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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rms. 6-9. 1896. 46] [X0. 6.] J oint Resolution To transfer certain offices of the United States in the January 4, 1896. Territory of Utah to the officers of the State of Utah_ · --·— -——;———— Resolved by the Senate and House of Reprc.s·cnfatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Governor and Secretary of }§e*j'i‘*· H.. the Territory of Utah be and they are hereby authorized and directed ria] pf:?]-g· tom;?; upon the issuance of Executsive proclamation declaring Utah a. State, °“}§;{“· 8-6 to deliver to the then Governor and Seccretary of the State of Utah, for `p` ‘ ` the use aud benefit of said State, the safes, desks and all ihrniture and fixtures of their respective offices and all property of like character, belonging to the United States under control of the Secretary, including that held by the board known as the Utah Commission. Approved, January 4, 1896. [N0. 7.] Joint Resolution For filling vacancy un Board of Regents, Smithsonian January 14.1896. Institution. · s ·**——··~·- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. qf America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Re- William I-. Wilson. gents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members S,;$}’,{’§,}§{§j,1 II,$§§$‘ff of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of William L. Wilson, of ¤<>¤- the State of West Virginia, in place of Henry Ooppee, deceased. Approved, January 14, 1896. [N0. 8.] Joint Resolution Concerning the completion of the United States Court January 17, 1896. House aud Post office building at Mankato, Minnesota. ——·· ·—·— Whereas, A clause in the sundry civil appropriation Act of March Preamble. third, eighteen hundred and seventy five (18 Stat., 395) relating to pub· Vol.1S.p.395. lie buildings, provides: “No change in said plan involving an increase of expense exceeding ten per ceutum of the amount to which said building was limited, shall be allowed or paid by any officer of the Government without the special authority of Congress ;" and Whereas, In providing (during the lust recess of Congress) for a, much needed enlargement of the United States Court House and Post ofdce building at Mankato, Minnesota, (still in process of erection) the limitations prescribed by the above cited clause made it necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to so modify the plans and specifications for said building as to provide 2. finish inferior to that originally intended; now, therefore, be it Reoohred, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 0fAmer·i4;a in Congress assembled, Thats the Secretary of the Treasury be, inmkm. gxmm. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to supply marble tloor tiling, mf;}j{{;§°Qu{§_,T§‘;§]}}" subbase, and wainscot in the tirst story of the above-named building us 1·;miss¤. shown and called for by the original drawings and specifications: Pro- L‘“‘"°""“""° ‘ ridad, That the present appropriation for said buildings and grounds shall not be exceeded. Approved, January 17. 1896. [N0. 9.] Joint Resolution T0 extend the time for making an assessment of real January 21, 1696. estate in the District of Columbia. ;""" Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time fixed for the return of nisn-amuconumma. assessment by section seven of the Act of August fourteenth, eighteen Time f,,m,,,q,,m1,,, hundred and ninety-four, providing for an assessment of real estate in r<¤g1 -i$¤ ¤¤»~s—¤¤e¤i the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, extended to the °Ii’$tzs.'p.z·:z.