Preface ix 



Section i. Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of thirty- 

 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 

 necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically ap- 

 propriated to the American Philosophical Society, held 

 at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, to 

 defray the expenses of the proposed celebration of the 

 two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin 

 Franklin. 



Approved — The eleventh day of May, Anno Domini 

 one thousand nine hundred and five, in the sum of 

 $20,000. I withhold my approval from the remainder 

 of said appropriation, for the reason that the condition 

 of the State revenue does not justify a larger expendi- 

 ture at this time. ^^^^ ^ Pennypacker. 



An invitation to be represented at the celebration was 

 extended to the Congress of the United States, and the 

 following joint resolution was adopted by that Hon- 

 orable Body: 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 

 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

 That the invitation extended to the Congress of the 

 United States by the American Philosophical Society 

 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to attend the celebra- 

 tion of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of 

 Benjamin Franklin, to be held at Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, commencing April seventeenth, nineteen hun- 

 dred and six, be, and is hereby, accepted. 



That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 

 the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, 

 authorized and directed to appoint a committee to con- 

 sist of six Senators and ten Representatives of the Fifty- 



