9 PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SEVENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1927, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the twe nty-nint h day of May, 19 28 . CALVIN COOLIDGE, President ; CHARLES G. DAWES, Vice Pre sid ent ; GEORGE H. MosES, President of the Senate pro tempore; NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Sp ea ker of the House of Representatives . Decem ber 14 , 1927 . CHAP . 1 .-An Act Authorizing the President of the United States to [H. R . 3190 .1 pres ent in the name of Cong ress a medal of honor to Col onel Charl es A . Lind- [Public, No . 1 .] bergh. Be it en ac ted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted Stat es o f A merica i n Congre ss assem bled, That the President AwaradLCongres- of the Uni ted Sta tes be, and he is here by, aut hori zed to pre sent in the sional medal of honor for nonstop airplane name of Congress, a medal of honor to Colonel Charles A . Lindbergh, flight from New York United States Army Air Corps Reserve, for displaying heroic courage to Paris . and skill as a navigator, at the risk of his life, by his nonstop flight in his plane, the Spirit of Saint Louis, from New York city to Paris, France, on May 20, 1927, by which he not only achieved the greatest individual triumph of any American citizen, but demonstrated that travel across the ocean by aircraft was possible . Appr oved , De cemb er 14, 1927 . December 19, 1927. CHAP . 2 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing the payment of salaries of the officers [ii.J. Res.92.] and empl oyees of Congress for December, 1927, on the 20th day of that month . [Pub. Res., No.1.1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Congressional em- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the December obe paid Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives are authorized cember 20, 1927 . and directed to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol Police, the Office of Legislative Counsel, and employees paid on vouchers under authority of resolutions, their respective salaries for the month of December, 1927, on the 20th day of that month . Appr oved , De cemb er 19, 1927 . December 21, 1927. CHAP . 3 .-Joins Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board [S.J. Res.48]. of Re ge nts of the Smithsonian Institution of the cla ss ot her th an Me mb ers of [ Pub . Res., No.2.] Congress . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Smithsonian Institu- States o f America in Congress assembled, That the va ca ncy in the tion. Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other appoint as Regent. than Members of Congress, which now exists, be filled by the appoint- ment of Charles Evans Hughes, of New York . Approved, December 21, 1927 .
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