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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 1979 in thecit of Williamsburg, Virginia, the lace of its adoption, on the  day of June, 1926; and P Whereas the said Declaration of Rights is recognized as one of the great liberty documents of all time; has served as a model for similar statements of fimdamental princi les contained in the constitution of many of the States of the gmerican Union and in the early amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and has been an inspiration to liberty-loving pwple throughout the world; and Whereas it 1S fitt' that the Congress should be represented in the observance of siigll anniversary: Therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate coneurrin_g) , That there be, and is hereby, created a joint committee consisting c,,{,§‘,f,§‘,§§,“,§,§,P,§{,f,{,E of ten members, five of whom shall be appointed I}; the presiding **¤*¤¤¤ <**· oilicer of the Senate and live by the Speaker of the ouse, to atten said celebration, for the purpose of representing the Congress of the United States. Passed, April 19, 1926. April 27, 19%. winmaussunc CELEBRATION. {H‘C°°‘R°°"N°’m" Whereas the Vir inia Convention in session in the cit of Williams- S°*¤“*°°¤'41*;`***=* °{ burg, on the lgh day of May, 1776, adopted a resoliition instruct- lgsigiugaglgga ilgmxiill. ing the representatives of Virginia in the Continental Congress to $`$’nusm.s'$¥,°?°°° °° propose a resolution declaring the “ United Colonies free and inde- P’°°'“"‘°·_ pendent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or deppndence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain; and t at they give the assent of this colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures ma be thought proper and necessary b the Congress for forming fbreign alliances, and a confederation of the colomes "; and Whereas, ursuant to this action, a resolution was offered by Richard Henry Bee, of Virginia, in the Continental Congress and adopted on the 29th day of une, 1776, declaring the Colonies free and inde- pendent, and absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, which was followed by the Declaration of Independence; and Whereas it is appropriate that Congress should recognize the 15th of May, of the current year, as the one hundred an fiftieth anni- versary of an event of such great historic interest and importance: eso teouaeoees-'st emzteconcwrrin 1’ghBr;v;)§cbb°lztH fR entatwe(heS ) That there sli/all be a committegr of Congr=—>: consisting of ten Mein; mi£ E bers, live of whom shall be appointed by the Presiding Oilicer of the °'“°°°°‘° "°‘ Senate, and live by the Speaker of the House, to participate as representing the Congress of the United States in the observance of · the one hxmdred and iiftieth anniversary to be held in the city of mmm. Williamsburg, Virginia, on the 15th day of May, 1926; the expenses of said committee to be paid equally out of the contingent funds of the Senate and House, the amount t ereof not exceeding $500. Passed, April 27, 1926. Buns or INTERPLEADER. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives eomwrhhng), That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, author- %§§',§"‘§{,’°’,°,‘}°;§]§; ized and directed, in the enrollment of the bill (S. 2296) authorizing *1****** ******1* *°*•”**= ¤*·

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