FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 24-27. 1888. 625 [No. 24.] Joint_Resolution authorizing the loan of tents and camp equipage to June 30, 1888. the veteran organizations of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. L Whereas, at the annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Preamble. Potomac, held at Saratoga, New York, in eighteen hundred and eighty- seven, a resolution was passed extending to all the survivors of the battle of Gettysburg an invitation to meet in fraternal reunion on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, July first. second, and third, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, on the field of Gettysburg, and as the invitation has been generally extended and accepted: Therefore _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States { America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War Secretary or warm is here y authorized and directedto loan to the committee in charge §’g@;S‘§§§;~R§§A;0§" of quarters of the Society of the Army of the Potomac such tents and " camp equipage as may be needed for the sheltering of the veteran organizations participating in said anniversary, and that to prevent loss or damage resulting from the use of such tents and camp equipage, the Secretary of War is authorized to detail troops to take charge of the same and to provide for their safe-keeping and transportation under the direction of the Quartermaster—General. Approved, June 30, 1888. [N0. 25.] Joint resolution granting leave of absence to certain persons employed July 2, 1888. in the service of the United States. ’_"""""‘” Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the heads of Depart- G0I·;¤r;jn<gug;>;*¤* *0 . . v ployés ments are hereby authorized to grant to all persons employed in the m aime Gettysburg service of the United States who were present at the battle of Gettys- "’“‘“°"· burg. sufficient leave of absence, without loss of pay, to attend the reunion to be held at Gettysburg on the third day of July next, such absence not to be taken from the allowance made by law. Approved, July 2, 1888. [No. 26.] Joint Resolution relating to the Pages of the House of Representatives. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the Act P¤¤t<;:£}Kgg¤w¤fR¤p making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial ex- "°”°" "`“‘ penses of the Gbvernment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as requires that the pages of the House of Re iresentatives shall not be under twelve years of age, Wg(s;€3¤¤¤¤i¤¤¤¢i¤¤ shall not apply to pages in the employment of the House on the iirst .me,p.z61. day of July, eighteen hundred ann eighty-eight. Approved, July 10, 1888. [No. 27.] Joint Resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives ·Ju1y10.1888. to amend the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 9377) "making appropriations for the " ""“** legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. and for other purposes." Resolred b y the Senate and Irlouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Clerk of the of§;¤‘e;;gig_;¤‘g:Lm§¤¤ House be, and is hereby directed in the enrollment of the bill (H R. pmpiimou `act "boi; 9377) " making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and ju- *°j;f_§é’p_m_ dicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes," STAT L—v0L XXV-·——40
