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(COPY JOINT RESOLUTION.)

WHERAS: On the fourteenth day of April next, a statue, secured by the contributions of the Freedmen of the country, to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, will be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies, in Lincoln Park, Washington City, District of Columbia:

And Whereas: All persons desiring to do so should be given the opportunity of attending such exercises, thus by their presence honoring the memory of our martyred President, therefor be it

Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, that all persons employed in various Departments of the Government, situated in the District of Columbia, be granted a general holiday on said fourteenth day of April, 1876.