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 726 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1, 3, 6. 1900. chairmen and vice-chairmen of the committees of the national capital centennial, are hereby granted the privilege of the floor of the House g§““*" °‘ “"““°“°"· during the exercises; that the said citizens’ committees shall issue cards of admission to such portions of the public galleries of the Hall of the House rim`?] nzzaybg set iparg by thi; Doorkeeper of the House for that purpose. _ a the `pea ero the ouse shall call the assemblytoorder and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall act as presiding officer dur- ,eD“§§,f(§,}§f"°“°“° mg the exercises. That the twelfth day of December, nineteen hunihan ofiiass. dred, be a legal holiday within the District of Columbia. That the Secretary of Var and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to dehver  the Architect of the Capitol, for the urpose of decorating the gapglpi, 1ts approachei, aipd the xgzviewing stanlds in the Capitol grounds or e occasion, suc United States enszgns and ilags. except battle flags, and such signal numbers and other fla s as ma be s ared the same to be delivered to the lrchitect immegliately, abiid regurned bv _ him not later than the thirty-first da of December, nineteen hundred. R°g“l‘*“°¤¤·°*°- That admission of the general publyic to the southern portion of the Capjtgl, mcluding the Rotunda, on the said twelfth day of December, Bnetien huncgrieh, gnall be  carl;} cgily, under the glirlection of the. oor eeper o e ouse. at the ommissioners 0 the District of Columbia are apghorized and directed, forhthe occasion, to make all reasona e regu a 1ons necessar to secure the reservation of ublic order_ and protection of life and property, andpto grant authodity or pgrmits for the use of such thoroughfares and sidewalks in the city of ashington as may be necessary for arades, and that the citizens’ cgrplinitteiz aige aigthorizei to erect for tgeipccasion a reviewing Stand a e eas si e o or on the east steps o the Capitol. . Approved, December 7, 1900. ‘ D°°°mb°*‘ 19·1900· CHAP. 3.-—An Act To provide for the appointment of an_additional district judge in and for the northern judicial district ofllhe State of Ohio. Oh; _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R{_€i·esentati-ves of the United ,,,c,,,,°,5,§§’.,'§?°’l‘ ’“' States of glvnerzca in Congress assembled,. at there shall be in the ju&\gg;Q1gE%;izg§¢¤¤¢ northern judicial d1str1ct of the State of Oh1o an additional district judge, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall possess the same qualifications and have the Same power and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect VME _ xi ti to the present district judge therein. L,,,,g,,,,,,§," §§,§ ,§, ‘,§§ Sec. 2. That no_ vacancy in the office of the existing district judge neu. of said northern judicial district of Ohio shall be iil ed by point melnt, anil ip casegfdsuch vacancy there shall be thereafter one gistrict judge on y or said istrict. Approved, December 19, 1900. Decembezm, 1900. CHAP. 6.-An Act To amend an Act auh ‘‘ ' _"" zero  egie Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iotwgf12§§rb1;gdccllb1;i·IclhctSi);c1th)f gihgltggd HH !‘ . Bddg; of Dubugua Stgtgzi¢_na4e;%gdt}zLSgnate and ·H0as§l0_§ Rrffresentatives of the United ,,,,dW 0,,,,,, Biggie _ _ ongress assem: e, at section two of an Act $i),¤=§=;vg¤¢a§ D; authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi Riyer buigpg th of uq at Dubuque, Iowa, approved March sixth, nineteen hundred, is hereby ,,;,,,;,ug,,%_ “’“ ‘ amended by striking out the words "two hundred " and inserting in A 6- P- ‘“· lieu thereo the words " one hundred and seventy-five." Approved, December 21, 1900. ‘