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Q:-Wl you please tell me what congress passed the
"Lincoln Memorial What is the be? Were
there changes made in the commission appointed
carry out the purpose of the act?-W. o.
A:-The SNy-6rst Congress- third session, passed an
approved February g. 1911, 'o provide commission
plans and designs for memorial
memory of Abraham Lincoln The text of the act
follows
Be enacted by the House of Representatives
of the United States America Congress assembled That
William H. Taft SHELBY NJ Culom, Joseph 6. Cannon,
George Peabody Wetmoe, Samuel Walter Mccall, III. D.
Money and Champ Clark hereby commission
be known the Lincoln Memorial Commission, procure
and determine upon location, plan, and design for
memorial the City of Washington District of
Columbia, the memory of Abraham Lincoln, subject
approval of Congress.
Sec. g. That in the discharge of its
said commission authorized employ the service Of such
asts, scupto architects and others shall determine
be necessary and avail itself of
Commission of Fine Arts by approved May H.
1910
Sec. 8. That the construction of the monument or
memorial herein and hereby authorized shall be upon
shall be determined by the commission herein created and
approved by Congress. and said construction shall be entered
speedily practicable after the plan and design
is determined and approved by Congress- and shall be
prosecuted completion under the direction and commission
and the supervision of the Secretary of War; under
contracts hereby authorized be entered into by said
Secretary in total exceeding million dollars.
Sec. 4. That vacancies occurring in membership of
the commission shall be filled by appointment the President
of the United States.
By joint resolution, approved February 1913, Congress
approved the plan, design and location for the memorial
recommended by the commission.
The memorial is being erected in Potomac Park the
axis of the United States Capitol and the Washington
Monument in accordance with plans prepared by Henry
Bacon of New York City.
Work the construction of the memorial was COM
Lincon's Birthday February H. 1914 when
first sod turned by the Special Resident Commissioner,
ex-senator Blackburn The foundation completed and the
laid February IL, 1915 million hundred
thousand dollars has been appropriated by Congress toward the
construction, which ST. O00 O00 the memorial be
completed in four from the of work.
The foundation of the memorial which is of reinforced
concrete rises IS feet above the grade and will be
surrounded by mound of earth 1000 in diameter The
exterior of the memorial proper of white Colorado Yue
marble, and the interior of limestone The only sculpture will
bea colossal Lincoln being designed by Cheste:
French anked by bronze panels bearing Lncons Geys
burg and Second Inaugural addresses.
*Joeph c. S. Blackburn. United States Senator
from Kentucky, appointed by President Wilson
February 1914 fill the vacancy the commission caused
by the death of Mr. Cuom. Thomas S. Martin, United
States Senator from Virginia. afterwad appointed fill the
vacancy the commission caused by the death of Senator
Money. Secretary of the Memorial, Henry A. vae Office
Building, United States Senate.
O-W you please publish the compensation disability
and death in this stately A.
decomposition for death:
(a) 500 funeral expenses.
(b) To widow alone IS per of monthly wages
deceased increasing so per if children;
dependent husband alone, Is per cent; dependent
orphan 40 per with 10 per additional for each
additional orphan, with maximum of 80 per cent? the
dependent parents dependent widow, widower
children 80 cent if and 40 both
survive; if of the foregoing, but BROTHER sister, grand
parent moherin-law, tathenaw is wholly dependent if
but relative. Is per if one per
cent, divided equally
) If only partial dependents survive that proportion of
benefits provided for actual dependents which contributions
bore to wages earned.
ID When dependents left expense of last sickness
and burial exceeding $500, in addition medical and
hospital services provided in case of disability.
Payments continue for than 800 weeks and
when minor child reaches the of eighteen unless physi
caly mentally ncapacitated from earning and the
death marriage of other dependents unless otherwise
specified
Compensation for Disability:
(a) Reasonable medical and surgical treatment,
exceeding 80 days 500 in value, unless ordered
exceptional cases, when $500 is the limit.
(b) For total disability, SO per cent of wages.
(c) For temporary partial disability so of the
wage loss
(d) For specified permanent partial disability <mutilaton
ec.) so per of the earnings for fixed periods.
Payment for death disability be less than $3.50
nor more than S per week unless tine wages Were less nan
extend beyond 800 weeks for total disability
when the maximum is 400 weeks with payments of not more
$3.50 per week thereafter for $50 weeks the total
exceed 5000