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RESOLUTIONS. [No. 72. Joint Resolution For the relief of Wilkinson Call, late United States F¤b¤1¤fs‘ 7.1898- Senator om the State of Florida. *;**-*1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the public documents assigned Wilkinson Gull- _ to Wilkinson Call, late a Senator of the United States, for distribution ,,,£,°l¥f,"§]ff,’ '§{,Y,°§Z during his terms .of service be delivered to him or be subject to his ¤¤¤*¤- order, the clerk of the committee of which he was chairman having been unable, from sudden and severe illness, to complete the distribution of them before the time limited in the law expired. Approved, February 7, 1898. [No. 15.] Joint Resolution For the relief of ex-Cadet Engineer J. E. Palmer. March 17, 1898. _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United ,%}*:,21:* ¤¤Kl¤·•¤ States be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice `ntiitxjilntnt as and consent of the Senate, James Edward Palmer as a passed assistant gig; U“‘§*§°"* °¤· engineer in the Navy, with relative rank of junior lieutenant, to take' ` rank at the foot of his original class, next after Passed Assistant Engineer A. S. Halstead, said Palmer having been honorably discharged by the operation of the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen V<>1-2‘2._n-28¤- hundred and eighty-two: Provided, That he shall not receive pay for 1jr·>¤¤w¤. _ time while out of the service: Provided further, That the said James ,.,?.?LR,T""°"° °“°°f Edward Palmer shall be required to pass an examination satistiwtory E¤¤¤¤i¤¤¢i<>¤- to the Secretary of the Navy as to his physical, mental, moral, and professional qualitications for appointment. Approved, March 17, 1898. [No. 17.] Joint Resolution To authorize the President to appoint as un assistant M¤r¤h18.1898· engineer in the Navy ex—Navnl Cadet 'I‘. D. Parker. ’_"‘—"—T 1{esol ved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States q/America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United DF,§,;§f_;“’ C’"*°* T- States he, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice _Appoi»mn<·¤¤ as asand consent of the Senate, Thomas Drayton Parker as an assistant §}?‘““‘°""“°°‘ °‘S‘ engineer in the Navy, with relative rank of ensign, to take rank at the toot of the class iinally graduated in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, next after Assistant Engineer E. H. Dunn, said Parker having been lmnorably discharged after his graduation in eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Provided, That he shall not receive pay for time while ,§;·>Q;(·;·`;_m0 mm, out of the service: And provided further, That he shall pass an exami- seryiele.; _ nation as to his physical, moral, and mental qualitications which shall *·‘**'°“*“°*°¤ be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. Approved, March 18, 1898. 1495