Chapter 272.
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CHAP. 272.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a monument marking the starting point of the motor convoy from Washington to San Francisco. June 5, 1920. [[H. J. Res. 270](/us/bill/66/hjres/270).] [[Pub. Res., No. 51](/us/bill/66/pubres/51).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Monument to mark starting place of motor convoy to San Francisco from, authorized. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit the replacement of the temporary monument located on the United States meridian of longitude at a point on the north side of the Ellipse, within the District of Columbia, by a permanent monument, which shall mark the starting point of the motor convoy from Washington, District of Columbia, to San Francisco, California, and which may serve as a point from which distances may be measured on United States highways radiating from Washington, District of Columbia.
Such replacement shall be made without expense to the United States, and the design of such monument shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. Approved, June 5, 1920.