Approved, August 13, 1886.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, November 16, 1886_.
Hon. Daniel Manning,
_Secretary of the Treasury_.
DEAR SIR: In pursuance of a joint resolution of the Congress approved
March 3, 1877, authorizing the President to cause suitable regulations
to be made for the maintenance of the statue of "Liberty Enlightening
the World," now located on Bedloes Island, in the harbor of New York, as
a beacon, I hereby direct that said statue be at once placed under the
care and superintendence of the Light-House Board, and that it be from
henceforth maintained by said board as a beacon, and that it be so
maintained, lighted, and tended in accordance with such rules and
regulations as now exist applicable thereto, or such other and different
rules and regulations as said board may deem necessary to carry out the
design of said joint resolution and this order.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 84.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, November 18, 1886_.
I. The following proclamation [order] has been received from the
President:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., November 18, 1886_.
_To the People of the United States_:
It is my painful duty to announce the death of Chester Alan Arthur,
lately the President of the United States, which occurred, after an
illness of long duration, at an early hour this morning at his residence
in the city of New York.
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