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L.aWS OF THE UNITED ST.4IES.
BY AUTHORITY.

BY AUTHORITY.
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Public Documents,
printed by order of Congress, to be furnished the
Gardiner Lyceum.
Resolved By the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires of the United States of america in Congress
assembled, That one copy of Seybert's Statistical
Annals, and of Pitkin's Statistical View, and also
one copy Of the public Journals of the Senate and Of
the house ofRepresentatives, and of the Documents
published under the orders of the Senate and House
of Representatives, respectively, which have been,
or shall be- published by virtue OF resolution pas
sed December the twenty -seventh, one thousand
Ieighl hundred and thirteen; be transmitted to the
Executive of the State of Maine, for the and
benefit of the Gardiner Lyceum, in said state.
II. Clay, Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
JoHN GAILIARD, President of the Senate, pro TEN.
| Washington, March 8, 1885, Approved.
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury d.
rect the completion Of for the benefit OF drawback
| after the period OF twenty days.
| Be it enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatires of the United States Of .9merica in Con-
gross assembled, That, whenever the exporter or
lexporters entering any goods, wares or merchan-
disc, for the benefit of drawback, shall no, have COM
peted such entry, by taking the oath, or giving the
bond, required by the existing laws OF the United
States within the period prescribed by law but shall
offer to complete the said entry after the expiration
of the said period it shall and may be lawful for the
Secretary Of the Treasury upon application to him
made. by the said exporter or exporters, setting
forth the cause of his their OMISSION under oath,
and accompanied by statement of the collector of
all the circumstances attending the transaction with
in the knowledge of such collector, if he shall be
satisfied that the failure to complete the said entry
was accidental without any intention to evade the
Iaw desraud the revenue, to direct the said entry
to be completed, and the certificates debentures,
as the case may be, to issue, in the same manner
as if such entry had been completed within the PEE
lrod prescribed by the existing laws OF the United
States.
| Washington, March, s, 1926 Approved.
RESOLUTION directing inventory Of the Furniture in
/ the Presidents House to be taken
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representatives Of
Ae United States Of .aerica in Congress assembled, That
1.-THE Commissioner, of the Public Buildings be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed to take an in
ventory of the furniture OF the Presidents House, at
/ such time as may be convenient to the President
and to deliver copy thereof to the President elect,
and one copy to each House of Congress.
\ Washington, March 5, 1925 Approved.
IAN ACT confirming act of the Legislature of Virginia.
i entitled act incorporate the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company" and Act OF the state OF Mary
] land, confirming the same.
BE it enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentaives of the United States Of america in Con-
gress assembled, That the act oil the Legislature OF
; the state of Virginia. entitled Gan act incorporating
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company" be, and
the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed so lar IS
may be necessary for the purpose OF enabling any
company, that may hereafter be forms' by the au-
thory of said act of incorporation, to carry into ct"
fleet the provisions thereof in the District OF Column
bia within the exclusive jurisdiction oil the United
States, and no further.
Sec. 2. find be it further enacted That, should
the State of Virginia or Maryland desire, at any
time, to avail itself ofthe right secured to 1t, by the
twenty first section of the act aforesaid, to take and
continue canal, from any point OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal to any other point within the terri
tory of the District Of Columbia, through the
same, on application to the President of the United
Sta,es by the Executive of state, the President is
authorized and empowered to depute three skilfui
commissioners of the United States Corps OF En-
Ieineers 10 survey and examine so much oil the
route of such canal as may affect in any MANNER
the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The said commissioners, or majority OF them'
o shall ascertain, as far as practicable, whether the
canal proposed to be constructed by the state aore
said will njure or impede the navigation OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and report to the rres'
6 jden, Of the United States the facts and reasons ON