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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 15-17. 1905.

February 6, 1905. [S. J. R. 88.] [Pub. Res., No. 14.]

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Condemned cannon granted to. Proviso. No expense to United States.

[No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a condemned cannon to the board of regents of the University of Minnesota, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be placed on campus as a memorial to students of said university who served in Spanish war.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the board of regents of the University of Minnesota, at Minneapolis Minnesota, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, one condemned twelve-pound bronze field gun, of a weight not to exceed one thousand eight hundred pounds, as he may deem proper, to be placed on the campus of said university as a memorial to the former students of the university who served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the war with Spain: Provided, That the United States shall incur no expense by reason of the passage of this, Act.

Approved, February 6, 1905.

February 9, 1905. [H. J. R. 185.] [Pub. Res., No. 15.]

Census Office. Cotton statistics. Vol. 32, p. 52. Consumption of, etc. Semimonthly reports. Marriage and divorce. Statistics of. Proviso. Use of statistics now collected.

[No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Director of the Census to collect and publish additional statistics.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish in connection with the ginners' reports of cotton production provided for in section nine of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office, approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two," statistics of the consumption of cotton, the surplus of cotton held by the manufacturers, and the quantity of cotton exported, the statistics to be summarized as of September first each year so as to show the cotton production and consumption of the preceding year.

And the Director of the Census shall make semimonthly publication of the amount of cotton ginned in lieu of the monthly reports which he now makes.

That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish the statistics of and relating to marriage and divorce in the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia since January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven: Provided, That such statistics as now required by law to be collected be used so far as it is practicable to do so.

Approved, February 9, 1905.

February 15,1905. [H. J. R. 184.] [Pub. Res., No. 16.]

Saint Paul, Minn. Condemned cannon donated to National Guards' armory at. Proviso. No expense to United States.

[No. 17.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a condemned cannon to the armory at Saint Paul, Minnesota, to construct a memorial tablet.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to the armory board of the armory of the National Guards at Saint Paul, Minnesota, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, one condemned twelve-pound bronze field gun, of a weight not to exceed one thousand eight hundred pounds, as he may deem proper, to be used in the erection and construction of a memorial tablet in said armory to commemorate the sacrifices of the various members of the military organizations using said armory who died while in the service of the United States: Provided, That the donation shall be without expense to the United States.

Approved, February 15, 1905.