Volume 49
Public Law 74–278
Requesting the President to proclaim October 9 as Leif Erikson Day.
Approved June 19, 1935
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Requesting the President to proclaim October 9 as Leif Erikson Day.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President of the
Leif Erikson Day.
October 9, 1935, designated as.
United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating October 9, 1935, as Leif Erikson Day and calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on said date and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.
Approved, June 19, 1935.