VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMISSION.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 1637 VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMISSION. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That a joint commission to consist of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Vice President of the United States, and the Speaker of the blouse, respectively, is hereby created to visit the Virgin Islands and to report fully to Congress as to existing conditions in the said islands, and particularly to report and recommend action by Con- gress, if need there be therefor, with reference to whether the present government under Executive direction should be superseded by civil government provided by Congress as contemplated by Act of March 3, 1917 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 1132), said government being now only temporary in character and by order of the President being now vested in officers of the Navy; also, as to whether Congress should at this time provide for a civil government of the islands by an organic Act; also what, if any, legislation is necessary pending the formation and adopti …
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 1637 VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMISSION. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That a joint commission to consist of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Vice President of the United States, and the Speaker of the blouse, respectively, is hereby created to visit the Virgin Islands and to report fully to Congress as to existing conditions in the said islands, and particularly to report and recommend action by Con- gress, if need there be therefor, with reference to whether the present government under Executive direction should be superseded by civil government provided by Congress as contemplated by Act of March 3, 1917 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 1132), said government being now only temporary in character and by order of the President being now vested in officers of the Navy; also, as to whether Congress should at this time provide for a civil government of the islands by an organic Act; also what, if any, legislation is necessary pending the formation and adoption of an Organic Act, and as to the general conditions existing in the islands. Said report to be filed at the earliest date practicable, and during the Sixty-sixth Congress. That the expenses of said commission in carrying out the provisions of this resolution shall be paid in equal proportions from the contingent funds of the Senate and the House of Representatives, upon the audit and order, respectively, of the ranking Senate and House members of said commission, the total amount not to exceed the sum of $2,500. Passed, January 15, 1920. January 15, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 46.] Virgin Islands. Joint commission of Senators and Repre- sentatives created to visit and report on condition, etc. Vol. 39, p. 1132. Expenses from con- tingent funds of both Houses. GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT, 1920. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there shall be printed as a House document one thousand five hundred copies of the Journal of the Fifty-fourth National Encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the year 1920, 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, January 17, 1920. January 17, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 41.] Grand Army En- campment, 1920. Journal of, ordered printed. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES REPORT. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Final Report of General John J. Pershing, Commander-in- Chief American Expeditionary Forces, be printed as a House document, with the accompanying maps and charts, and that fifty thousand additional copies be printed, of which 15,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate and 35,000 copies for the use of the House of R epr esentati ves. Passed, January 20, 1920. January 20, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 40.] American Expedi- tionary Forces. Report of Gen. John J. Pershing, com- mander in chief of, ordered printed. INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 11368) entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June February 4, 1920. [H. Con. Res. No. 48.] Indian appropria- tion bill. Correction in enroll- ment of, directed. Ante, p. 430.