Chapter 53.
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CHAP. 53.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the District of Columbia of a statue by Jose Clara personifying “Serenity.” March 12, 1924.[[S. J. Res. 57](/us/bill/68/sjres/57).][[Pub. Res., No. 10](/us/bill/68/pubres/10).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief“Serenity,” statue.Erection of, authorized in District of Columbia. of Engineers, United States Army, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to select a suitable site and to grant permission to Charles Deering for the erection, as a gift to the people of the United States, on public grounds of the United States in the citySites excluded. of Washington, District of Columbia, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Mall, and White House, of a Carrara marble statue of “Serenity,” by Jose Clara: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Approval of site, etc.
That the site chosen and the design of the memorial shall be approved by the Joint Committee on the Library, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, that it shall be erected under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the statue. Approved, March 12, 1924.