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756 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. BES. 15-17. 1893. passage of this act, and all such bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes, and commercial paper which otherwise would be due and payable or presentable for acceptance or payment in said District, on such half-holiday Saturday, shall therein be due and payable or presentable for acceptance or payment on the ocular or business day next hmm. succeeding: Provided, however, That any acceptance or payment thereof p,y,,,,,,,t._m__ 1.,..-. with interest thereon to said date when the same bears interest made M- on such half-holiday Saturday, before twelve o’clock noon, shall be lawful. hP;¤1>¤rr3!>¤d¤¤¤¤¤¢ “And all bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes, “°"‘°" "y‘ and commercial paper whatsoever, which, but for existing law, would be due and payable or presentable for acceptance or payment in said District on any day which is a full legal holiday, or on Sunday, shall, therein, be payable or presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next succeeding; and all acts and parts of acts, so far as inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed." Approved, February 18, 1893. . - No. 16. ointr lution to rovide th construeof wh r .s a aus

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P 060 801*gG 38 l11g 0D. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U ntted States WBir;]bp1=weofGwrs¤ of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of eleven thousand one §,,§‘§,'?,',}5,.,,, f,,, hundred and thirty-six dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Wlgg Wggield- of the amount appropriated by an act of Congress_approvcd February ’ ‘P‘twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the purpose of erecting a monument at and marking the birthplace of George Washington, may be expended and used, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to construct a wharf as a means of approach to the said proposed monument at Wakeneld, Virginia; the said wharf to be constructed of cast-iron screw piles, with a timber deck, as planned and estimated for by Colonel Thomas L. Casey, of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, in his letter of April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, to the honorable Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State. Approved, February 25, 1893. r‘ehrun.rv 5.1803. [No. 17.] Joint resolution authorizing payment, under act of August thirtieth, —-—¥-—·-—-·- eighteen hundred and ninety, to the State of Virginia, u non the assent of the governor, heretotbre given, till adjournment of next session of tbe legislature thereof. i-n-anime. Whereas the recent legislature of Virginia, through a misunderstanding with the Department of the Interior, adjourned without giving the assent required by the act of Congress approved August VM- z»·41‘f- thirtieth, eiglhteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to apply a portion of t `e proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges of agriculture and the mechanicarts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two:" Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ag-miinnai mi- States of America 5 n Congress assembled, That payments from the appro-

  • ··¢g;j`;m,_m tr) Vip priation of said act may continue to be made to the State of Virginia,

{nin; ttnnnqui nn upon the assent of the governor, heretofore given, till the adjournment {‘,§f.‘_f_““”‘°“°"°"*"" of the next regular session of the legislature of said State. Approved, February 25, 1893.