1226 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. R1·:s.11——14. 1915. b the S eaker of the House of Representatives on behalf of the Hlbuse of Hepresentatives. Approved, March 4, 1915. March 4, 1915. _ _ _ _ , _ [B· J- R•¤· 437-) [No. 12M] Jomt Resolution Authorizing and directing the Sergeant at Arms to re-
to embers of the House of Representatives amounts of money deducted from
Resolved by the Senate and House rg Representat·i*ves of the United ·,§g¤°*° °‘R°P'°°°¤*· States rz America in Congress assemble , That the Speaker be, and he Behind of amounts is here y, directed to certify for payment the resppctive amounts g,°$,l‘§§i,?¤;’QYm mm' heretofore deducted from the annual salaries of embers of the House in obedience to H. Res. 601, agreed to August twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen. And the Sergeant at Arms is directed to pay said Members the amounts so respectively certified. Approved, March 4, 1915. [g;§er{l4, gig,] [gligillgéjviloint Resolution Concerning estimates and expenditures for the Recla- • . $• S ma QQ, [P¤b'Resi'Nm m Resolved by the Senate and House ¢ZdReF;4;sentatives of the §9F*,,,;,‘,‘f;°‘,{’,;',_‘{,',,"',,,,"?,‘_’g· States of America in Congress assemb , t until the meeting of ¤¤¢¤r¤ mwtinzcr wh the Sixty-fourth Co§1=ess, those members of the Committee on Ap- °°°°°°°' propriatrons of the ouse of Representatives, not less than five m number, who are members elect to the Sixty-fourth are authorized to conduct hearings at Washington District of Columbia and elsewhere concerning the work of the lteclamation Service and estimates for the various projects of that service. Approved, March 4, 1915. umn 4,1ms. [No. 14.911 Joint Resolution To emgower the President to better enforce and {HJ- RH- **9-1 maintam e neutrality of the United tates. n. rm., 12. [Pu Nm I Resolved by the Senate and House of Re esentattves of the United 1{aintananceo! neu- SMU? of in 00’Ilg7‘888 G886'l7lbl6d, g`7ll8l3, fI‘0I!l Slld 8.ft0l‘ t»l18 "*§¥g',;,,,,_,,, ,,,,,,,,,1 passppe of this resolution, and during the existence of a war to which raveagpmwrgygosygj the_ mted States is not a party, m order- to prevent the neu- Ereiis. ps trahty of the United States from being violated by the use of 1ts territory, its ports, or its territorial waters as the base of operations for the armed forces of a belligerent, contrary to the obligations imposed by the law of nations, the treaties to which the nited States is a party, or- contrary to the statutes of the United States, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to direct the collectors of customs under the jurisdiction of the United States to withhold clearance from any vessel American or foreign, which he has reasonable cause to believe to be about to carry fuel, arms, ammunition, men, or supplies to any warship, or tender, or supply shi of a belligerent nation, m violation of the obligations of the mted Sltates as a neutral nation. Pmmljgxehzp {cri do- In case any such vessel shall depart or attempt to depart from the Q’§§}”° ° “ °°°" jurisdiction of the United States without clearance for any of the purposes above set forth, the owner or master or person or persons aving charge or command of such vessel shall severally be liable to a line of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or to imprisonment not to exceed two ears, or both, and, in addition, such vessel = shall be forfeited to the llnited States. m§i¤¤r>lz:•¤c or That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby mam “°h°" authorized and empowered to engplo such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as ally be necessary to carry out the pmposes of this resolution.
