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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-JULY 15, 1959
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A-7266325, Fong, H a n Soon. A-95ri969, Lim, Chew Tak. A-10255551, Toon, Tan Siang. A-7469694, Wah, Tan Jow. A-9537T42, Tan, Yap Eng. A-9561879, Paun, Tin Joke. A-7978933, Nunez y Plasencia, J u a n Jose. A-7197635, Apsis, Chrysostome Alexander. A-7415400, Apsis, Diane Helen. Agreed to July 8, 1959. July 15, 19S9 [H. Con. R e s. 170]
ABRAHAM LINCOLN-ONE H L T N D R E D AND F I F T I E T H ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ m^^^^""lcco*^nt'"" ^'^^* there shall be printed a documentary account of certain events conducted in connection with the official observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and that said publication shall include commemorative exercises held during the joint session of the Congress of the United States, on February 12, 1959. For the purpose of more clearly depicting the history of this memorable observance, the documents shall also include such illustrations as may be pertinent to the occasion, together with appropriate background material and a brief report on the public response to the programs. The preparation of material for printing and the selection of color for binding shall be under the supervision of a subcommittee of the joint committee on arrangements of the commemorative ceremony, and said chairman shall cause to be printed six thousand copies so as to furnish ten copies to the Vice President, each Senator, each Representative, the Delegate from Hawaii, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and the remainder be equitably distributed by the joint committee, through its chairman, to various organized groups, associations, and such people who assisted the committee in the preparation and development of the program of significant tribute to one of America's greatest patriots. P a s s e d July 15, 1959. July 16, 1959 [H. Con. R e s. 299]
Co ng r e ssional greetings.
PARLIAMENT O F NEPAL
Whereas the free and independent Kingdom of Nepal, having an area of more than fifty-four thousand square miles and a population of over eight million five hundred thousand, is a member of the United Nations; and Whereas His Majesty, Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal, promulgated a constitution on February 12, 1959, providing for a parliament to be composed of two houses, one to be elected by universal, adult suffrage, and the other to be chosen partly by the first house and partly by the K i n g; and Whereas the first free elections in the history of Nepal were then held from February 18, 1959, through April 3, 1959; and Whereas the Pairliament of Nepal will be officially convened for the first time at Katmandu, Nepal, in July 1959: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring) ^ That the Congress of the United States of America extends its most cordial greetings to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Nepal on this historic occasion, and expresses the earnest hope that the people of Nepal will enjoy continuing success in their new form of government,
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