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 ] APPENDIX—CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. IRRIGATION. ` Marc1n27.1896· Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That i{,§,},’§Y,`,fQ,§,L the Public Printer be, and hereby is, directed to eliminate from ten gUnited States, Cen sus of 1890, the Monograph entitled, “Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in the Western part of the United States;" that he be authorized to print an appendix, the data for which shall be furnished by the Interior Department, bringing the water-supply information up to date, and an index; and that he bind the Monograph, thus enlarged, in one volume, in style uniform with the other final Census Reports; that of this report on irrigation 3,000 copies shall be for the ` use of the Senate, 5,500 copies shall be for the use of the House, and 1,500 copies for distribution by the Department of the Interior. Passed the Senate February 13, 1896. Passed the House of Representatives March 27, 1896. DLESSAGES OF THE PBESIDENTS. April 1,1m Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring) that the concurrent resolution passed by Congress on the twenty seventh Prggidezifpou t i day of July Eighteen hundred and ninety four, authorizing and pro- .,;,..;Z’,’I§.,ZsLt A.{’m§`,Z viding for, “ the compilation of all the Annual, Special, and Veto Mesi·**¤**°¤- sages, Proclamations, and Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine to Eighteen hundred and ninety four inclusive,” be and the same is hereby amended so as to strike out of the resolution the words; “to Eighteen hundred and ninety four inclusive," and insert in lieu thereof, the words *‘to March fourth Eighteen hundred and ninety seven," so as to require said compilation to be brought down to the ending of the present C•>¤yi¤z· administration; and the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to apply so much of the money appropriated for public printing and binding for the current year, in addition to the six hundred dollars heretotbre appropriated or set apart for that purpose, as may be tound necessary to complete the copying of the said messages and other documents for printing. Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 1896. Passed the Senate April 1, 1896. WAR IN CUBA. __ _énjf·18¤6· Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, _ n»¢1¤ms.m_..r ex- in the opinion of Congress, a condition of public war exists between the umminy. time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between theleontendingipowers, a.cc¢;_rdling[;o eagh all the rights of belligerents in e ports an territory o the nite States. Qubau iudépeud- Resolved jnrther, That the friendly offices of the United States should ‘“" ‘“‘ be offered by the President to the Spanish Government for the recognition of the independence of Cuba. Passed the Senate February 28, 1896. Passed the House of Representatives April 6, 1896.
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