United States Statutes at Large/Volume 33/Fifty-Eighth Congress/Concurrent Resolutions of the Second Session
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Holiday recess. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the two Houses adjourn on Saturday, December nineteenth, they stand adjourned until twelve o’clock meridian Monday, January fourth, nineteen hundred and four.
Passed December 16, 1903.
Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration.
Additional copies ordered printed.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed in paper covers at the Government Printing Office, five thousand five hundred additional copies of the annual report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration for the year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, with illustrations, of which one thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, and two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and the remaining two thousand five hundred copies shall be delivered to the Bureau of Immigration for distribution.
Passed January 26, 1904.
Indian affairs.
Revised treaties, laws, Executive orders, etc., relating to.
Printing ordered.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed and bound three thousand copies of Senate Document Numbered Four hundred and fifty-two, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, entitled Treaties, Laws, Executive Orders, and so forth, Relating to Indian Affairs, as revised, three hundred of which shall be for the use of the Senate, eight hundred for the House of Representatives, two hundred for the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, fifty for the House Committee on Indian Affairs, fifty for the Senate Committee on Indian Alfairs, one hundred copies for the Department of the Interior, and the remaining one thousand five hundred shall be sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
Passed January 28, 1904.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Statement of receipts and expenditures of, etc.
Additional copies ordered printed.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring) That the Public Printer be authorized and directed to print and bind in paper covers fifteen thousand additional copies of the statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, from the date of incorporation to September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, with the accompanying report submitted by the National Commission of said Exposition, of which five thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and ten thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives.
Passed January 29, 1904.
Thanks of Congress to the people of Wisconsin for statue of James Marquette. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the thanks of Congress be given to the people of Wisconsin for the statue of James Marquette, the renowned Missionary and explorer. Resolved, That the statue be accepted, to remain in the National Statuary Hall, in the Capitol of the Nation, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the presiding officers of the House of Representatives and Senate, be forwarded to his excellency the Governor of the State of Wisconsin.
Passed February 1, 1904.
Count Rochambeau.
Proceedings of unveiling statue of.
Printing ordered.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed, and bound in the form such as is customary in the case of eulogies, with accompanying illustrations, ten thousand copies of the proceedings upon the unveiling of the Statue of the Count de Rochambeau, of which two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, seven thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, five hundred to be delivered to the Ambassador of the Republic of France for such distribution as he shall think fit, the remaining five
hundred, of which two hundred shall be bound in full morocco, to be distributed, under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, to the guests invited from the French Republic and the speakers who took part in said celebration.
Passed February 2, 1904.
J. Hudson Kibbe.
Return of bill of, requested.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President be requested to return to the Senate Senate bill 167, "Granting an increase of pension to J. Hudson Kibbe."
Passed February 26, 1904.
Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Return of bill relating to ceded lands on, requested.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President be requested to return to the Senate the bill of the Senate (S. 2323) "Relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation", to correct a clerical error.
Passed March 1, 1904.
Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Error in engrossing bill corrected.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the action of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and of the President pro tempore of the Senate in signing the enrolled bill (S. 2323) "Relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation", be rescinded, and that in the reenrollment of the bill the word "thirty-five" in line sixteen of the enrolled bill be stricken out and the word "thirty-four" be substituted therefor, so as to correctly describe the range, inaccurately stated in the bill.
Passed March 4, 1904.
Abram Claypool.
Return of bill of, requested.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the President be requested to return to the House of Representatives the bill (H. R. 9791) "Granting an increase of pension to Abram Claypool."
Passed March 12, 1904.
Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Return of bill requested.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President be requested to return to the Senate the bill of the Senate (S. 2323) "Relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation", that a clerical error appearing therein may be corrected.
Passed March 15, 1904.
Isthmian Canal Commission.
Report, etc., of, ordered printed.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed three thousand five hundred copies of the report and appendices of the Isthmian Canal Commission, with illustrations, of which one thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand for the House of Representatives, and five hundred for the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Passed March 21, 1904.
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Error in engrossing bill corrected.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the action of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and of the President pro tempore of the Senate in signing the enrolled bill (S.2323) "Relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation", be rescinded, and that in the reenrollment of the bill all after "namely:" in line 13 of the enrolled bill, down to and including line 20 of said bill, be stricken out and the following inserted: "Lot four, section one, township seven south, range thirty-four east, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section eighteen, township seven south, range thirty-five east, and the east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-one, township six south, range thirty-four east, and which have heretofore been appraised, shall be paid for at the said appraised value, at the time of and by the person making entry of the respective tracts upon which such improvements are situated," so as to correctly describe the range, inaccurately stated in the bill.
Report of Commission on International Exchange.
Printing ordered.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed and bound ten thousand copies of the Report of the Commission on International Exchange an the appendices thereto, being House Document Numbered One hundred and forty-four, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, two thousand of which shall be for the use of the Senate, four thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and four thousand for the use of the Commission on International Exchange.
Passed March 22,1904.
Abram Claypool.
Error in enrolled bill granting increase of pension to, corrected.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Committees on Enrolled Bills of the two Houses be authorized to correct the enrolled bill of the House (H. R. 9791) entitled "An Act granting an increase of pension to Abram Claypool", by striking out the word "Illinois" in line 5 of said enrolled bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Indiana".
Passed March 22, 1904.
Coinage laws.
Ordered printed in pamphlet form.
Distribution.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there shall be printed, in pamphlet form ten thousand copies of the coinage laws of the United States, five thousand for the use of the Director of the Mint three thousand five hundred for the House of Representatives, and one thousand five hundred for the Senate.
Passed March 24, 1904.
Production of the Precious Metals.
Additional copies of report on, ordered printed.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed three thousand additional copies of the Report of the Director of the Mint on the Production of the Precious Metals for the
calendar year nineteen hundred and two, bound in cloth and wrapped; for the use of the Director of the Mint.
Director of the Mint.
Additional copies of report, 1903, ordered printed.Resolved, That there also be printed four thousand additional copies of the Report of the Director of the Mint, Covering the operations of the Mints and Assay Offices of the United States for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, to be bound in cloth and wrapped, one thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, Distribution.
five hundred for the use of the Senate, and two thousand five hundred for the use of the Director of the Mint.
Passed April 11, 1904.
Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin.
Texas granted privilege of placing statues of, in Statuary Hall.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the State of Texas be, and is hereby, authorized and granted the privilege of placing in Statuary Hall of the Capitol the statues (made by the sculptor, Elisabet Ney, of Texas) of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, both of whom, now deceased, were citizens of Texas, illustrious for their historic renown, and that same be received as the two R. S., sec. 1814, p. 321.
statues furnished and provided by said State in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Copy of resolutions to be transmitted to governor of Texas.Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions signed by the presiding officers of the House of Representatives and Senate, be forwarded to his excellency the governor of Texas.
Passed April 18, 1904.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Invitation to Congress to attend the formal opening accepted.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the invitation extended to the Congress of the United States by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to attend the formal opening ceremonies of said exposition, to be held at Saint Louis, Missouri, April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, be, and is hereby, accepted.
Appointment of committee. That the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a committee to consist of ten Senators and fifteen Representatives of the Fifty-eighth Congress to attend the formal opening ceremonies referred to and to represent the Congress of the United States on that occasion.
Passed April 19, 1904.
Statue of General William T. Sherman.
Proceedings of unveiling ceremonies, etc., ordered printed.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed and bound in the form such as is customary in the case of eulogies, twelve thousand copies of the proceedings and accompanying documents, with suitable process plates to be bound therewith, upon the unveiling of the Statue of General William T. Sherman, of Distribution.
which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, six thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies, of which two hundred copies shall be bound in full morocco, to be distributed under the direction of the
Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, in such manner as, in his judgment, may be desirable.
Passed April 21, 1904.
Comprehensive Index of Government Publications.
To be issued in two volumes.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to bind in two volumes, instead of one, the Comprehensive Index of Government Publications, eighteen hundred and eighty-one to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the preparation of
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which is authorized by joint resolution of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
Passed April 21, 1904.
Memorial addresses on Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and William McKinley.
Additional copies ordered printed.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed and bound in one volume, in cloth, seventeen thousand copies of the three separate memorial addresses delivered before the two Houses of Congress, as follows: On February twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, by honorable George Bancroft, on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States; on February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, by honorable James G. Blaine, on the life and character of James
A. Garfield, late President of the United States; on February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred, by honorable John Hay on the life and character of William McKinley, late President of the United States, twelve thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House of
Distribution.
Representatives and five thousand copies for the use of the Senate. The Joint Committee on Printing is hereby authorized to have the copy prepared for the Public Printer.
Passed April 22, 1904.
Adjournment of Congress. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective Houses on the twenty-eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and four, at two o’clock post meridian.
Passed April 26, 1904.