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may App,·.·,p,·;.¤.,,,_ . _ e necessary to effect the purpose of this resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition. ~ Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to trans- secrmryorsueem mit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may ““‘”'“° "°P°"- °‘°· have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this country at said exhibition. Approved, February 1, 1888. [No. 4.] Joint resolution appointing Andrew D. White a member of the Board of February 15, 1888. Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. ·—······T· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ex1sting vacancy gndwiyvmpi. Vlflngleéof m the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class Sm}{§§,,,,,,,,R§,mu_ glféther than members of Congress," shall be Tfilledf by; the appoint- tion. nt of Andrew D. Wh1te, of the State of Lew or, in p ace of Asa Gray, deceased. Approved, February 15, 1888. (617)