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700 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 9-12. 1897. property in said District from the twenty-eighth of February to the ninth of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, both inclusive. Said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all R’°°°lm°°°' reasonable regulations necessary to secure such preservation of public order and protection of life and property, and fixing fares by public conveyances during said period. Any person violating any of such F"‘°“· °“°‘ regulations shall be liable for each such offense to a line not to exceed one hundred dollars in the police court of said District, and in default . of payment thereof to imprisonment in the workhouse of said District Mn f w for not longer than sixty days. ° °“g°‘°Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the committee on inaugural ceremonies such ensigns, flags, and so forth (except battle flags), that . are not now in use and may be suitable and proper for decoration and may be spared without detriment to the public service; such ilags to be used by said committee under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the said Secretaries, or either of them, in decorating the fronts of public buildings and other places on the line of march _ between the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, and the interior of {’,f,'j{Z:'{;,,y_ the reception hall: Provided, That the said committee shall indemnify the said Departments, or either of them, for any loss or damage to such Tm had flags not neces arily incident to such use. m,.g,,’{,’§°,$yi}’,`Q?” Sec. 5. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension Building and to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the chief marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes, the said wires to be taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Approved, February 6, 1897. February 13, 1897. [N0. 10.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the Consular Regula- —‘—;""‘"" tions of eighteen hundred and ninety-six. C_m_“m mm} Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ti¢ms,lQ96. of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed of the Consular

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copies, eight hundred copies for the use of the Senate, sixteen hundred copies for the use of the House of Representatives. and five hundred copies to be delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for sale. Approved, February 13, 1897. February 15. 1807{ [No. 11.]_ Joint Resolution For appointment of a member of Board of Managers """ ‘*‘—’”_ of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. V I ‘ som V Resolved the Senate and House 0); Representatives of the United States H,,,,‘§,,'f" °°' ‘ ‘°“ of America on Congress assembled, That John Marshall Brown, of the Brgxkyppkésggazil State of Maine, be, aud_is hereby, appointed a member of the Board ,8.,.-_ ot Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States, to succeed George L. Beal, deceased. Approved, February 15, 1897. February 17, 1m. of[gz¢: s,·l;Jigt8‘lt;(s:lil:tion To furnish the daily Congressional Record to members Resolved by the Senate and House of Re resentatives o the United State ,,gf’"$’°““°"“ Bw of America in Congress assembled, That, the Public 1{rinter be, and ig '£¤b:z;·;i•dr;•;g::;; hereby, authorized and directed to supply to each newspaper corre- S.H°§, spondent whose name appears in the Congressional Directory, and who