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75rx CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 69 5 , 696- AUG UST 19, 193 7 SEC . 2 . Such publi c res oluti on is here by fur ther amend ed by adding new secti ons theret o as follo ws "SEC. 9 . Sums heretofore or hereafter received from the sale of pub licat ions a nd ot her m ateri al of such Commi ssion are hereby authorized to be appropriated as a revolving fund for the further acquis ition of s uch public ations and material . "SEC . 1 0 . That the U nited S tates C onstitu tion Se squicen tennial Commission is authorized and directed to procure sufficient copies of the booklet entitled The Story of the Constitution', published by the Commission, to provide a distribution quota of two thousand copies for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate from a Territory . Enclosures for mailing such booklets shall also be provided by the Commission . The quantities of such booklets and enclosures required for Senators shall be delivered to the folding room of the Senate and placed subject to the order of the respective Senators and the quantities required for Representatives and Delegates shall be delivered to the folding room of the House of Representatives and placed subject to the order of the respective Representatives and Delegates . "SEC . 11 . Any funds heretofore or hereafter made available to the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission for carrying out the functions imposed upon such Commission by or pursuant to law may be expended by the Commission for printing and binding outside the Government Printing Office and such objects as the Com- mission may deem necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of such functions : Provided, That this provision shall not be construed as waiving the requirement for the submission of accounts and vouc hers to th e General A ccounting Office for audit . "SEC. 12 . The President is authorized to appoint a director general of such Commission who shall not be dee med an office r of the Government ." Approved, August 19, 1937 . [CHAPTER 696] JOINT RESOLUTION To establ ish the Gene ral An thony Wayne Memori al Com mission to fo rmulat e plans for the construction of a permanent memorial to the memory of General Anthony Wayne . Wher eas the pe ople of the United St ates owe a deep debt of gratit ude to General Anthony Wayne, whose military career meant so much during the War of Revolution and whose activities in the Indian wars succeeded in opening such a large tract of territory in the Middle West ; and Wh ereas n o adequ ate mem orial e xists at the junctio n of th e Saint Mary's, Saint Joseph, and Maumee Rivers where he established his fort and carried on his campaign : Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby estab- lished a Commission, to be known as the "General Anthony Wayne Memorial Commission", and to be composed of nine commissioners, three to be appointed by the President of the United States, three Senators to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives to . be appointed by the Speaker of the House . Such Commission shall consider and formu- late plans for designing and constructing a permanent memorial in the city of Fort Wayne to the said General Anthony Wayne . SEC . 2 . Such Commission may, in its discretion, accept from any sou rce, publi c or priva te, money or propert y to be us ed for the pur- pose of making surveys and investigations, formulating, preparing, e New sections . 695 Receipts from sale of publications, appro- pr iation au thorized as revolving fund . "The Story of the Constitution " ; pur- ch ase and distribu - tion . Printing and bind- in g outsid e Govern - ment Printing Office . Proviso . Accounting . Director General ; appointment, status . Augus t 19, 193 7 [H.J. Res.406[ [Pub . Res., No . 641 General A ntho ny Wayne Memo rial Commission . Preamble . E stablis hment, composition, purpose, etc . Construction of per- manent memorial at Fort Wayne . Acceptance of gifts .