Chap. 49.—An ACT to make an appropriation for a replica or modified copy of
the Houdon statue of George Washington to be presented along with the
statue of Robert Edward Lee to the national statuary hall in the capitol of
the United States at Washington, District of Columbia.

Approved February 20, 1908.

Whereas, by an act of the general assembly of Virginia which became
a law March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and three, it was provided
that a statue of Robert Edward Lee be furnished by the State of Virginia
to be placed in the national statuary hall, in the capitol of the United
States, at Washington, District of Columbia; and,

Whereas, Virginia is entitled to place the statue of another of her
illustrious sons in said hall, and the general assembly of Virginia is of the
opinion that none could be selected more appropriate to fittingly rep-
resent Virginia in that hall along with the statue of Robert Edward Lee
than that of George Washington ; and,

Whereas, by an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved May
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, a commission was constituted
under the name and style of the “Lee statue commission,” for the purpose
of procuring a suitable statue of Robert Edward Lee to be placed in the
said national statuary hall,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the sum of
ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of procuring
a replica or a modified copy of the Houdon statue now in the rotunda
of the capitol of Virginia to be presented along with the said statute of
Robert Edward Lee as a good will offering from Virginia to the nation
of which she forms a loyal constituent part.

2. That the said commission, known as the “Lee statue commisssion,”’
is hereby continued with power and authority to fill any vacancies in its
personnel, and is hereby empowered and authorized to have made and to
pay for out of the said appropriation, a replica or a modified copy, as it
may deem best, in bronze of the said Houdon statue of George Washing-
ton, and to purchase a pedestal for the same out of the said appropriation
—said pedestal to be similar in design and character with that provided
for the statue of Robert Edward Lee. Said commission is further author-
ized to provide suitable inscriptions to be placed upon the pedestals of
both of the said statues.

3. When both the statues of Robert Edward Lee, heretofore provided
for, and the replica or copy of the statue of George Washington provided
for herein, have been completed, the said commission is hereby author-
ized, at such time as may be fixed by said commission, to have the same
transported to the national statuary hall in the capitol of the United
States at Washington, District of Columbia, and there presented as the
two statues chosen by Virginia to represent her in said hall under the
terms and according to the provisions of law in such cases made and
provided.

4. The said commission shall be allowed and paid the actual neces-
sary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties, to
be audited by the auditor of Virginia, and paid out of any moneys not
otherwise appropriated.