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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-AUG. 28, 1963

[77 STAT.

August 28, 1963

[H. Con. Res. 61] Marking of trail.

August 28, 1963 [H.Con. Re's. 179]

Expression a^'Vecfa*fon°"°^

LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL

Resolved by the House of RepresentativeH {the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the route traversed by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition o f 1804-1806 from Saint Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Northwest should, to the greatest extent feasible, be identified, marked, and kept available for the inspiration and enjoyment of the American people and that, to this end, (a) all agencies of the United States which administer lands along the route of the expedition, including particularly the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and the Army, should act in concert to preserve and mark in an appropriate fashion the route wherever it crosses lands which they administer and to assure public access to the lands so crossed, and (b) that all States, counties, municipalities, and private parties who own land along the route or are otherwise interested in the success of this project should be invited, and they are hereby invited, to join in memorializing, preserving, and marking the route of the expedition. P a s s e d August 28, 1963. AMERICA N ASSOCIATION O F HIGHWAY OF F I C I A L S ANNIVERSARY

Whereas the American Association of State Highway Officials, composed of the highway departments of all States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and the United States Bureau of Public Roads, will in 1964 celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its organization; and Whereas said organization through its membership represents those States and Federal governmental agencies responsible for the planning, construction, and maintenance of a vast system of national public highways throughout the Nation, including those comprising the new National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; and Whereas the association was founded in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1914, to assemble in one group those State and Federal public officials responsible for administering the State and Federal-aid highway programs for the purpose of developing technical policies, standards, and specifications for the conduct of such programs, to develop improved administrative and engineering techniques, to encourage the use of best practices, and to counsel with the Congress on highway matters; and Whereas the association will celebrate said fiftieth anniversary at an annual meeting to be held in the month of December 1964, in Atlanta, Georgia, the city of its origin: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring), That the Congress of the United States express to the American Association of State Highway Officials at said annual meeting its appreciation for half a century of service in the development and operation of a nationwide highway transportation system that has contributed so much to the Nation's growth and economic well-being; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to the said annual meeting of the American Association of State Highway Officials by a special committee of the Congress, to consist of two Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and two Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. P a s s e d August 28, 1963.

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