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December 18, 1919.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.

SECOND SESSION, SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

[S. Con. Res. No. 22.]

Amendments.

ment of bill directed. Ante, p. 380.

FEDERAL RESERVE ACT AMENDMENTS.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), Federal Reserve Act That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and Corrections in enroll- directed, to enroll the bill (S. 2472) "To amend an Act approved December 23, 1913, known as the Federal Reserve Act," as follows: Insert the matter proposed by House amendment numbered 15 and after "herein" on page 5, line 8, of the engrossed bill, insert: "Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Federal Reserve Board, under its power to prescribe rules and regulations, from limiting the aggregate amount of liabilities of any or all classes incurred by the corporation and outstanding at any one time."

Ante, p. 380.

On page 5, line 24, of the engrossed bill, strike out the word "not." On page 5, line 25, of the engrossed bill, after "transacting" insert the word "any.'

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On page 5, line 25, of the engrossed bill, after "United States" strike out the comma.

On page 6, line 5, of the engrossed bill, restore the matter proposed to be striken out by amendment numbered 21 and insert the matter proposed by said amendment.

Passed, December 18, 1919.

December 20, 1919. IS. Con. Res. No. 23.]

Holiday recess.

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Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That when the two houses complete the business of this day (calendar day of Saturday, December 20, 1919), they shall stand adjourned until 12 o'clock, meridian, Monday, January 5, 1920. Passed, December 20, 1919.

January 14, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 45.]

grims.

TERCENTENARY OF LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), Landing of the Pil- That the time within which the joint special committee shall report, Time extended for which committee was appointed under the provisions of the resolureport of joint com- tion (H. Con. Res. 14), of the present Congress, authorizing the Ante, pp. 1631, 1632, appointment of a joint special committee to confer with the officials

mittee on.

1635.

Ante, p. 598.

of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and others relative to the participation by the United States in the observance of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims, be, and the same is hereby, extended until March 1, 1920.

Passed, January 14, 1920.

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VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMISSION.

January 15, 1920.

[H. Con. Res. No. 46.]

Virgin Islands.

Joint commission of

visit and report on

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That a joint commission to consist of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed Senators and Repreby the Vice President of the United States, and the Speaker of the sentatives created to House, respectively, is hereby created to visit the Virgin Islands condition, etc. and to report fully to Congress as to existing conditions in the said islands, and particularly to report and recommend action by Congress, if need there be therefor, with reference to whether the present government under Executive direction should be superseded by civil government provided by Congress as contemplated by Act of March

Expenses from con

3, 1917 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 1132), said government being Vol. 39, p. 1132. now only temporary in character and by order of the President being now vested in officers of the Navy; also, as to whether Congress should at this time provide for a civil government of the islands by an organic Act; also what, if any, legislation is necessary pending the formation and adoption of an Organic Act, and as to the general conditions existing in the islands. Said report to be filed at the earliest date practicable, and during the Sixty-sixth Congress. That tingent funds of both the expenses of said commission in carrying out the provisions of this resolution shall be paid in equal proportions froia the contingent funds of the Senate and the House of Representatives, upon the audit and order, respectively, of the ranking Senate and House members of said commission, the total amount not to exceed the sum of $2,500. Passed, January 15, 1920.

Houses.

GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT, 1920.

January 17, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 41.]

Grand Army Encampment, 1920. printed.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there shall be printed as a House document one thousand five hundred copies of the Journal of the Fifty-fourth National Encamp- Journal of, ordered ment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the year 1920, not to exceed $1,700 in cost, with illustrations, one thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House and five hundred for the use of the Senate.

Passed, January 17, 1920.

AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES REPORT.

January 20, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 40.]

American Expedi

J. Pershing, com

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Final Report of General John J. Pershing, Commander-in- tionary Forces. Chief American Expeditionary Forces, be printed as a House document, Report of Gen. John with the accompanying maps and charts, and that fifty thousand mander in chief of, additional copies be printed, of which 15,000 copies shall be for the ordered printed. use of the Senate and 35,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives.

Passed, January 20, 1920.

February 4, 1920.

INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 11368) entitled "An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June

[H. Con. Res. No. 48.]

tion bill. Correction in enrollAnte, p. 430.

Indian appropria

ment of, directed.

30, 1921," the Clerk be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to dispose of the amendment of the Senate Numbered 94 to said bill in manner and form as if the House had receded from its disagreement thereto and had agreed to the same.

Passed, February 4, 1920.

February 7, 1920.

[H. Con. Res. No. 49.]

bill.

ment of, directed. Ante, p. 432.

INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), Indian appropriation That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 11368) entitled "An Act Correction in enroll- making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921," the Clerk be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to dispose of Senate amendments numbered 114 and 115 in manner and form as if the House had reccded from its disagreement to said amendments and had agreed to the same. Passed, February 7, 1920.

March 25, 1920.

[S. Con. Res. No. 25.]

scas.

DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Death on the high in the enrollment of the bill (S. 2085) "relating to the maintenance of Correction in enroll- actions for death on the high seas and other navigable waters," the to, directed. relating Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to strike out, on page 2, line 15, of the engrossed bill, the word "fault" and insert "default" in lieu thereof.

Ante, p. 537.

Passed, March 25, 1920.

April 19, 1920.

[H. Con. Res., No. 54.]

Post office appro-
Correction in enroll-

priation bill.

ment of, directed. Ante, p. 574.

POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL.

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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 11578) entitled "An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes, the Clerk be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to number the sections consecutively. Passed, April 19, 1920.

May 28, 1920.

[S. Con. Res., No. 28.]

Federal water power.
Correction in enroll-

ment of bill relating
to, directed.
Ante, p. 1077.

Section added.

New title.

FEDERAL WATER POWER COMMISSION.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 3184) entitled "An Act to create a Federal Power Commission and to define its powers and duties, to provide for the improvement of navigation, for the development of water power, for the use of lands of the United States in relation thereto, to repeal section 18 of 'An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, approved August 8, 1917, and for other purposes and for other purposes,' the Clerk be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to add a new section, to be known as section 30, and to read as follows:

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Sec. 30. That the short title of this Act shall be "The Federal Water Power Act."

Also to amend the title to read as follows: "An Act to create a Federal Power Commission; to provide for the improvement of navigation; the development of water power; the use of the public lands in relation thereto, and to repeal section 18 of the River and Harbor Appropriation Act, approved August 8, 1917, and for other

purposes.

Passed, May 28, 1920.

Title amended.

Ante, p. 1063.

ADJOURNMENT.

June 3, 1920. [H. Con. Res., No. 60.]

Adjournment of

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Rep- Congress. resentatives be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective Houses on the 5th day of June, 1920, at 4 o'clock post meridian.

Passed, June 3, 1920.

"MATOA" AND 66 HENRY O. BARRETT."

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the action of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in signing the enrolled bill (S. 1005) "for the relief of the owner of the steamship Matoa," be, and hereby is, rescinded, and that the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, directed to reenroll said bill with an amendment as follows:

June 4, 1920.

[S. Con. Res., No. 26.]

"Matoa," steamship. Reenrollment of bill, directed.

for relief of owner of,

New matter inserted

Ante, p. 1521.

Strike out all after the enacting clause of said bill, and insert the in lieu of former. following in lieu thereof: "That the claim of the owner of the steamship Matoa arising out of a collision between said steamship and the United States tug Lucille Ross off Lambert Point, Virginia, on the 17th day of January, 1918, for and on account of the losses alleged to have been suffered in said collision by the owner of said steamship Matoa by reason of damages to and detention of said steamship may be submitted to the United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the legal damages sustained by reason of said collision, if any shall be found to be due, either for or against the United States upon the same principle and measure of liability with costs as in like cases in admiralty between private parties with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act."

That the action of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in signing the enrolled bill (S. 1222) "for the relief of the owners of the schooner Henry O. Barrett" be, and hereby is, rescinded, and that the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby directed to reenroll said bill with an amendment as follows:

"Henry O. Barrett,"
Reenrollment of bill

schooner.
for relief of owners of,

directed.

New matter inserted

Ante, p. 1521.

Strike out all after the enacting clause of said bill, and insert the in lieu of former. following in lieu thereof: "That the claim of the owners of the schooner Henry O. Barrett arising out of a collision between said schooner and the United States monitor Ozark, off Five Fathom Bank Lightship, on the 19th day of April, 1917, for and on account

of the losses alleged to have been suffered in said collision by the owners of said schooner Henry O. Barrett by reason of damages to and detention of said schooner, may be submitted to the United States court for the district of Massachusetts, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the legal damages sustained by reason of said collision, if any shall be found to be due either for or against the United States, upon the same principle and measure of liability, with costs, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act."

Passed, June 4, 1920.

June 5, 1920.

[S. Con. Res., No. 30.]

Merchant Marine

Bill.

ment of, directed.

MERCHANT MARINE BILL.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), Correction in enroll. That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 10378) to provide for the promotion and maintenance of the American Merchant Marine, to repeal certain emergency legislation, and provide for the disposition, regulation, and use of property acquired thereunder, and for other purposes, the Clerk be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to number the sections in consecutive order.

Ante, p. 988.

Passed, June 5, 1920.

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