United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/2nd Session/Resolution 3
III. Resolution for the disposition of a lion and two horses, received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco.
President to cause the horses to be sold, and to present the lion to some institution.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the two horses received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco, to be sold in Washington city, by public auction, on the last Saturday of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the treasury of the United States, and that the lion, received in like manner, be presented to such suitable institution, person, or persons as the President of the United States may designate.
Approved, February 13, 1835.