Thanks of Congress to the people of Kansas for statue of John J. Ingalls. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the statue of John J. Ingalls, presented by the State of Kansas to be placed in Statuary Hall, is accepted in the name of the United States, and that the thanks of Congress be tendered the State for the contribution of the statue of one of its most eminent citizens, illustrious for his distinguished civic services.
Engrossed copy of resolutions for governor. Second. That a copy of these resolutions suitably engrossed and duly authenticated be transmitted to the Governor of the State of Kansas.
Passed January 21 1905.
Report on the Development of American Merchant Marine and American Commerce, ordered printed. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed and bound in cloth six thousand copies of the report on the Development of the American Merchant Marine and American Commerce, and of the testimony taken in connection therewith, of which two thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives and one thousand copies for the use of the Merchant Marine Commission, of which latter one hundred copies shall be bound in half morocco.
Passed January 23, 1905.
Copies of certain volumes of Land and Pension Decisions ordered printed.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print from stereotype plates and to bind one hundred copies each of volumes two, three, four, five, seven, eight, nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and twenty to thirty-two, Land Decisions, and volumes twelve, thirteen and fourteen, Pension Decisions, for sale and distribution by the Department of the Interior: Provided, Proviso.
Distribution.
That five copies each of all volumes of Land Decisions, already issued and to be issued, be delivered to the Committees on Public Lands of the Senate and House of Representatives, and that five copies each of all volumes of Pension Decisions, already issued and to be issued, be delivered to the Committee on Pensions of the Senate and to the Committees on Pensions and Invalid Pensions of the House of Representatives.
Passed January 23, 1905.
Sarah A. Rowe.
Return of pension bill of, requested.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President be requested to return to the Senate the bill (S. 5501) "Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Rowe.”
Passed January 25, 1905.
Jacob F. French.
Return of pension bill of, requested.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the President be requested to return the bill (H. R. 3286) entitled "An Act granting an increase of pension to Jacob F. French."
