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720 FIFTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 34-36. 1900. J¤¤€ 6, 1900 [No. 34.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to W appoint David Bagley as an additional cadet at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Re_resentat2}oes of the United H§‘,§§,‘},}’,§,$§§{‘0f_ as States %"Ameriea in Ctngress assem led, That the President of the gg;*¢¤;m§h%*g;edA°¤d· United tates be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint as an additional y'cadet at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, David Bagley, brother of Ensi n Worth Bagle , United States Navy, killed in battle at Cardenas, Cuba, May eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, June 6, 1900. June 6·19°°· [No. 35.] Joint Re olution Respecting the unveiling of the statue of Lafayette, at W Paris, France, July fourth, nineteen hundred. Pg;_i~;f¤>‘¤¢’¢¤ ¤¤*°¤°· Whereas the school children of the United States have, by their rrekmbie. contributions of the sum of fifty thousand dollars, rovided a statue of Lafayette, which, with the approval of the Frencll) Government, is to be unveiled at Paris, France, on the fourth day of July, nineteen hundred; and V°l-3°·P·““· Whereas the United States, by an act of Congress approved March third, eivhteen hundred and ninety-nine, appropriated the sum of fifty thousand silver dollars of the United States for the purpose of aiding in defraying the cost of a pedestal to said statue: Therefore, be it _ . Resolved by the Senate and House of R?resentatiees of the United ,.e1§‘§{‘§_“"°““ °” u"` States of America in Congress assembled, That the people of the United States anticipate and appreciate this ceremony with feelings of the greatest satisfaction, an that they regard the statue as expressing the onor and gratitude with which they cherish the memory of Lafayette and those of his countrymen who by their arms and counsel, assisted _ in securin ‘ the indeyiendence of the United States.

ggQ,{"(§§§‘§;‘u,§§;,{P Resolvedfurther, hat the President of the United States is hereby

re<%u]e;ted to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Government of nee. . Approved, June 6, 1900. J¤¤€ 6· 1909 [No. 36.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint George W. Kirk- ‘“_'—""——' man to be a captain of infantry, United States Army. Resolved by the Senate and House of Riivresentatvhzes of the United §§§,?,‘,§’;,§‘{,‘§“‘,,{‘;{‘,; States of AmervZea in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby as ginmga U-S-Army authorized to restore and appoint George W. Kirkman to his revious W °` grade as calptain of infantry in the United States Army, with Sie rank, gi-may, and a owances to which he would be entitled if the sentence of ' missal by court-martial in his case had not been imposed; subject to such suspension, fine, or other punishment as shall in his judgment be just for the offense of which said George W. Kirkman was found guilty by a court-martial on the seventeenth of March, nineteen hundred. Approved, June 6, 1900.