United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 8
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June 23, 1836.
No. 8. A Resolution to furnish the Rotundo with paintings.
Contract to be made with four American artists.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a joint committee be appointed to contract with one or more competent American artists for the execution of four historical pictures upon subjects serving to illustrate the discovery of America; the settlement of the United States; the history of the Revolution; or of the adoption of the Constitution; to be placed in the vacant pannels of the Rotundo; the subjects to be left to the choice of the artists under the control of the committee.
Approved, June 23, 1836.