Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1876 — Fourth of July — Proclamation by the President. [ARTICLE]

Fourth of July — Proclamation by the President.

Washington, May 85. The following was issued to-day by the President of the United States: Whebeas, A Joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives was duly approved on the Wth day of March last, which resolution is as follows: '•Belt revolted, by the Senate and House of Representatives ors the United States of America iu Congress assembled, that it be and is hereby recommended by the Senate and House of Representatives to the people of the several States that they assemble iu their several counties or towns on tbe approaching Centennial anniversary of our National independence, and that they cause to have delivered on such day an historical sketch of said county or town from its formation, and that a copy of said sketch may be filed in print or manuscript in tbe Clerk's office of said county, and an additional copy iu print or manuscript be filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress, to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained of tbe progress of our institutions during the first Centennial of their existence”: and, Whereas, It is deemed proper that such recommendation be brought to the notice and knowledge of the people of the United States; Now, therefore, I, Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby declare and make known tbe same in the hope that the object of such resolution may meet with the approval of the people us the United States, ana that the proper steps may be taken to carry tbe same into effect. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 25th day of May, in the year oi our Lord 18W, and of the Independence of the United States the ItOth. U. S. Ghani. By the President. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.