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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 8-11. 1899. 1387 [l€o.8.] Joint Resolution I’roviding for the removal of the remains of the late ·Ta¤¤nry16, 1899. Ma_)or—General John A. Rawlins from the Congressional Cemetery to the national _;*’*`Y cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and RM? G¤¤· J<>¤¤ A~ he is hereby, directed to cause the remains of the late Major-General *§;,{.'I,{;,,;0;,.,¤,,,i,,, John Rawlins to be removed from the Congressional Cemetery in °‘»“°A'“”5“’”- this city to the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot. and which were gected by the children, relatives, and friends of the Grand Army of the epublic. Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as APP*‘°P’i°“°“· may be needed, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of such removal. Approved, January 16, 1899. [No. 9.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts. January 21, 1899. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ' States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Myscckivonusss. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare and submit plans ,,,E§§';‘,,'},'ff,,;f°’ "“‘ and estimates for the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts, with a view of obtaining a depth of twenty-five feet and three hundred feet width to a point about three thousand five hundred feet above Chelsea Bridge, so called, between Boston and Chelsea. Approved, January 21, 1899. [No. 10.] Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smith- ·I**¤¤¤f.Y 2L 1899 sonian Institution. I CKY`? Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of m§;:j_*¤¤°¤*¤¤ imi- Regents of the Smithsonian lnstitution,ot' the class other than members stints n. Angell rs. of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of James B. Angell, "*’¤"’*"'°" '°¥°"‘~ a resident of Michigan, whose term of office expires on January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved, January 24, 1899. [No. ll.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary ofWar to receive for instruc- January 28.1899. t tion at the Military Academy, at \Vest Point, Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica. v····é·*—— Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he xmas rgissns of hereby is, authorized to permit Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica, to receive &°*{$"f,§’l€§;,,‘;fi'“"‘°‘ instructions at the Military Academy at West Point: Provided, That go?-;¤·.nSe to M no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided emma sigma. _ I further, That in the case of the said Yglesias the provisions of sections (ggé gg;*sj*f;;,‘*g$;2, thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of p.2zr.’’ the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, January 28, 1899.