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 176 May 8, 1 935. [H .J. Res. 273.1 [Pub. Res.,No.15.1 Rear Admiral Byrd and me mb ers of ex pe- dition. Extend ing gratitude of Nation to. Copy of resolution. Post, p . 1395 . [CH APT ER 96 .1 J OINT RESOLUTION M 8, 1935 . [H.J. ay Res.274.1 Authorizing the appointment of a special joint committee to meet with other [ Pub . Res .,No.16.1 representati ves of the Government in greeti ng Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd upon his ret urn from his Second Antarctic E xpedition. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States of Americ a in Congr ess assemb led, Tha t a joint com- mittee of Congress to be composed of five members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and five members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Represe ntatives, accompanie d by the S ecretary o f the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Se rge ant at Arms of the Douse of Repre sent ativ es, is a uthor ized to join wit h oth er o ffic ials and repr e- sentatives of the Government in greeting Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd upon his arrival at the Navy Yard on May 10, 1935. Approved, May 8, 1935 . Rear Admiral Byrd. Appointment of spe- cial jo int comm ittee to greet. [CH APT ER 101 .1 May 9, 1935 . AN ACT [H. R .6223.]	 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year [Public, No. 53.] ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. Be it ena cted by th e Senate a nd House o f Represen tatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year endin g June 30, 1936, nam ely Interi or Department appropriations, fiscal year 1938 . 74TS CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 95, 96, 101, MAY 8, 9, 1935. [CH APT ER 95 .] J OINT RESOLUTION Extending the gratitude of the Nation to Admiral Byrd and to the members of his expedition. Whereas Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the lnelribers of the Sec ond By rd Anta rct ic Exp edit ion are returning home from a successful and heroic exploration of Antarctic lands, wherein they have extended our knowledge of this vast area by airplane flights, tractor and dog sled trips, making extended and valuable scientific observations ; and Whereas the members of the expedition have displayed a courage and devotion worthy of the highest traditions of American ex- ploration, and an unswerving loyalty to the superb leadership of their command er ; an d Whereas Rear Admiral Byrd has added another notable chapter to the annal s of Ameri can expedi tions by h is genius in organiz ing, transporting, and providing for the subsistence of his men while they carr ied on a p rogram of research i n twenty-t wo branche s of science under the most adverse conditions, and he personally dis- played exceptional gallantry in his lone vigil away from the Little America base in o rder to ma ke importa nt meteoro logical ob serva- tions : Therefore be it Resolved by the senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, .That the gratitude of the Nation be extended to Admiral Byrd and to the members of his ex- ped ition, and that a co py of this resolutio n be appro priately i n- scribed and presented to him and to each member of the Second By rd Antarctic Expedition. Approved, May 8, 1935.