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E RESOLUTIONS. [1.] Joint resolution extendin the time nxed for the Joint Comminion appointed December 12,1E. to consider the number and ssaries of omcers and employees of the two Houses, to -————· submit their report. - Resolved by the Senale and House of .@resentatiees of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at the Joint Commission, _Joint Commisappointed under the act of Congress approved March third eighteen :*3* °" *:::**2*, hundred and eighty-three to consider the question of the salaries and sm°:;’·,,d lj;,,,., compensation of the officers and employees of the Senate and House time for making of Representatives respectively and also the numberof such employees report extended. necessary for the odicial transaction of the business of the two Houses, have until Thursday January tenth in which to prepare and submit their report to the two Houses. Approved, December twelfth, 1883. [2.] Joint resolution authorising the payment of the salaries of the employee of December2i, IB3. the two houses efilangremen the twenty-•e•¤nd instant. ———-——-·~— Resolved the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Antica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Sen- g _ ate and the Clerlrof the House of Bepresentatives be and they are Q ,,,,,, 6, 0,- hereby authorized and direoted to pay the employes of the two houses sem;. eqgyheese. of Congress their salaries for the current month on the twentysecond instant. Approved, December twenty tlrst, 1883. .' ito e surren er b Washin not his com- D¢¢¤l¤\>¤l‘26. 1863- [3* ’°‘“’$}.‘J."2’.“e...’°‘°e°“" ...l£?“ntt.r.f€‘¤..,!t€¤'2¥‘£¥fn.“§‘$... ———— Whereas, on the twenty-third day of December, anno Domini seven- Centennial celeteen hundred and eighty-three, at the city of Annapolis, in the State of }>¤·*¤°*} °f W°3h· Maryland, George Washington surrendered his commission as the Com- {ESL';} Qc':};;,:; lHBDdOI'·lD•chiBf of H10 forces of and gg Cgmgggpdgpin Whereas, that act of patriotic devotion to the principles of the Revo- cmet, ste. lntion, the success of which established the indeipendence of the colonies and secured the liberties of the people 0 the United States, is deserving of special recognition upon the centennial return of that memorable event : Therefore, Resolved by Me Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is Proclamation, hereby, requested to issue a proclamation recommending the people, •¤¤· either by appropriate exercises in connection with the religious services of the twenty-third instant, or by such public observances as they may deem proper on Monday the twenty-fourth instant, to commemorate this signal event in the history of American liberty. (2%)