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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.

THIRD SESSION, SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

INAUGURAL COMMITTEE.

December 13, 1920. [S. Con. Res., No. 34.]

Inaugural Commit

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That a joint committee, consisting of three Senators and three Repre- tee to be appointed. sentatives, to be appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, is authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect of the United States on the 4th of March next. Passed, December 13, 1920.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON REORGANIZATION.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized to sign a duplicate copy of the enrolled joint resolution (S. J. Res. 191) to create a Joint Committee on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to transmit the same to the President of the United States in compliance with his request.

Passed, January 10, 1921.

January 10, 1921.

[S. Con. Res., No. 36.]

Joint Committee on

Reorganization. Duplicate authorized to resolu

enrollment and signature

tion creating. Ante, p. 1083.

COUNTING ELECTORAL VOTES.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the two Houses of Congress shall assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the 9th day of February, 1921, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws relating to the election of President and Vice President of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer; that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the Vice President on the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided, the result of same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered upon the Journals of the two Houses.

Passed, January 21, 1921.

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January 21, 1921. [S. Con. Res., No. 38.]

Counting electoral votes.

Cou Proceedings for, in of Representatives.

the Hall of the House

February 4, 1921. [H. Con. Res., No. 73.]

Medal of honor to

Robert Edward Cox. Duplicate enrollment and signature author ized of bill awarding.

Ante, p. 1526.

MEDAL OF HONOR TO ROBERT EDWARD COX.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate be, and they are hereby, authorized to sign a duplicate copy of the enrolled bill (H. R. 12469) entitled "An Act to authorize the award of a medal of honor to Chief Gunner Robert Edward Cox, United States Navy," and that the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit the same to the President of the United States in compliance with his request.

Passed, February 4, 1921.

March 1, 1921.

[H. Con. Res., No. 77.]

Municipal Court, D. C. Correction ordered in

MUNICIPAL COURT, D. C.

Resolved by the House of Representative (the Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 10074) entitled "An Act to enrollment of bill re- enlarge the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the District of

lating to.

Ante, p. 1318.

Columbia, and to regulate appeals from judgments of said court, and for other purposes," the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to incorporate the following amendment:

On page 9, line 1, after the word "and" strike out the following: [fuel,'" approved August 10, 1917] and insert in lieu thereof the following: fuel,' approved August 10, 1917, and to regulate rents in the District of Columbia."

Passed, March 1, 1921.

March 2, 1921.

[H. Con. Res., No. 76.]

Grand Army encampment, 1921.

printed.

GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT, 1921.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there shall be printed as a House document one thousand five Journal of, ordered hundred copies of the Journal of the Fifty-fifth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the year 1921, 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, March 2, 1921.

March 3, 1921. [H. Con. Res., No. 78.]

Standard time zone,

Texas and Oklahoma.

STANDARD TIME, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), Correction ordered in That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 14490) entitled "An Act to enrollment of bill re- transfer the Panhandle and Plains section of Texas and Oklahoma lating to.

Ante, p. 1446.

to the United States standard central time zone," the Clerk of the House be authorized and directed to insert on

Page 2, line 13, after "Santa Fe": Railway Company and other branches of the Santa Fe; and on

Page 2, line 13, strike out all after "Clovis," down to and including "Clovis," in line 14.

Passed, March 3, 1921.

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

CONCLUDED BY THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WITH

FOREIGN NATIONS.

CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS.

Parcel post convention between the United States of America and the Society Islands. Signed at Washington, April 30, 1918; approved by the President May 3, 1918.

PARCEL POST CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.

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April 30, 1918.

Society Islands.
Preamble.

Parcel post with the

Les dispositions de la présente Scope of convention. Convention s'appliquent exclusivement à l'éxchange des colis postaux suivant les règles qu'elle établit. Elles ne modifient rien aux arrangements actuellement existants en vertu de la convention postale universelle, lesquels continuent à être en vigueur; toutes les dispositions qui suivent visent uniquement les envois échangés en vertu des articles de la présente Convention.

ARTICLE II.

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1. A l'exception des objets formellement prohibés par l'article III, peuvent être échangés aux conditions de la présente Convention les marchandises et tous autres objets postaux qui sont admis, dans des conditions quelconques, à l'expédition dans le service intérieur du pays d'ori- Requirements.

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