RESOLUTIONS. [No. Lheloint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and December 20.1909. House of sresentatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nine- [H"'- Rm 8*] tem h and nme, on the twentieth day of said month. [Pub. Res., Nc. 7.] Resobved by the Senate and House of R esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the c,‘,E,?“§{,§?“‘,‘g“g}, P‘;*§; Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are Dwiarzrbggmlnriw Dehereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of °°m { 'mgi the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol Police their respective salaries for the mouth of December, nineteen hundred and nine, on the twentieth day of said month. Approved, December 20, 1909. . 2. oint Resol tion Authonzmg° a rtion of the appropriation mad for January 7, 1910. the_1iI:1£;•g;e¤`i•ent of Teninessee River to be alptplied to work eilapthe Colbert andoBee iH··'·R¢¤- 83-1 Tree S Canal. [1>ui»aes,1¤o.s.] Resobved by the Senate and House esentat2Z»ves of the United States of America in Congress asse _ , That the sum of fifteen {gg¤ j:g¤‘·for thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of. the Colbert and BeeTr•e unexpended balance of appropriations heretofore made for the S"{,’§{f‘§",‘§f"{gm_ improvement of Tennessee lt1ver between Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Riverton, Alabama, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be applied to work at the Colbert and Bee Tree Shoals Canal for the purpose of opening said canal to navigation. . Approved, January 7, 1910. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Authorizing an investigation of the Department of the Jsuusry 19,1910. Interior and its several bureaus, oilioers, and employees, and of the Bureau oi Forestry, UL J · MS- 10-*-1 in the Department of Agriculture, and its officers and employees. [rub. aes.,No.s.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Re¥v·esentatives of the United States ofAm.eriea in Congress led, hat a joint committee of mggyrgggr gm; both Houses of Congress is hereby created, to be composed of six senses. _ Members of the Senate to be aripointed by the President thereof, and C,;’,§’,§§‘,§,&g“§,,j”,Q’{‘2‘Q,“{•l six Members of the Hiouse of epresentatives, to be elected by that izpeéimgimwvi body. Any vacancy occurring on the committee shall be filled in the P ' same manner as the original agpoiutment. The said committee is hereby empowered and directe to make a thorough and complete investi tion of the administration, action, and conduct of the Department ognthe Interior and its several bureaus, officers, and employees and of the Bureau of Forestry, in the Department of Agriculture, and its officers and employees, touching, relating to, or bearing upon the reclamation, conservation, management, and disposal of t ne lands of the United States, or any lands held in trust by the United States for any urpose, including all the resources and appurtenances of such lands, and said committee is authorized and eugiowered to make any further investigation touching said Interior epartment, · 871
