472 FIFTY-FOUIBTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 47-50. 1896. APYH 21. 1896- [No. 47.] Joint Resolution To appoint four members of the Board of Managers of W";" the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Nsricml H<¤¤¤ Din- of America in Congress assembled, That William B. Franklin, of Connecti- $,5: v°l°°°°" s°l' cut; Thomas J. Henderson, of Illinois; George L. Beal, of Maine, and JM-,?;; George W. Steele, of Indiana, be, and the same hereby are, appomted a¤¤¤¤,e.»»g;'r1.n•n, as members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disa- "'“* §_$“:nB;,@ bled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States. , mn William B. Franklin to succeed himself, his term of service expiring April twenty-ilrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Thomas J. Henderson to succeed John C. Black, his term of service expiring April twenty-iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. George L. Beal to succeed Francis Fessenden, his term of service expiring April twenty- first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. George W. Steele to succeed himself, his term of service expiring April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. All to take effect April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Approved, April 21, 1896. April 24. 1896. P [No. d8.] _ Joint Resolution Relative to the improvement of the harbor of Erie, """"""""' Ollllly VSDIB. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States gagjjum mg of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Wai- be and xm-to- to was- he hereby is, directed to examine into the feasibility and advisability ”““‘°"· of the improvement of the harbor of Erie, Pennsylvania, by the construction of dikes to prevent the closing by sand of the entrance of said harbor and to make report thereon with an estimate of the cost of such improvement. Approved, April 24, 1896. · April!. 106. [No. 4.9.] Joint Resolution To amend the Act approved August first, eighteen hun- ';""` dred and ninety-four, making appropriations for fortifications and other works of _ defense, and so forth. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatt·ves of the United States rm Mgnm. Vs. of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved August urst, ,;'}‘{'§'§,Yf“‘ eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, entitled “An Act making appropriaqm- m tions for fortiiications and other works of defense, for the armament P' thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to remove the restriction that the United States shall bear only onehalf of the expense of the cost of construction of the sewerage system at Fort Monroe, Virginia, provided for in said Act, in so tar as may be necessary to authorize the Secretary of War to expend for the completion of the construction of said sewerage system, including a flushing system therefor, so much as may be necessary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, of the balance now remaining from the appropriation of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars made in said Act for the construction of one·half of said sewerage system, the funds to be immediately available and the work to be done by contract or otherwise as may be deemed by the Secretary of War most economical and advantageous to the Government. Approved, April 24, 1896. April 30. lace. [No. 50.] Joint Resolution To provide for the proper distribution of the publica- · ·· ··· *· ··~ tion entitled "Mcssages and Papers of the Presidents." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Messages and Ps- of America in Congress assembled, That the quotas of Senators, Mem- ’°"°m‘°P""i°°"°“‘ bers, and Delegates, of the House miscellaneous document numbered two hundred and ten, second session Fifty-third Con gress, being a compilation the title of which is, “Messages and Papers of the Presi- ¤i•¤i¤¤¤i¤¤- dents," be delivered by the Public Printer, when printed and ready for
