Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 3.djvu/556

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1988 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF c0NGREss. D*'*¤*°° °'°¤’°¤s°°· That all expenses incurred by the committee in the execution of the provisions of this resolution shall be ipaid, one-half from the contingent und of the Senate and one»half rom the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. Passed, January 29, 1927. pawn,.-yzr, 1927_ Gnoxzen WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL cmtnnnyrrou.

Whereas the joint resolution of Congrees approved December 2, 1924, oem ymmu on created the United States Commrssron for the Celebration of the g§f§“‘°“"‘“' C*“£’“‘ Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth ;>€1Georg'e_ JVa]e‘hing1ton, ` composed o nineteen commissioners as o ows: s resi ent Pmmm of the United States; Presiding OHicer of the Senate and the V°"‘°""°"‘ Speaker gf [the {forge ol;1Represer};tat§res, (exsoiiicro; feightspersons appointe y t e resi ent 0 t e mte tates· our enators aed fourdRepresentatives;1ghose liluty ithis 30 gregpare _a plan oe p ans an a program sign mg t e two un re t annrversrty o the birth of Geerge Wglshington, aérd tlorgeke suc}; steps as may bce necessary in t e coor `nation an co ation o p ans prepare by State commissions or by bodies created under appointment by the governorsfof the respective States and by representative civic bodies: There ore be it- A r A " Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurrirlm), ,tgf’?¤°${°,£?°°'S°°“°’ That the Congress of the Unrted States earnestly respectf_ y invites the full cooperation elf {he legislaturées lenc%J the céluéaf exeoutrvles of the respective States an erritories o t e - nite tates in t e gxecutiejn of the j<}int ¥1es<gr;fie)n of CoE1g1§eseFcrezi§ingdlt6l:f¤thUnited tates ommission or t e e ration o t e _ wo un r- versary of the Birth of George Washington in such manner as may seem to then; most fitting to theiegd that theileicentennial anmirlerglasry of tele birth 0 him who was " t in war rst in peace, an t in t e hearts of his count1·ymen"—the pioneer, the_soldier, the statesman, the husbandman, the exemplar of American citizenship, George Washington, may be commemorated in the year 1932 in such manner that future generations of American citizens may live according to the example lenelhrgrecepts Ief hizlexalteg %fe_a1}d clgaracter and thus erpetuate t e erican epu 1c· an e 1t urt er_ Coma to be trans- P Resolved, That an engrossed copy of these resolutions be trans~ $i·i°iiigi§°1%°i»i°•ii°$°1l mitted by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the presiding S°“°° “’d '*`°”"°'Y· officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the legislature and to the chief executive of each State and Territory of the United States. Passed, February 23, 1927. E Ma:eh2.1o21. Gmoaen WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. [s. cen. rm., No. za.] . omge Washington Resolved by the S emzte (the House of Representatives concurring), That £j,‘f“'°“‘““* °°1°b‘“` there shall be compiled, Jprinted with illustrations, arid bound, as °¤Pj)¤jg<;j;=({’;d;tg<g°* may be directed by the oint Committee on Printing, seventy-five km,v.1¤s1. thousand co ies of the address delivered to the American people m the House oi) Representatives on February 22, 1927, on the subject of the gereposed ceéebmron of the two hrégdaedth annrgglrsary cg ellie b` th , r e as ` gton inc ud1ng' e procee gs an e pibgra(in ofcgxgrcises, of which eight thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, seventeen thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and fifty thousand copres for the use of the