statues furnished and provided by said State in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

R. S., sec. 1814, p. 321.

be transmitted

Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the to Copytosolutions presiding officers of the House of Representatives and Senate, be for- governor of Texas. warded to his excellency the governor of Texas.

Passed April 18, 1904.

ACCEPTING INVITATION TO LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION
OPENING.

April 19, 1904.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Invitation to Con

to attend formal

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the invitation extended to the Congress of the United States by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to attend the formal opening cere-opening accepted. monies of said exposition, to be held at Saint Louis, Missouri, April, thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, be, and is hereby, accepted.

That the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the coAppointment of House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a committee to consist of ten Senators and fifteen Representatives of the Fifty-eighth Congress to attend the formal opening ceremonies referred to and to represent the Congress of the

United States on that occasion.

Passed April 19, 1904.

CEREMONIES UNVEILING STATUE OF GENERAL SHERMAN.

April 21, 1904.

Statue of General

veiling ceremonies,

Distribution.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That will shermen there be printed and bound in the form such as is customary in Proceedings of unthe case of eulogies, twelve thousand copies of the proceedings and etc., ordered printed. accompanying documents, with suitable process plates to be bound therewith, upon the unveiling of the Statue of General William T. Sherman, of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, six thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies, of which two hundred copies shall be bound in full morocco, to be distributed under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Committee-on the Library, in such manner as, in his judgment, may be desirable.

Passed April 21, 1904.

COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

April 21, 1904.

dex Government

Publications.
volumes.

To be issued in two

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Comprehensive Inthe Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to bind in two volumes, instead of one, the Comprehensive Index of Government Publications, eighteen hundred and eighty-one to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the preparation of which is authorized by joint resolution of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Passed April 21, 1904.

MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON LINCOLN, GARFIELD, AND MCKINLEY.

Vol. 29, p. 704.

April 22, 1904.

Memorial addresses
Abraham Lincoln,

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed and bound in one volume, in cloth, seventeen thou- James A. Garfield, and sand copies of the three separate memorial addresses delivered before Williara McKinley. the two Houses of Congress, as follows: On February twelfth, eight- ordered printed.

Additional copies

on

een hundred and sixty-six, by honorable George Bancroft, on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States; on February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, by honorable James G. Blaine, the life and character of James A. Garfield, late President of the United States; on February twentyseventh, nineteen hundred, by honorable John Hay, on the life and character of William McKinley, late President of the United States, twelve thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and five thousand copies for the use of the Senate. The Joint Committee on Printing is hereby authorized to have the copy prepared for the Public Printer.

Passed April 22, 1904.

ADJOURNMENT.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective Houses on the twenty-eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and four, at two o'clock post meridian.

Passed April 26, 1904.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.

THIRD SESSION FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

HOLIDAY RECESS.

December 18, 1904.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That. Holiday recess. when the two Houses adjourn on Wednesday, December twenty-first, they stand adjourned until twelve o'clock meridian,

nineteen hundred and five.

nuary fourth,

Passed December 13, 1904.

INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.

January 9, 1905.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That prinauguration of the

Joint Congressional

a joint committee consisting of three Senators and three Representatives, to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and the committee appointed. Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, is authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the Presidentelect of the United States on the fourth day of March next.

Passed January 9, 1905.

COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES.

January 16, 1905.

etc.,

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That elcounting votes for the two Houses of Congress shall assemble in the Hall of the House President and Viceof Representatives on Wednesday, the eighth day of February, nine- President, teen hundred and five, at one o'clock in the afternoon, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws relating to the election of President and Vice-President of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer; that two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and VicePresident of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two Houses.

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January 21, 1905.

Thanks of Congress to the people of Kan

THANKS FOR STATUE OF JOHN J. INGALLS.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That sas for statue of John the statue of John J. Ingalls, presented by the State of Kansas to be

J. Ingalls.

Engrossed copy of resolutions for gover

nor.

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.

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.

January 23, 1905.

Report on the Development of American

AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE AND COMMERCE.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Merchant Marine and there be printed and bound in cloth six thousand copies of the report

American Commerce, ordered printed.

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.

January 23, 1905.

Coples of certain volumes of Land and

LAND AND PENSION DECISIONS.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Pension Decisions or the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to

dered printed.

Proviso.

Distribution.

January 25, 1905.

Sarah A. Rowe. Return of pension bill of, requested.

February 4, 1905.

Jacob F. French. Return of pension bill of, requested.

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, 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.

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.

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."

STATUE OF JOHN J. INGALLS.

February 9, 1905.

Statue of John J. Ingalls.

ceptance of, ordered

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed and bound in one volume the proceedings in Congress Proceedings on acupon the acceptance of the statue of the late John James Ingalls six- punted. teen thousand five hundred copies, of which five thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, ten thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and the remaining one thousand five hundred shall be for the use and distribution by the governor of Kansas; and the Secretary Engraving of statue. of the Treasury is hereby directed to have printed an engraving of said statue to accompany said proceedings, said engraving to be paid for out of the appropriation for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Passed February 9, 1905.

THANKS FOR STATUE OF FRANCES E. WILLARD.

February 20, 1905.

Thanks of Congress to the people of Illi

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the statue of Frances E. Willard, presented by the State of Illinois, to nois for statue of Franbe placed in Statuary Hall, be accepted by the United States, and that ces E. Willard. the thanks of Congress be tendered the State for the statue of one of the most eminent women of the United States.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, duly authenticated, be transmitted to the Governor of the State of Illinois.

Passed February 20, 1905.

EXECUTIVE REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed from existing stereotype plates and bound in cloth one thousand five hundred copies of the "Executive Register of the United States, seventeen hundred and eighty nine to nineteen hundred and two," of which five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate and one thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives. Passed February 24, 1905.

February 24, 1905.

"Executive Register 1789 to 1902."

of the United States,

Printing ordered.

EULOGIES ON MARCUS A. HANNA.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That of the eulogies on the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna there be printed and bound in cloth six thousand and two hundred additional copies, of which two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and four thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives and two hundred of which shall be bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, for the family of the deceased.

Passed February 28, 1905.

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION.

March 2, 1905.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the invitation extended to the Congress of the United States by the Invitation to ConLewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair to attend press trattend openthe opening ceremonies of said exposition to be held at Portland, Ore- cepted.