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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 34-37. 1906. 835 and other military equipments now in possession of said university, to be used in military instruction. Approved, June 25, 1906. [No. 35.] Joint Resolution Providing for the purchase of material and equipment ·7¤¤¤ 26· 1906- for use in the construction of the Panama Canal. [Pub. Res., No. 86.] Resolved by the Senate and House of]? esentatlves of the United mh in Cm I . States o_fAme1·&ea in Ocmgress ass ed, gat purchases of material imiiisil torn ina and equipment for use in the construction of the Panama Canal shall be restricted to articles of domestic production and manufacture, from ¤¤¤¤¤¤m¤¤¤li¤¤¤¤r¤- the lowest responsible bidder, unless the President shall, in any case, deem the bids or tenders therefor to be extortionate or unreasonable. Approved, June 25. 1906. . . . 't ltinEx ’ thesm tb ofth leo Uni ·T¤¤¢26.1906. StdgE thJe0l·l1eli1L;)sbn0accoui’1It6i>sillllie  bf mediggspof tingle race§ [Sl R··°8·l Russia. [rub. nes., No. so.] Resolved by the Senate and House %R'1zL·esentattves of the United J States of America in Ooniress assemb, t the people of the United ,,}**,gg,§s*j_ga¤°*¤¤br¤w¤ States are horrified by the reports of the massacre of H8b1‘€WS in Sympathyextsnded Russia, on account of their race and religion, and that those bereaved ,°{’,,Q"°’° °°“’"°° by thereby have the hearty sympathy of the people of this country. . _ Approved, June 26, 1906. ~ [No. 37.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to June 28,1906. appoint a commission to examine and report upon a route for the construction of a [H- ·7· K-, 21-] {ree and open waterway to connect the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.  Resolved by the Senate and House of Reqesenmtives of the [batted States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the Dg:¤S¤vg¤k¤l wd United States is hereby authorized to appoint a commission, consistin cpniiiiimiiiiaio up of an officer or retired officer of the ngineer Corps of the United l},';};;; {fg; 'jxgogf States Army, an officer of the United States Navy, an one person from izggémbm 'I civil life, to examine and appraise the value of the works and fran- °' chises of the Chesapeake an Delaware Canal, connecting the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, with reference to the desirability of purchasing said canal by the United States and the construction over the route of the said canal of a free and o n waterway having a depth and capacity sufficient to accommodate th); largest vessol adoat at mean low water. Said commission, to the extent that the m{p8;¢;(gR=*¤¤ ¤fS•* same can be done from the surveys heretofore made under the direction ` of the War Department and within the limits of the appropriation herein made, shall also examine and investigate the feasibility, for the purpose of such a waterway, of the route known as the Sassafras route. The said commission shall make a report of its work, together wgemtp <g;rr;gtbe•;¤¤· with its conclusions upon the probable cost and commercial advantages ’ " and military and naval uses o each of said routes, to the Secretary of VVar, who shall transmit the same to Congress at its next session. The sum of ten thousand dOll31‘S, 0I` S0 m110h thereof as may be neces- Appropriation. sary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the expenses of said commission including such clerical assistance as may be deemed necessary by commission, and such reasonable compensation for the services of the members of said commission as the President in his discretion may see ht to allow. Approved, June 28, 1906.