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 584 FIFTY-THIRD CON GRESS. Sess. II. Rns. 30, 31. 1894. June 5. 1894- [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the purchase or condemnation of land in "`Luv the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Pr¤¤¤¤b1¤· Whereas Congress appropriated by the Act of March third, eighteen v°l‘”‘ "5°°' hundred and ninety-three, the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars to acquire certain lands for the purpose of preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and for properly marking the positions occupied by the various commands of the armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia, on that iield, and for opening and improving avenues along the positions occupied by the troops, and for determining the leading technical positions of both armies; and Whereas an appropriation for the further sum of fifty thousand dollars is now under consideration by Congress for like purposes which has passed the House of Representatives during the present session and is now pending in the Senate; and Whereas it has been recently decided by the United States Court, sitting in Pennsylvania, that authority has not yet been distinctly given for the acquisition of such lands as may be necessary to enable the War Department to execute the purposes declared in the Act aforesaid; and Whereas there is imminent danger that portions of said battle field may be irreparably defaced by the construction of a railway over the same, thereby making impracticable the execution of the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Therefore be it Resolved by the Scnau: and House of Representatives of the United States ,,£,°**>‘=**>¤*8 "°*”l°· of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is author- Acquiring una., ized to acquire by purchase (or by condemnation) pursuant to the Act °*$;;_{“,Q‘°;'f§§,‘P,j of August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, such lands or interp,,t,,,_’¤;,2, ests in lands, upon, or in the vicinity of said battle iield, as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary for the complete execution of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- f{;,f3'$\_ em three: Proniclccl, That no obligation or liability upon the part of the " Government shall be incurred under this Resolution nor any expenditure made except out of the appropriations already made and to be made during the present session of this Congress. Approved, June 5, 1894. June 21. 1894- [No. 31.] Joint Resolution Granting full permission to tho State of Maryland "';""‘_1"— and to the several State courts Within the city of Baltimore to occupy the old United States <·ourt-house in the city of Baltimore for the period of five years. ?¤·=····¤»¤··· Whereas consent to the acquisition by the United States of the title to the ground upon which the old United States court-house in the city of Baltimore was erected was given by the State of Maryland by the act of the general assembly of said State, passed at the session of eigpteen hundred and fifty-six, chapter one hundred and seventy-six; am Whereas by said act jurisdiction over the said ground was ceded to the United States Government, reserving, nevertheless, to the State of Maryland concurrent jurisdiction over said ground so far as may be necessary to authorize the service thereon of process issued by any _ court or officer of said State and the punishment of said State of crimes thereon committed; and Whereas the said old court-house building is not now occupied or needed for any purpose by the United States Government; and Whereas pending the construction of the new courthouse in the city of Baltimore, for the use of the State courts within said city, the State of Maryland desires to obtain the privilege of occupying said old United States court-house building for the purpose of holding therein the sessions of the State courts within the said city; and