FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 29-32. 1898. 74] Clarksburg, West Virginia, by a system of locks and dams, the proper location of necessary dams, as well as probable cost thereofl And that aspen. the Secretary of War be requested to inform the Congress as to the advisability of the proposed improvement. Approved, April 29, 1898. _ [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Relative to the medal of honor authorized by the Acts Mw *· 1898- of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and July sixteenth, H;"`"` eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy §*'=v>*- h 1d_ be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to any person to whom a mstialixlgxd tslltrmd medal of honor has been awarded, or may hereafter be awarded, under ’"“'° '°°°“°¤· the provisions of the Acts approved December twenty-first, eighteen §·>H;·v·330- hundred and sixty-one, and July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- °` ’°'m° two, a rosette or knot to be worn in lieu of the medal, and a ribbon to —r¤>b·>¤¤· _ be worn with the medal; said rosette or knot and riboon to be each of a pattern to be prescribed and established by the President of the United States, and any appropriation that may hereafter be available for the contingent expenses of the Navy Department is hereby made available for the purposes of this Act: Provided, That whenever a Pmfevribbon issued under the provisions of this Act shall have been lost, _"" "°b°"‘ destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued, the Secretary of the Navy ' shall cause a new ribbon to be issued to such person without charge _ therefor. Approved, May 4, 1898. [No. 31.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of Humboldt Harbor, California. Mvy 7.1898. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he C_1}¤·¤l><>1•1¤ Harbor. is hereby, requested to submit detailed estimates from information now 'icmmum or cost or on file of the costs for the proposed dredging and improvement of Hum- "'°d¤‘°S· °*°· boldt Harbor, California, as contemplated by the river and harbor Act V°*·2°·P·’3°- of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and by the report of \ Cassius E. Gillette, captain of engineers, submitted to Congress in the report of the Chief of Engineers. ‘ · Approved, May 7, 1898. [1%.32.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and May 7*1898. estimates for the proposed improvement of Hillsboro Bay, Florida, from its confluence `H;`°°‘_ with Tampa Bay, through Hillsboro Bay and River, to the city of Tampa. Resolved by the Senate and House o_/'Raprescntatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he F‘Hi51¤1>¤r¤ Bsy. is hereby, authorized and directed to submit plans and estimates for the iiglsilima at me improvement of Hillsboro Bay, Florida, from its confluence with Tampa P¤"¤·*¤* °*`~ Bay, through Hillsboro Bay and River, to the city of Tampa, to carry out the recommendations of the engineers of the War Department already made. That the Secretary of YVar be requested to report in aspen. Congress whether or not it is advisable for the Government to undertake said improvement. Approved, May 7, 1898.
