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 464 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 16-18. 1896. F¤l¤1’¤=¤‘Y 13. 1896- [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Granting use of White Lot and Monument Grounds to W “The Committee of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six.” _ _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States D,}@Q';°f‘,$Q§§‘§§_Q}b}§; of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby qhrisziau Endeavor authorized to grant to the committee known as “The Committee of {;‘§§_"““°“ “““‘°" Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six," of which W. H. H. Smith is chairman, having charge in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of the arrangements for the Fifteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention, permits for the temporary occupation and use, during July, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, of the reservation or public space known as the White Lot for the purpose of erecting three great tents and the necessary platforms, seatings, capable of seating about ten thousand persons each, for the meeting places of the Fifteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention, to be held July eighth to thirteenth, inclusive, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and such smaller tents as may be required for the distribution of literature, together with such portions of the Monument Grounds as said committee may require, if in his opinion such use will inflict no seriousor permanent injury upon gzgh t such grounds, reservation, or public space: Provided, That said “Comi,,,,,,,-_ mm mittee of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six" guarantee, at their own cost and expense, to restore and make good any temporary injury that may be indicted to said grounds by reason of their use thereoil Approved, February 13, 1896. F¤bf¤¤'Y 20. 1896- o. 17. Joint Resolution Makin an a rlation to defrs. the oint e se "_""°°°"" ofdldssting] the boundary line bstweed the Tlgnrptgry of Alaska and the llritishxggilth _ American tory. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States jmmfmgg of Ameriea. in Congress assembled, That in view of the expediency of .1,; 1.. expense or forthwith negotiating a convention with Great Britain for marking con- ‘""k‘“·'¥‘°'°‘ venient points upon the one hundred and forty-first meridian of west longitude, where it forms, under existing treaty provisions, the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British North American territory, and to enable the President to execute the provisions of such convention without delay when concluded, the sum of seventy-tive thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, under the direction of the President, to defray the share of the U nited States in the joint expense of locating said meridian and marking said boundary by an international commission. Approved, February 20, 1896. February 26, 1396. [N0. 18.] Joint Resolution Providing for certain surveys in the State of Florida. Resolred by the Senate and House o/'Represenfatives of the United States §;i~¤=·r¤¤¤,1’;s1·.1¥¤· of America in Congress assembler], That the sum of one thousand five -JZ-'Q{°.i}T *°° °r hundred dollars be and the same hereby is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of \Var, for a survey and plans for the improvement of the entrance to Biscayne Bay, Florida, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his letter of February 26th, 1895; and for a survey and plans for the construction of a breakwater at Palm Beach, Florida; and the Secretary of War is directed to report the result of such surveys, together with plans and estimates for contemplated improvements, to Congress at the earliest practicable moment. Approved, February 26, 1896.