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568 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 9-11. 1908. V°‘· “· P- “· ern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other (purposes," approved March nrnth, nineteen hundred and six, mneroewgfienng be, an the same is ereby, continued in full force and effect for two "°,I,'§,$§,‘f]‘° ‘ years from this date: Provided, That thexprovisions of said Act shall F¤=¤P*i<>¤· not be construed to apiply to the Conf crate Mound in Oakwood compensation oi Cemetery at Chicago: nd provided further, That the compensation ¢°¤¤¤*¤=i°¤°*· of the commissioner shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. Approved, February 26, 1908. wglw [No.10é Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary oi War to furnish three

 condemn urnnonto the ma or of the city of Detroit, Mich' , to beplaced on the

[rub. Res., Ne. 10.] base oi a statue of the late Alexander Maconigln United States Army. Resolved ky the Senate and House 0; Representatiees of the United §§‘n{,°j,‘£,{‘eQfh°,,m0¤ States of America in Congress assev _ , hat the Secretary of War ymb stgmgr the be, and he _1s hereby, authorized to deliver the mayor of the crty of ' Detroit, Michigan, of the same can be done without detriment to the pub- . lic service, one condemned nine- under French bronze gun, located at the United States arsenal at Wirtervliet, New York, and two condemned twelve-pounder bronze field s, date of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, located at the UnitedStates arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts, to be placed upon the gun pedestals of a monument erected to the memory of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb, gem. United méded, That the donation shall be without ' expense e nr s. Approved, March 5, 1908. ` March e, 1908. [No.11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the invitation of governments of other lS··l· R·“·] countries to send representatives to the International Congress on tuberculosis. Pub. Res., No. 11. lrmmme. l Vllhereas an International Congress on Tuberculosis will meet in ` Washington in September, nineteen hundred and eight, the same being the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, and the first to be held in America; and Whereas seven of the nine Departments of the Federal Government havg peéitioned Congress for the authority and means to participate in t is ‘ongress; an \Vhereas the(governors of twenty-eight States of the United States have authlorize the participation of their several States in this Congress; an Whereas the National Association for the Stud · and Prevention of Tuberculosis has provided the necessary means sind created a special committee to secure the partici tion of voluntary and private interests in the coming Internationalzongress on Tuberculosis; and lVhereas precedin International Congresses occurring in other countries in the past lfifteen years have been held under governmental auspices, and delegates from the United States have participated therein as nests of foreign governments: Therefore be it Resolvedgby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

,,m-¤,¤,,,,,; Cm,. States 0 f America in Uongress assembled, That the Department of State

Fg???.?:} be, and is hereby, authorized to invite the governments of other counggxpgmggm tries, through their ministers, to send representatives to the International Congress on Tuberculosis, to be he d rn \\ ashington, Septemm§;‘§f,$g_““° dm °' bc? tWB¤ty-fil‘S¢& to October twelfth, nineteen hundred and eight, ‘“’°· P·*"· Approved, March 6, 1908.