1422 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 14—17. 1907. Fébmaig 8» 1907- [N 0. 14.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish two con- ___ [H"]' ‘1°5‘] demned cannon to the mayor of the town of Preston, Iowa. [Pub. Res., No. 14.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United P¤e¤c<m.1cw¤. States of America in Congress assembled, 'lqat the Secretary of Wa1·
- ,,£§’Z,'g`{{,'T°°d°°°°°° be, and is hereby, authorized to loan and deliver to the mayor of the
town of Preston, Jackson County, Iowa, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, two bronze or brass condemned cannon now at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, the same to be used and mounted in the public rk in said town of Pres- ' ton and to be taken care of by said city audm to be subject at all times mm. to the order of the Secretary of War: Idrovéded, That no expense N° °"’°"'°‘ shall be ineurred by the United States in the delivery of the cannon. Approved, February 8, 1907. February 18,1§)7, [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to [HJ-B·¤4·l investigate and report to Congress concerning existing patents granted to officers and [puh_ Res, N0_15a employees of the Government in certain cases. Resobved by the Senate and House eg R esentattves of the United ruvouuom. States of America in Lbngress assemb d, mt the Secretary of Com- ¤,,lQ'},°f’“';,‘1:,T$°°(‘}*°,Y,{§ merce and Labor be, and he is hereby, directed to investigate and re ort Ug;°$d“§,;°·°ggn ew to the Congress what existing patents have been granted to oihpoers summa ’ " or employees of the Government of the United States upon inventions, discoveries, or processes of manufacture or production upon articles used by the Government of the United States, and how and to what extent such patents enhance the cost or otherwise interfere with the use by the Government of articles or plrocesses so patented, and shall also report what royalties, if any, ave been paid to officers or employees of the Government on any articles or processes patented. Approved, February 18, 1907. Feb;-uuy 26.1907. [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to extend an invitation to _ [_H·J·{*;24f’·_] ___ the Twelfth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography to hold its thirteenth [puh_ g¢,,_,N,,_w_] congress in the city of Washington. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I¤¤%;¤¢m·;j,1¤]°0¤f5 States o_é"Amerlea in Congress assem led, That the President of the hl;i:lgt;?by.° m United tates be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to extend mf,';,,,, ,§,§"$,?;‘§,{}f,f,E an invitation to the Twelfth International Con ress of Hygiene and w¤.I>·S- Demography, held at Berlin in nineteen hundredg and seven, to hold its thirteenth congress in the city of Vlfashington, District of Columbia, anno Domini nineteen hundred and nine, or nineteen hundred and ten. Approved, February 26, 1907. reifux-ng! [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Relating to the holdem of medals of honor. [Pub.'R.e.s.,N0.17.] Resolved by t/le Senate and House tif Re esentatlves of the United Medan 0¤,.,,,,,,_ States of Amnzca in Congress mm Zed, qhat the holders of medals mS¤,*;°¤Qgu€fu*;*d°d¤£ of honor under the Act approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and hangsés:. 623 _5l sixty-two, and section six of the Act approved March third, eighteen °‘ *”‘ " ‘ hundred and sixty-three, shall not be required to surrender such Vol.83,p.274. medals in case suc medals are replaced, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Conglress approved April twent ‘-third, nineteen hundred and four; and t at wherever the holders ol such medals of
