RESOLUTIONS. [No. Lf] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and Dwember 21. 189I. House 0 Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, lit eighteen hundred and ninety-six, on the eighteenth day of said month. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the enate and C,gm£‘ ,,§"{,'§,",,,'{,{ the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, D¤·=¤¤·*>•*·•l·¤·i·¤·D¤· authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the °°mb°r m’ 1m' Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. on the eighteenth day of said month. Approved, December 21, 1896. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Continuing in force section two of the Act approved J“°°”8’ 1w' June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An Act to re ea] section sixty-one of ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue ior the government, and for other purposes,"’ which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States _ of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section two of €;§Y,l’,€ltL'L§l§‘Z,°:$t,'§. the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled **S¤*°· °°¤**¤¤*=*l· “An Act to repeal section sixty-one of ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to A"°°""1°5' provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes}" which v°‘·”·*’· “’· became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundre and ninety-four, be, and they are hereby, continued in force, and the joint select committee heretofore appointed under said section shall, when they have reached a final conclusion, report the same to Congress, not later than R°’°"‘ ten days after the beginning of its next session, together with such information as they shall have obtained. Approved, January 8, 1897. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the building of a telephone line in the _·]`s¤¤¤¤"Y1l·i997· District of Columbia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States H { H o_/"America in Congress assembled, That authority is hereby granted to m,$},’§f’° °"°°°"' William J. Browning, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, to ,uT·;gJ_¤·>¤¤ *° ’•~·¤· build a telephone line from the House folding room to the new annex g ' folding room in the McDowell Building, corner of North Capitol street and Massachusetts avenue, using the Government poles now on North Capitol street. Approved, January 11, 1897. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution To permit railroads in the District tooccnpy additional J°“““"Y W wm parts of streets to accommodate the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Iuluguml cmu} of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the Dis- uigzm of trict of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to steam railroad ,,,,,,,,"{,',Y‘{,?',;,‘,{,']'5L 697
