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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 14-17. 1887. 647 [No. 13.] Joint resolution providing for the sale of public documents Mar. 3, 1887. Resolved by the Senate and .H0u.se of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Public d o c u - be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell, at cost-price, tdany party wish- ¤1¤¤¢¤- ing to purchase the same, any public document of which copies avail- iz§({"1° °‘Y °“*b°" able for this purpose, not required for official use, remain: Provided, p;,,,,m_ That only one copy of any document be sold to any one person. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall have kept a. detailed Annual reportw statement of each and every public document sold, with the name of M made of sales. the purchaser and date of the purchase, and that he shall annually publish, among the documents accompanying his annual report, a statement showing the number of each public document sold during the fiscal year, and the price thereof. Approved, March 3, 1887. [No. 14.] Joint resolution to authorize the use of hot water off the Government Mar. 3, 1887. Reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas. —· ——————;-— Resolved by the Senate and Hozcsc ofRe;2resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be Hot Sp rin gs, and he is hereby authorized to continue to furnish to the Bath Houses A1‘k· located oil' the Permanent Reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas, a sniH· uH‘}Y°‘5“*:' T 2: cient amount of hot water for drinking and bathing purposes: Provided, goggeg OE she :0* That furnishing such bath houses shall in no way interfere with the ervation. supply of hot water necessary for the use of the Army and Navy Hes- P¤wiw·_ pital and for the bath houses located upon the Permanent Reservation W13; *‘Ar‘““°"f°’3 _ subject to any further action of Congress on the subject. · N,vyH0S;1g,1;,;_ Approved, March 3, 1887. Ply- [No. 15.] Joint resolution to print the ouicial report of the Investigations of Dr. Mar. 3, 1887. Edward Shakespeare concerning the nature, and so tbrth, of Epidemic Cholera. —i--— Resolved by the Senate and House of Representation of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Official Report of the Inves- Cholera in Eutigations of Dr. Ed ward O. Shakespeare in Europe and Asia, concern- ’°P° and ASW ing the nature, causes, method of prevention and cure of Epidemic or Asiatic Cholera, made by the direction of the President of the United Report on,to be States, be printed, with the accompanying illustrations, and that there P“°*°d· be printed, in addition to the usual number, two thousand copies for the use of the Department of State, one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, said report to be printed under the editorial supervision of Dr. Shakespeare. Approved, March 3, 1887. [No. 16.] Joint resolution to distribute copies of special memoirs and reports of Mu; 3, [881, the United States Geological Survey. ——————-———-—--— Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be distributed from Geological Surthe number of special memoirs and reports of the United States Geo- "Y m°m°¤‘¤· logical Survey now authorized by law one copy of every such publication to every public library which shall be designated to the Secretary Distribution so of the Interior as follows: Two public libraries to be designated by each m*¤*'i•>¤- of the Senators from the States, respectively, two public libraries by . the Representative in Congress from every Congressional district, and two public libraries by the Delegate from every Territory; such public libraries to be additional to those to which the said publications are distributed under existing law. Approved, March 3, 1887.