Chapter 390.
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CHAP. 390.— Joint Resolution Establishing a commission for the participation of the United States in the observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversaries of the independence of Vermont and the Battle of Bennington, and authorizing an appropriation to be utilized in connection with such observance.May 25, 1926.[[H. J. Res. 176](/us/bill/69/hjres/176).][[Pub. Res., No. 30](/us/bill/69/pubres/30).] Resolved by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Vermont Sesquicentennial Commission.Established of nine members.
That there is hereby established a commission to be known as the United States Vermont Sesquicentennial Commission (hereinafter referred to as Composition of.the commission) and to be composed of nine commissioners, as follows: Three persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, three Senators by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the No compensation.,House of Representatives. The commission shall serve without compensation and shall select a chairman and secretary from among their number. 653 Sec. 2.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out ofAmount for excuses authorized.Post, p. 845. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000, to be expended by the commission for actual and necessary traveling expenses and subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other act) while discharging its official duties outside the District of Columbia. Approved, May 25, 1926.