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236 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rms. 5, 6, 7, 8. 1874, · Resolved bg; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mm Aeeeptanee ofof America in Congress assembled, That the bronze statue of Jefferson · ¥•¤‘¤¤¤¤ ¤*¤¤¤° dpresented in eighteen hundred and thirty-four,_by Lieutenant Uriah In ’°°`°"°“· Levy, of the United States Navy, be accepted with grateful appreciation, and that the officer in charge of public buildings and g*l‘0{111ds be direct- To be placed in ed to properly prepare and place the same in the N ational Statuarv §m>¤¤1 Smuary Hall of the Capitol. - _ _ Approved, March 1,8, 1874. Much 24, 1874. [No. 6.] Joint resolution explanatory of resolutio¤_api>rove<l January 31, 1868, entitled ""'¥"; “A resolution limiting contracts for statmnery and other supphes 111 the executive departments to one year." . é 1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States R°°‘N°‘ ’v° ‘"’ of America in Congress assembled, That the resolution approved Janup. 246. _ v , . . . . Limitation or ary thirty-nrst,e1gbteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled “A resolution ccptrwfs for ¤¤_p- limiting contracts for stationery and other supplies in the Executive §'°;r€ge£*§°;:€';g Departments to one year," shall not be held, or construed,. to apply a31y to mm bags, to, or include, mail·bags, mail locks and keys, postal cards, postage 1oeks,&e. stamps, newspaper wrappers, or stamped envelopes. · ‘ Approved, March 24, 187 4. _ · _ . . int resolution anthorizin the Secrets. ofWar to detail amedi mceroi

 [N0_ 7the gmy to inquire into, and ngport upon, the causes of epidemic ehgllegp. -

Preamble. Whereas, epidemic cholera prevailed during the year eighteen hundred end enty-three in various parts of the United States, especially . in the vahtexof the Mississippi, causing a. deplorable mortality; and whereas it is highly important that. whenever such epidemics occur, the facts concerning the spread of the disease and its mode of propagation should be ascertained as fully as possible, with a view to the prevention or limitatiourof future outbreaks, therefore ~ 4 Resolved by the~Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Memeal omcer of of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and g5£l*mg°*°i;’°u?; he is hereby, authorized and directed to detail one medical onicer of the mo uw mugs of Army, who shall, during the present year, under the direction of the epidemic cholera. Surgeon General of the Army, in connection with the supervising sur- · geon of marine hospitals, acting underthe direction of the Secretary of the. Treasurv, visit the towns at which cholera prevailed during eighteen hundred and seventy-three, or such of them as in the opinion of the Surgeon General and Secretary of the Treasury may be necessary, confer with the health authorities and resident physicians of such towns, and collect so tar as possible all facts of importance with regard to such Report to C e n- epidemic, and shall makea detailed report of the information collected,. Erm- on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, Surgeon q,¤¤em1.to the President, to be submitted to Congress. And the Surgeon Gen- V

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UQ3Q2u_ "‘ ° P for lpublieation, such infomation on the subject as be may have, or t s a 0 am. Approved, Maroh`25, 1874. April 27, 1874. - [N0. 8.] Joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain Benjamin`Glcndell, officers and crew of the steamship “At1autic," of the White Star Line for saving - the briga¤tiue"Scotla.nd" in midoceam. . 4· l · Thjzkasgtgs lf; Resolved by Ute Senate andllouse of Representatives of the United States s ${*;,9,1 and cfm}; of Amenee, m Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be promy mw 9; mam- sented to Captain B. G}leade1l,.and the oilieers and crew of the steamer up ··At1a¤tic.’? . “At1a.nt1c" of the White Star Line, for saving the Captain and crew of