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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 6-9. 1890—’91. 1].13 place of "edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven," so that it shall read, “The United States map prepared by the General Land Office of the latest edition. " Approved, December 24, 1890. [No. 7.] Joint resolution defining a quorum of the Board of Commissioners of D•¤•¤¤¤r¤l.1U0- the District of Columbia., and for other purposes. "H Resolved by the Senate and House o£Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb d, hat any two of the Com- commissioners or missioners of the District of Columbia, sitting as a board, shall con- {,l}§m“"‘°° °’ °°'“"" stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and that the senior Q¤°¤¤¤ of ¤¤¤¤- oiltlcer of the Corps of Engineers of the Army who shall for the time 0°A¢¤¤¢,E¤z1n¤er being be detailed to act as assistant (a.nd in case of his absence from ""m"`°°°r' the District or disability, the junior officer so detailed) shall, in the event of the absence from the District or disabilit of the Commissioner who shall for the time being be detailed fiom the Co of Engineers, perform all the duties imposed by law upon saidrgbmmissioner. Hereafter such Engineer Commissioner may, in the dis- s,§:{'*;°:.*;°¤b¤;¤¤* cretion of the President of the United States, be detailed from among mgzeu nlm Ji}: the captains or officers of higher grade having served at least fifteen years in the Corps of Engineers of the Army of the United States. · Approved, December 24, 1890. · [No. 8.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Hon. Edward J. Gay. ·T¤¤¤¤'.v SAM. Resolved by the Senate and House of Regresentatirves of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That there be printed g§g¤*‘·}°·} Wh M of the eulogies delivered in Congress on the late Edward J. Gay, a p-umug °°’ Representative in the Fifty-first ongress from the State of Louisiana, twent Jive thousand copies, o which number six thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and nineteen thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives ; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed Y°*¤‘¤*¤- a portrait of the said Edward J. Gay to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one thousan dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is Appropmucm hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasurytnot otherwise a pro mated. That of the quota to the House of epresentatives the lyublic Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall ¤¤¤¤ *><>¤¤¤ ¤<>v¤¤¤— have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased. Approved, January 28, 1891. [No. 9.] Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War toisue ordnance Fcbnuryt. 1891. and ordnance stores to the Washington High School. · Hi Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War numemresiumuns is authorized to issue, at his discretion and under proper regulations mI§,"§gfoY,f““"“""" to be prescribed by him, out of ordnance and ordnance stores belonging to the Government, and which can be spared for that purpose, such as may ap ar to bereiiluired for military instruction and practice by the studgiits of the igh School of Washington, District of Columbia, and the Secretary shall require a bond in each case, in double the value of the property, for the care and safe keeping thereof, and for the return of the same when required. Approved, February 5, 1891.