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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 35, 37-39. 1894. 587 and a sufficient amount; is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose, such sum to be immediately available: Provided, That the amount which may be Ijr¤vi·¤¤· expended by the Secretary of the Navy under the authority herein 8H2X?!?? contérrcd shall be deducted from the amount which may be appropriated for “Iuc1·0asc of the Navy: Construction and Machinery," for the fiscal year ending J una thirticth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Approved, July 9, 1894. [N0. 37.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to July 23, 1894. attend the meetings of the International Gc0dctié‘Ass0ciat0u. "_* Q \Vhercas the Government of the United States was invited in the Preamble. year eighteen hundred and eighty-uiuc by the Imperial German Government to become a. party to the International Gcodetic Association ; and Whereas this Government duly accepted said invitation by a. joint V°l·25,P·1019- resolution of Congress approved Febrmmry fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine : Therefore, Resolved by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United States of America lin Congress assembled, That the President bc, and he is d£;¤£¤¤fiq¤=51 Gw hereby, authorized to appoint delegates, who shall be officcrs of the 1>e18g;TZQ"XY°E;, ,,1,. United States Coast and Gcodetic Survey, to attend the mm->tings`0f P°*¤*°d· the said International Gcodctic Association whenever and wheresoevcr the same shall be held; but no extra salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such officcrs by reason of such attendance. Approved, July 23, 1894. ' [N0. 38.] Joint Resolution To continue tha provisions of as Joint Resolution July 31, 1894. ' approved J unc twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a. “Joint *_·—·—·· Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the G0V€1'l1ID8Ht.·7 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States _ of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of a Joint Rcso- mf},§"QL*2,i§§’§"f°§Q}2{ lution entitled :1. ‘*Joi11t Resolution to provide temporarily for the ax- Ajz¤;¤¤14gg§=>4· pcnditures of the Government/’ approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen p:,? 5g3Q hundred and ninety-ibur, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, July 31, 1894. _ [No. 39.] Joint Resolution Providing in- an investigation relative to the work Angust1, 1894. gud wages of women and children. _ ‘~·—·——i‘——·*··— Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 0fAmerica in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Labor be, wyngemwwmen me and he is hereby, authorized and directed "t0 investigate and make “"§§{f§‘Q;1mwue,,,, report upon the vornclitions attending the employment of women and L¤¤¤r¤<>i¤¤·¤¤¤z¤¤¤- children; their wages, earnings, sanitary surroundings, and cost of living; the aifesct of various employmeuts upon their health mad longevity; what measures ure taken to protect their physical condition and to protect them from accidents; the rates of wages paid them in comparison with the rates paid men; and the effect, if any, their employment has had upon the wages and employment of men: Provided, That the in- rwmu. vestigution hereby authorized shall be carried out under the regular E‘P°’°‘*°* appropriations made for the Department of Labor? Approved, August 1, 1894. ·