|
|
||
|
|
|
"Louisville's Most Historic Inn" |
|
|
Congressional bill for the establishment of a monument to General Henry. W. Lawton, 1900
In the House of' Representatives on January 18. 1900, Mr. Roberts, of Massachusetts, introduced the following bill: which was referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
56th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION.
HR.6871A BILL
"For the erection of a monumental statue in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to the late Major-General Henry W. Lawton, United States Volunteers.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America Congress assembled, That there shall be erected in the city of' Washington, District of Columbia, on the site to be chosen by and under the supervision of the Secretary of War and the Chairmen of the Joint Committee on the Library of the Senate and House of Representatives, a monumental statue in bronze of the late Major-General Henry W. Lawton, United States Volunteers to commemorate his illustrious public services as a soldier.
SEC. 2. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. for the erection of said statue, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, or such officer as he my designate: Provided, that no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be expended until a design for said statue shall be accepted by the Secretary of War and the chairmen of the said Joint Committee on the Library, and until the selection of a suitable lot of land for the erection of said statue on the public reservation in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, shall be approved by the Secretary of War and the chairmen of said, committee."
With Thanks to Jean Lawton Reagan for finding and sending this article
Return to the General Lawton articles menu
