Mr. Hay to Mr.
Porter.
Department of State,
Washington, June 12,
1900.
No. 789.]
Sir: The President being requested by the joint
resolution approved June 6, 1900, respecting the unveiling of the statue
of Lafayette at Paris, July 4, 1900, to transmit a copy thereof to the
Government of France, I inclose herewith, by the President’s direction,
a copy for that purpose.
I am, sir, etc.,
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[Inclosure.]
Joint Resolution Respecting the unveiling of the statue of
Lafayette, at Paris, France, July fourth, nineteen hundred.
[Public Resolution—No.
35.]
Whereas the school children of the United States have, by their
contributions of the sum of fifty thousand dollars, provided a
statue of Lafayette, which, with the approval of the French
Government, is to be unveiled at Paris, France, on the fourth day of
July, nineteen hundred; and
Whereas the United States, by an act of Congress approved March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, appropriated the sum of
fifty thousand silver dollars of the United States for the purpose
of aiding in defraying the cost of a pedestal to said statue:
Therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
the people of the United States anticipate and appreciate this
ceremony with feelings of the greatest satisfaction, and that they
regard the statue as expressing the honor and gratitude with which
they cherish the memory of Lafayette and those of his countrymen
who, by their arms and counsel, assisted in securing the
independence of the United States.
Resolved further, That the President of the
United States is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these
resolutions to the Government of France.
