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[No. 26.] Joint Resolution, To permit Major Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, to assist the State of New York by acting as member of an advisory board of consulting engineers in connection with the improvement and enlargement of the navigable canals of the State of New York.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant Major Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, leave of absence without pay; and that he be permitted to assist the State of New York by acting as member of an advisory board of consulting engineers in connection with the improvement and enlargement of the navigable canals of the State of New York. The permission hereby given shall be held to terminate at such date or dates as the Secretary of War may determine.

Approved, April 20, 1904.