RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Joint Resolution donating certain condemned Cannon for a Soldiers' Monza- Jn_ 16, 1g7g_ ment. ————————~—- Be il resolved by the Senate and Ibmse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War bc, Condemned and he is hereby, authorized, if the same can be done without detriment ?"“‘¥°“·, &°·» ‘"°‘ . . . boldlers monu— to the government, to issue and deliver six condemned cannon and ment at pim,. twenty-four cannon balls to the corporate authorities of the town of Pitts- ii¤1d.M¤s¤- field, Massachusetts, for the purpose of aiding in the erection of a soldiers’ monument at that place. APPROVED, January 16, 1872. [N0. 2.] Joint Resolution to authorize taxa Erection of a. colossal Statue of lhc late Admiral April 16, 1872.
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Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the committees on public Models fora buildings and grounds of the Senate and House of Representatives be, g;Z'Xff$if;?%‘:r_ and they are hereby, instructed to inspect all models for a colossal statue mgm to be inof the late Admiral Farragut that may be presented to them on or before Spqcted, ¤¤d the the first of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and select there- Ezsggggfgxrfg from, within thirty days thereafter, the one that in their judgment shall coumctmahq be the most. faiththl likeness in form and feature, and the most. appropriate gm! $°“lP*·°’¤ to commemorate the deeds and character of the said admiral; and that [qi},,,, extended_ the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to contract with Pvsf, p- 637-] the sculptor who shall have prepared the model so selected, for a colossal statue of the said admiral, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be erected in Farragut square, in the city of Wuslxington, District of Columbia, or in such other place as he may designate: Provided, T hat Broom. if no such model shall be presented on or before the time designated which the said committees shall agree upon as a work of art entirely worthy as a tribute of the nation to the naval hero whose memory it is proposed to commemorate, they may reject any and all s0 presented, and report the fact to their respective houses. APPROVED, April 16, 1872. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution grantingcondemmzd Cannonjbrthe Erection ofa. Soldier? Manu.- April 22, 1872. ment at Mound City, Illinois. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States qf America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is Condenmed hereby, authorized to deliver to the governor of the State of Illinois *;°(;:_n*;Q'~' four pieces of condemned brass cannon, and thirty round shot of proper ment at Mound size, to be used in the erection of a soldiers’ monument- at Mound city, Cicy.1l1inois. Illinois. Arpxoviso, April 22, 1872. [N0. 4.] Joint Resolution appointing Commissioners to inquire into Deprcdations on the May 7, 1872. Frontirrs af the State mf Texas. WHEREAS there are complaints of many depredations having been committed for several years past upon the·£r0¤tiers of the State of Texas, by P1‘¢¤¤¤bl¢-
