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RESOLUTIONS.

No. 4. Joint Resolution Authorizin Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, United States

 Ngvy, to gzccept a decoration from the Kiig of Spain.

Resolred by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States , sn.L¤es, osx. of America in Congress assembled, That Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, of the m1,f•>,Zm·;1*yfi•})°§°j§ United States Navy, be, and is hereby, authorized to accept the grand spun. cros of naval merit with the white distinction mark, conferred upon him by the King of Spain in recognition of the services rendered by that officer as a delegate of his Government in the commemoration of the fourth century of the discovery of America, and his active co-operation toward the brilliancy of the acts with which the event has been celebrated. Approved, January 16, 1895. Jmumy 21,18%. [No, 6.] Joint Resolution Authorizing Commander Dennis W. Mullan, United ——-———-—— States Navy, to accept a medal presented to him by the Chilean Government. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Dennis w. Mums, eg America in Congress assembled, That Commander Dennis W. Mullan, U§’;_N·,mP, mm nited States Navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept a medal rmmbnus. presented to him by the Government of Chile, through the State Department of the United States, as a memento of his presence with the headquarters of the Chilean army at the battles of Chorillos and Maratlores in Peru, by virtue of an official order issued November twentieth,eighteen hundred and eight , by Captain J. A. Howell, United States Navy, then commanding the Ilynited States war ship Adams, ol! Callao, Peru, to Commander Dennis W. Mullan to accompany General Baquedano, chief of the Chilean military forces, for the purpose of observing, as a representative of the American Navy, the military and naval operations then going on between the Governments of Chile and Peru and making a report thereon to the proper authorities of the Government of the United States. Approved, January 21, 1895. Jun"! M, 1805- [No. 7.] Joint Resolution For the relief of Peter Hagan, Resolved the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States mm usps. of America an Congress assembled, That the claim of Peter Hagan, owner “_§,'§‘,'Qu‘°’ of the canal barge Mary Hagan, of Philadelphia, for damages sustained recom-¤»l°cm¤¤. for the total lo s of the said canal barge in consequence of injuries received while being discharged of a cargo of stone, by the military authorities of the United States, at Fort Monroe, September twenty- third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and all papers relating thereto (1048)