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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 21-23. 1900. 715 now in the Bureau of Engraving and Printin ; also "a icture of Governor William Allen, of Ohio, on a saw blade," now in dhe possession of the Secret Service Division of the Treasur * De rtment; also copies of charts of Hell Gate, the Battery, and other Nigw York City points, to be printed from original copperplates now in the possession of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and such other articles in said bureaus as may be of interest to the printing trades. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized $,2; "‘° “°"“"*">' °‘ in his discretion to exhibit at said exposition medical catalogues, old volumes, works in Russian and other foreign tongues, now in the possession of the Surgeon-General of the Army; also samples of work and manuscripts written on stumps, and so forth, by generals in the war of the rebellion, now in the possession of the Rebellion Records Division of the War Department, and such other articles as may be of interest to the printing trades. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ;,,*,;>'hQ§r,§)•j_°*€****Y °* authorized in his discretion to exhibit at said exposition such general ` exhibit of atents as may be of interest to the printing trades. Sec. -1. That the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be, and he g,§gg§l'h"°*’***“ ’"*“· is hereby authorized in his discretion to exhibit at said exposition the ` old Ben Eranklin printing press and such other articles now in the National Museum as may be of interest to the printin trades. Sec. 5. That all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of E“"’“““· this joint resolution s all be paid by the directors of the New York Printing Eiiposition, under such regulations as shall be adopted by the Secretary o the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Approved, April 23, 1900. [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of three thousand copies of APFil30.1900· House Document Numbered One hundred and forty-one, relating to the preliminary " “ “ ""' `""`_“ examination of reservoir sites in Wyoming and Colorado. - s Resobved by the Senate and House of Representattoes of t/ae United States of America/in Congress assembled, That there be rinted for the iu;{’i¤:l}i¤¤=:§;1¤*¥¤X¤¤2· • • _ TQSEYVOII use of the Senate and House of Representatives three tblousand copies sitesin Wyoming and of House of Representatives Document Numbered One hundred and °‘§l§’{,‘}§§g ,,,,,},0,, forty-one, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, being "Preliminary izedexamination of reservoir sites in Wyoming and Colorado," one thousand co ies for the use of the Senate and two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives. Approved, April 30, 1900. . [No. 23.] Joint Resolution To provide for the administration of civil affairs in May], 1900. Porto Rico pending the appointment and qualification of the civil officers provided ’— “'* for in the Act a proved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, entitled, "An Act temporarily to provid)e revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other · purp0ses." Resobved- by the Senate and House of Re resentatvfves of the Un-lted _ States of America in Congress assembled, Tliat until the officer to fill §§§§{,§é°"(mm, ,0 any office provided for by the Act of A(pril twelfth, nineteen hundred, seg]? repdggs an entitled "An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil govern- gis. mm ° `u°°°S' ment for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,” shall have been appointed ""“°’· p· "· and qualified, the officer or oiHcers now performing the civiliduties pertaining to such office may continue to perform the same under the authority of said Act; and no officer of the Army shall lose his com- 0,§g§;"§j1S;§{;,‘;fg({'m>' mission by reason thereof: Provided, That nothing herein contained Proriso. _ ` shall be held to extend the time for the appointment and qualification §§,'f{l§§?,i{'m" f"'“p' of any such officers beyond the first day of August, nineteen hundred.