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SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rm. 7-9. 1914. 769 Februag twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for the fur- V°*·°°·PP·””»*“°· ther ad tional period of two years by a joint resolution approved December twentg—third, nineteen hundred and ten, is continued in full force and e act for. two years from this date; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by said Act of March mnth, mneteen hundred and six, is continued and made applicable ""”' °°““““°"· for expenditure the additional period of two years herein provided for: Pr , That hereafter the provisions of said Act a,,°¤ ,x_ shall mclpde and apply to the graves of Confederate soldiers and maid sailors lying in all national cemeteries and cemeteries at Federal mili- ` tary stations, or localities throughout the country: Provided further, That the eo?7pensation of the commissioner shall be Hxed by the P°’°!°°°m°°i°°°' Secretary of ar. Approved, March 14, 1914. 0. 8. Joint Resolution To conve the thanks of Congress to the ca tain of the “*'°l‘ 1°·m‘· Adgricad steamer Kroonland, of the Bhd Star Line, and thmugh him topthe omcers and crew of said steamer, for the prompt and heroic service rendered gg them in P¤b· Bw-, N¤· 90-1 xéegcepiung eighty-mne lives from the bumug steamer Voltumo, in the no Atlantic Resolved by the Senate and House of 1 dike United ··xr.,...,¤...d,·· States 3/ America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress 0, Conwbe, an the same are hereby, extended to the calptain of the American t<>c¤p¢?m,¤m¤¤¤,¤¤e steamer Kroonland, of the Red Star Line, an through him the ?¥%‘§;§,,£»‘·°'"°'"° officers and crew of said steamer, for prompltly to the relief of the burning steamer Voltumo, in the nort A tic Ocean on the ninth and tenth days of October, nineteen hundred and thuteen, and heroically rescuing eighty-nine people then on board said burnin steamer. gSec. 2. That the Secretary of Commerce be, and he is hereby, ,,,§,°}2,§°b°‘€,’{,,f°°‘*" authorized, empowered, and directed to cause to be purchased and resented to Captain Paul H. Kreibohm, of the said steamer Kroonl)and, a suitable American-made solid §old dial watch and chamand said Secretary is further authorize , emkggwered, and directed ,,,’§%_ *° °m°°” to cause to be made at the United States _ t five smtable gold, five silver, and twenty-nine bronze medals, which watch and medals shall be appropriately inscribed to express the high admiration m which Congress holds the services of the captain, officers, and crew of the steamer Kroonland, and be pgesented to the officers and crew, to whose promptness, vigilance, ravery, and skill was due the rescue of e hty-nine lives. A mm Sec. 3. 'llmt the sum of $1,000, or so much thereof as may be *’*"°*" · necessary for the purchase of such watch and cham_ and for the urpose of purchasing the necessary materials for sand medals, is hereby appropriated out of any money m the Treasury not otherwise appropriate . Approved, March 19, 1914. [No. 9.] Joint Resolution For the appointment of a member of the Board of [g°}?§§2jl3}_f‘] Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Resolved the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives of the United _ _ _ States of Aim/errlca in Congress assembled, glhat the vacancy (rn the ,,§§,'§,§Y"S°”’““ I“‘“‘ Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution in the class other p_§g;r;;§° °d$gé•g;¢£. than members of Congress" shall be filled by the reappomtment of Charles F. Choate, junior, a citizen of Massachusetts. ‘ Approved, March 20, 1914. 91006°-—vor. 38-rr 1--49