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 B24 July 26, 1955 [S. Con. R e s. 40] I s s u a n c e of proclamation.

July 26, 1955 [S. Con. R e s. 53]

Ante, p. 530.

July 26, 1955 [H. Con. R e s. 193]

Felicitations of Congress.

July 29, 1955 [H. Con. R e s. 161] Printing of song as H o u s e document. 56 Stat. 380.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIQNSt-JULY 26, 1955

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CONSTITUTION WEEK

Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurring) That the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the seven-day period beginning September 17 and ending September 23, 1955, as Constitution Week, and inviting the people of the United States to observe such week in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Agreed to July 26, 1965.

D. C. POLICE AND FIREMEN»S SALARIES

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in the enrollment of the bill (S. 2428), to increase the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police, and the White House Police, and for other purposes, to make the following change, viz: On page 5, line 15, of the engrossed bill, strike out "63f-63k" and in lieu thereof insert "61f-61k". Agreed to July 26, 1955.

CONSTITUTION O F COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

"Whereas the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will occur on October 25, 1955; and Whereas there are embodied in this Constitution cultural, social, and legal principles which form a major part of the proud heritage of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and Whereas the people of the other States of the Union share with the people of Massachusetts the blessings of a society founded upon these principles; and Whereas the importance in these troubled times of keeping alive in the Nation and in the world the tradition of courage, the love of freedom, and the consideration of one's fellowman, which are embodied in the historic document upon which representative government was founded in Massachusetts: Now, therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring), That the Congress extends its felicitations to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of its constitution, and expresses the gratitude of the American people for the part played by the early statesmen of Massachusetts in building the foundations which have served the Commonwealth and the Republic so well. P a s s e d July 26, 1955.

" P L E D G E OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG'*

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ That there be printed as a House document the song composed by the famous songwriter, Irving Caesar, "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag", with illustrated cover, as designated in section 7 of the joint resolution approved June 22, 1942 (36 U.S.C. sec. 172), as amended (Public Law 396, Eighty-third Congress, ch. 297, second session; H. J.

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