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 PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Passed at the second session, which was begun at the city of Washington, in the Distrut cj Columbia, on Monday, the jirst day of December, 1924, and was adjourned without day on Wednesday, the fourth day ty March, 1925. CALVIN Coouncn, President; ALBERT B. Cummns, President of the Senate pro tempore; Gmonon H. Mosns, Acting President of the Senate ro tempore February 13 to February 18, 1925; Fnnnnmox H. GILLETT, Speaker oi) the House of Representatives. December 2, 1924. CHAP. 1.—An Act To rovide forar n ement f the ll - ities in square 616 in the Dlistrict of Colulsbliz, ind for gther plbllglddes cy fam] [P"bH°' N°‘ mf] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dismcmc I b. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Aueys in Sdlulinul eiiii Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they hereby are, '°“"““g°°‘ authorized and directed to rearrange the public alley facilities in square 616 in the District of Columbia by the opemn of a new public alley along and over the west ten feet in width by one undred and thirty-five feet in length of the Iot designated for assessment and taxation purposes as lot 801 in said square, now occupied as the site for the O Street. vocational school, and likewise by the opening of a new public alley along and over the east ten feet in width by one hundred and thirty-five feet in length of said lot 801; and upon the opening and paving without cost to the mgegg P;>£2>°¤;*°\{>r·j abutting private property owners of said new public alleys the pow. p Commissioners of the District of Columbia are further authorized and directed to close the rtion of the public alley thirty feet in width by one hundred andxgeventeen and thirty-six one-hundredths feet in length now existing and abutting upon the north boundary of said lot 801, and to use said closed portion of said alley for school purposes. Approved, December 2, 1924. ` CHAP. 2.——Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation for the participation D?§?§lbHresS’8l'3¥4· ¤f tliv United States in the preparation and completion of plans for the_c0mpre- {Pub. Res., No. ss.] hensive observance of that greatest of all historic events, the bicentenmal of the birthday of George Washington. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That there ishereby Bg§§{§°m,:,V”§°k‘f,?d°§§ %§t8blished a commission to be known as the United States C0mmiS· C°mm*$¤*=°¤- sion for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington ihereinafter referred to as the comm1ssion%)and to be composed o nineteen commissioners, as follows: The resident of the United States; presiding officer of the ¤:¤{*,ggf¤*’¤°°’ °‘ Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-oilicio; eight persons to be appointed by the President of the United States; four Senators by the ggesident pro tempore of the Senate; and four Representatives by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall select t chairman from among their number. N j, 45822°—25i‘——L5 l 071