272 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 26-28. 1884. May 13, 1884. [26.] Joint resolution filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of tho —-————-——— Smithsonian Institution. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Board oikepents of America in Congress assembled, That the existing vacancy 1u the Board S'“%“‘“°”’““ ’¥m· of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class " other than mem-
- ,1;‘QQ°’t0 °§f°*€;Q bers of Congress ”, occasioned by the resignation of Peter Parker, be
c¤ucy,¤m. iilled by the appointment of James C. Welling of the c1ty of Washiugton. Approved, May 13, 1884. ‘ , °` is i nto ceremonies to be authorized u ou the completiou ‘ .;...1Kay B' 188* [27 ] Jomt msohmou m raf ttl; Washington Monument. P P W as h in g s u u Whereas the shaft of the Washington Monument is approaching com- M°P“‘“°”*# ***2*** pletiomand it is proper that it should be dedicated with appropriate °°¤°“ °°r°m°m°°‘ ceremonies, calculated to perpetuate the fame of the illustrious mem who was “f.l1`St in war, ilrst in peace, and first in the hearts of his couulily1I10D!" Therefore, Joint go,,,;,,,,,,. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States iomal Commission, of America in Congress assembled, That a commission to consist of tive °*°· Senators appointed by the President of the Senate, eight Representetives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three members of the Washington Monument Society, and the United States engineer in charge of the work, be, and the same is hereby, created, with full powers to make arrangements for- First. The dedication of the monument to the name and memory of George Washington, by the President of the United States, with appropriate ceremonies. Second. A procession from the monument to the Capitol, escorted by regular and volunteer corps, the Washington Monument Society, represeutatives of cities, States, and organizations which have contributed blocks of stone, and such bodies of citizens as may desire to appear. Third. An orstiou in the hall of the House of Representatives, on the twenty-second day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eightyfive, by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop, who delivered the oratiou at the laying of the eorner-stone of the monument in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, with music by the Marine Band. Fourth. Salute; of one hundred gums from the 11avy·yard, the artil- _ gry headquarters, and such meu·o£war as can be anchored in the otomac. Appmpmuon, And such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses incurred under the above provisions, not exceeding two thousand tive hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 13, 1884. May 16, 1884. [28.] Joint resolution providing for the distribution of the Congressional Glubv Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Cougumnnal of America in Congress assembled, That the public printer is hereby Globe · act provid- authorized and directed to deliver to the document-rooms of the Departips fer dimib¤· ment of the lnterioigthe bound volumes of the Congressional Globe “°“ "‘· purchased irom Messrs Rives, and such other bound volumes of thv Globe and Record, prior to the Fort;7-eighth Congress, as are in his charge; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, from said volumes to supply, as far as possible, existing dellcigicies iucilhe sets of these documents in the following libraries, in the 0 er nam z
