FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 13-16. 1897. 22] and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for rents and all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Approved, June 1, 1897. [Nc. 14.] Joint Resolution Reappro riatin the sum of ten thousand dollars not J¤¤¤ 9.1897- expended for the relief of sufferers by the floods of the Mississippi River. `_‘—;—’—' Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the appropriation H1? G¤¤¤·1·>— River made by the Joint Resolution approved April seventh, eighteen hun- °L.u,p.z1e. dred and ninety-seven, for the relief of suiferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as remains unexpended, not exceed- Rm . H ing the sum of ten thousand dollars, may be used by the Secretary of ea., dirdlilizr Sd War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores, and pay- *'°*°”· ment for necessary transportation, to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Rio Grande River in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas. Approved, June 9, 1897. [So. 15.] Joint Resolution Relating to the payment of salaries in the consular Juno 15.1891 service. rs Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States _ _ of America in Congress assembled, That the salaries appropriated by the °,§f’“"°“ °' °°"“"1'· Act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- V¤l·29.p- 579· eight, approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, for consuls-general and consuls at certain places hereinafter named, may be paid to the consuls-general and consuls heretofore appointed at certain other places until consuls-general or consuls are appointed, qualify, and enter upon their duties at the places named in said Act of February twentieth, `eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, as follows, namely: The salary of the consul-general at Apia and inP¤rn;»¤: ¤<;1>r•;_¤;:>_s·¤ Wukualofa, Tonga, to the consul-general at Apia; the consul-general.,.}’,`I`.}°u;Y.{t.,°, $$,.,,2 at Yokohama to the consul-general at Kanagawa; the cou ul-general ;1g?g1=;¤?_¤:ge¤*b1¤g#; at Monterey to the consul-general at Nuevo Laredo; the consul at changes. ° Elberfeld to the consul at Barmen; the consul at Edinburgh to the consul at Leith; the consul at Ciudad Juarez to the consul at Paso del Norte; the consul at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz to the consul at Piedras Negras; the consul at Sydney to the consul at Picton; the consul at Progreso to the consul at Merida; the consul at Saint Michaels to the consul at Fayal; the consul at Valencia to the consul at Denia; the consul at Utilla and Truxillo to the consul at Ruatan and Truxillo; the consul at Lourenco Marques to the consul at Mozambique, and all allowances for office rent, clerk hire, and transit salary are also continued at the above-named offices as now established until the contemplated chauges have been fully effected. Approved, June 15, 1897. _ [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for ·1¤¤° 18· 1897- mstruction at the Military Academy at West Point Carlos Gutierrez, of Salvador.``“ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States _ of America in Congress Assembled, That the Secretary of Wai· be, and S,,Y$1{§'f§°‘Yf;$${Y.$‘ {Z5 he hereby is, authorized to permit Carlos Gutierrez, of Salvador, t¤W•¤¤1’¤1¤¤·
