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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 4-6. 1897. 217 [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Regulating the distribution of public documents. March 25. 1897· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time allowed members of .1Qf,f,‘;m_§;‘Qj;,ded ,.0, the Fifty-fourth Congress to distribute public documents now to their distrib_utiug. by memcredit or the credit of their respective districts or States, in the Govern- §§§f§§,,,§§{§“,{l,‘§{j ment Printing Office, the Interior Department, the Navy Department, M- or any other Department or Bureau, and to present the names of libraries public institutions, and individuals to receive such documents, be, and the same is hereby, extended to December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and the time for such distribution by members of Congress, who have been or may hereafter be reelected, shall continue during their successive terms and until their right to frank documents shall cease. Approved, March 25, 1897. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Amending a Joint Resolution continuing in force sec- March 26, 1897. tion two of the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled `"£"t‘ "An Act to repeal section sixty-one of ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes/” which became a law August twenty- eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. * Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States _ of America in Congress assembled, That a Joint Resolution, approved f§‘;u’$§;; January eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, continuing in nam, tsunami. force section two of the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred v§}j§§;§j'f§§j and ninety-six, entitled “An Act to repeal section sixty-one of ‘An V¤1·28.r-561 Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,"’ which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be amended so that it shall read as follows: “ That the provisions of section two of the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled ‘An Act to repeal section sixty-one of “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,”’ which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and they are hereby, continued in force, and the joint select committee heretofore appointed under said section shall, when they have reached a iinal conclusion, report the same to Congress not later than ten daysafter the R¤1><¤¢· beginning of its next December session, together with such information as they shall have obtained." Approved, March 26, 1897. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Making appropriation for the improvement of the M3reh31, 1897. Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and —·—————-— to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Resolved by the Senate and House ofR@resentatiz·es of the United States 0fAmerica in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and {*¤¤jg¤Q;gQ,§;*°{6r fifty thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, and immedi- smulnhelid of Psssyé ately made available, for the improvement of the Mississippi River ",§,v';'r°“f,§m‘;ld,(,Q§,§,? from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and msnltis. expended according to the provisions of the Act “Making appropriw v°l’2°"`23°' tions for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public Works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," which became 3 law on June third, eighteen hundred and ninetysix.