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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-OCT. 16, 1974

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(3) I n the amendment made to section 4 of the Department of Transportation Act by the first section 15 of the bill, redesignate paragraph (6) as section 6 of the bill. (4) Immediately following section 5, insert the section redesignated as section 6 by paragraph (3) of this concurrent resolution. ^5) Kedesignate the second section 15 of the bill as section 16. (6) Redesignate the existing section 16 of the bill as section 17. Agreed to October 15, 1974.

October 16, 1974 [H. Con. Res. 84]

CENTENNIAL SAFE

Whereas in 1877, Mrs. Charles F. Deihm of New York City, a publisher, a dedicated patriot, a Civil W a r widow (now deceased), presented to the Congress of the United States a safe, known as the centennial safe, filled with memorabilia linking the Nation's first centennial year (1876) with an expected bicentennial celebration in 1976; Whereas the idea for this safe was conceived by Mrs. Deihm, who thereupon had the safe made and collected the memorabilia contained in said safe, for display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia; Whereas the said safe remained on display at the 1876 centennial until the close of that exposition, after which it was delivered in December 1877 to the United States Capitol; Whereas the doors of this safe contain the inscription, " I t is the wish of Mrs. Deihm that this safe may remain closed until July 4, 1976, then to be opened by the Chief Magistrate of the United States"; A¥hereas this safe has remained in the custody of the Congress of the United States since 1877, but has never been formally accepted by the Congress, or publicly displayed in the United States Capitol except for a short period in 1878-1879; Whereas this safe and its contents are now deemed objects of historical interest, appropriate for acceptance and display by the Congress, particularly during the 1976 bicentennial celebration: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress of the United States hereby formally accepts with thanks, as a gift, the safe, known as the centennial safe, and its contents, presented to the Congress in 1877 by the late Mrs. Charles F. Deihm of New York City. SEC. 2. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, is hereby authorized to cause the said centennial safe, with its contents, to be placed in such location in the United States Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library and to display the same to the public, with adequate security protection, during the 1976 bicentennial celebration and at such other times as the joint committee may deem proper or desirable. P a s s e d October 16, 1974.

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