Chapter 86.
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CHAP. 86.— Joint Resolution Transferring to the custody of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution certain relics now in the possession of the Department of State. February 28, 1922.[[H. J. Res. 137](/us/bill/67/sjres/137).][[Pub. Res., No. 40](/us/67/pubres/40).] Whereas, by a joint resolution of the Senate and House ofPreamble.Sword of Washington and staff of Franklin.Vol. 5, p. 716. Representatives, approved March 4, 1844, the sword of George Washington and tno staff of Benjamin Franklin were accepted in the name of the Nation as gifts from Samuel T.
Washington and deposited for safe-keeping in the Department of State; and Whereas, by a joint resolution of the Senate and House ofSword of Androw Jackson.Vol. 10, p. 723. Representatives, approved February 28, 1855, the sword of Andrew Jackson was accepted in the name of the Nation as a gift from the family of General Robert Armstrong and deposited for safe-keeping in the Department of State; and Whereas it is represented by the Secretary of State that he has no appropriate place for the exhibition of these relics:
Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and Hanse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of StateRelics transferred to National Museum from State Department. be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer the said relics to the custody of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for safe-keeping and exhibition in the National Museum. Approved, February 28, 1922.