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FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 22-25. 1884. 27 ] That the Joint Committee on the Library are hereby authorized to make all necessary arrangements for said ceremonial and that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expense thereof to be added to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives and disbursed on the order of said Committee. Approved, April 29, 1884. {23.] Joint resolntion authorizing Secretary of War to loan to the mayor of Rich- May 3, 1gg4_ mond, Virginia, a certain amount of tlags and hunting for use at n. Fair 1.Y..._. Resolved by the Senate and House of Rqzresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he Low of ME to is hereby, authorized to loan to the mayor of the City of Richmond, Vir- :*:}:1;, °$h_ ginia, or to sncheommittee as may be appointed by the R. E. Lee Camp, em ’ gl ' to receive the same, such ilags and hunting as can be conveniently spared to be used in the decoration of the Armory of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, on the occasion of a fair to be held there in May eighteen hundred and eighty four, to raise funds to build a house for maimed anddisabled Confederate soldiers, with such security for their prompt and safe return as he may deem necessary: Provided. Proviao. That the transportation of said ilags and hunting to and from Richmond shall be without expense to the Government. _ Approved, May 3d, 1884. 24. Joint. resoluuthorizixx the cre of War to loan two hundred to [ tlga of Charlxtiéxgorth Carolina fg: thetgbration of the Mecklenburg Dm tion 0 Independenee. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be and he L¤¤¤ of ¤¤8¤» is hereby authorized to loan to the mayor and aldermen of the city of ‘g’,;’;`_,:‘;,;““Y,Q‘f)d‘}f Charlotte North Carolina, two hundred United States flags, or asmany C,,,,m,,,Q_ ’ as can be conveniently spared,to be used in decorating said city at the approaching celebration of the one hunched and ninth anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May twentieth, seventeen hxmdred and seventyhve: Provided, That satisfactory securitybe PMN- given for the safe return of said Bags and that the Government be at no expense for transportation. Approved, May 3d, 1884. [25.] Joint resolution to print twelve thousand ive hundred copies of eulogies on Mgy 3, 1884. Thomas H. Herndon late a Representative in Congress. -———-————-———-— Resolved by the Senate and House of Reprcaemtatirec of the United States of America in O4mge·e.»a assembled, That there be printed of the enlogies 'i‘h¤¤¤¤¤ K·H°¤'¤· delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas H. Herndon, a Represenn g:;g,§¤““g‘:€ tf: ativeeleot in the Fortyeighth Congress from the State of Alabama, m,_ twelve thousand five hundred copies of which threethousaud copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby directed to have printed a portrait of the P<¤¤¤i¤· said Thomas H. Herndon to accompany said enlogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 3d, 1884.